I tell you Martin, them fish is predjudice. LOL, mark....
From: Martin Westbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: presentation vs pattern- the great debate rages on...
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 00:05:34 +0100
That's a good example Don, where the only variable is the fisherman. We had the same thing happen in Germany a year ago, fishing for grayling. A local friend guided us, and we came at a spot where he said that there would be fish. I cast - nothing. I cast to his instructions - nothing. Handed over my rod to the next person - nothing. Then it was our local friend's turn. He caught 3 fish in 5 casts. The funny thing is that he saw what we did, and he said he did nothing different than we did.
Martin
----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: presentation vs pattern- the great debate rages on...
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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Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: presentation vs pattern- the great debate rages on...
Usually, the best presenters (I admit to being the worst) catch the most fish but not always.
Murf
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