Duh! I guess there is a reason to carry bare #10 dry fly hooks in my fly
box!
Thanks, Buggs!
K
From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [VFB] What Would You Do Next?
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:07:14 -0800
Tie a hook on where you have your strike indicator, poke it through the
orange foam indicator, and catch the darn fish.
There, that wasn't hard.
Buggs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin W. Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 8:41 PM
Subject: [VFB] What Would You Do Next?
>
> For the sake of learing from the wisdom on this list, I would like to
know
> what y'all would turn to in the following "hypothetical" situation:
>
> You make it out for a mid-winter fishing trip on a very nice,
40-something
> degree day. Partly coudy day, clear water stream, water temp in the
high
> 30's to low 40's. Very few bugs coming off, all small mayflies.
>
> About mid-day you move one fish and catch another nice 'bow on a double
> nymph rig. A little while later you have repeated rises to your orange,
> foam strike indicator by a very nice trout, followed by an actual take
of
> the same strike indicator by what appears to be the same trout.
>
> Now assuming you have no flo-orange foam flies in your box, what do you
do
> to catch this obviously active and interested fish?
>
> I would be happy to supply additional details for this fictional story
if
it
> would help with your answer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kev
>
>
