Oh wow, cool, Jeff.... Never thought of using some soft hackle on a "Hare's Ear"... Just pictured it and wow, that would work great... Thank you...
Rodney.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Shallow Riffles- lift > You give that Liesenring guy permission to put his > name on a technique that was surely invented by you. > The funny part is that on my last trip, I was doing > real well on Hare's Ear nymphs that I added a soft > hackle to (Conranch JV hen). > > --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
