Taken from www.flyfishinghistory.com
Numerous dry-fly men (including Halford) had observed that traditional
winged wet flies represented no known underwater insect and declined to
explore the possibilities - a blinkered decision as it turned out.
Skues, on the other hand, was the first fisherman to make the point that
the bulging rises which marked the first stage of the rise were caused
by fish taking nymphs - nymphs that could be imitated if new patterns
and a new method were developed. He pointed out that it was only later
that fish began to take duns, and that on occasion the fish were so
surfeited with nymphs that the rise was insignificant. Skues third
stage was the mopping up of stragglers by fish taking a mixture of
duns, damaged or drowned flies and nymphs. He made the point that
fishing wet to first and third stage fish didnt spoil dry fly fishing
in the second stage and his most crucial discovery was that nymphing
trout had to be struck, and that the timing of the strike depended on
very subtle observation.
Have a great Day, and Kudos to G.E.M Skues!
JIMMY D
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Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past VP.
Past Pres. McGregor Rotary. Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist, half-assed Texan
and collector of classic bamboo fly rods and classic golf clubs
Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", ©
JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website:
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"Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the
ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback."
Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004]
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