Re: [VFB] Re: presentation vs pattern- the great debate rages on...

[mark romero]

Now THAT'S a classic story Don. "Takes me back" too, lol. First of all i 
must admit that i'm NOT that good a fisherman....but i DO have a 
hell-of-a-good-time. Mostly because i'm not in competition. This is how Art 
Blakey put that "knack" deal. "The cymbal don't make the drummer,.....the 
drummer makes the cymbal." For all those who don't know who he 
was/is............."Have a Ball,"  ......doin' your homework. Another thing 
he always said. mark.....

From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:16:34 -0800

Good comments, Murf.
But I want to stay focused on pattern vs presentation, not pattern vs
pattern.
If Byard was slaying them and you weren't, what would happen if you just
swapped flies with each other and fished the same?  Similar patterns fished
a little bit differently?
I was having a bad day on the Miracle Mile a few years ago.  A friend
recognized me and stopped to chat.  He had a great day, releasing over 30
fish.  I had one and had tried many things.  To make a long story short, he
rigged up and fished in the spot I was fishing in and caught a fish in the
first drag through.  I used his rod and fished the same fly through the 
same
deep hole for 10 drags and got nada.  He took the rod back and on the 2nd 
or
3rd cast caught another.  He left me with the fly we were using and I 
fished
it for an hour without success.  Great pattern + my lousy presentation =
zippolina fish.  His 'knack' for fishing that fly was the trick.

And I've had it go my way, too, especially on the N. Platte - the exact 
same
way.

So back to the original point.  How much of success is due to the fly or to
presentation?
DonO
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: presentation vs pattern- the great debate rages 
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 Usually, the best presenters (I admit to being the worst) catch the most
fish but not always.
Murf

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