Jeff, That technique is called the 'Liesenring lift'. See this site: http://www.fineflies.com/Articles/softhackles.htm (3rd par. from bottom)
So your advice is more expert than you think. :o) DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Shallow Riffles > Del, the vast majority of my limited trout fishing is > done through shallow riffles. My best tip that has > worked well for me is to fish the swing at the end. > When your line goes tight at the end of the drift, the > fly will rise with the current. Try to put that right > in front of holding fish. All I can figure is it looks > like an emerger, very vulnerable, and they don't get > as much time to size up what it is and just react. > That and get the fly down to the bottom quickly. I > rarely use an indicator as my limited skills get in > the way of my presenting a good drift with the > indicator on there. Remember, this is not expert > advice, just what has fooled a couple of Missouri wild > rainbows.
