Very overcast Jimi, most likely nice and rainy, very cold and all in the hopes that you're there the same day the fish are. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Steelhead Flies, Summer Versus Winter run??
> OK, I take it that the "winter" flies would be used in overcast light most > of the time? > Jimi > > > Jimi, > One of the reasons for more of the brighter ones being labeled as summer > run instead of winter is the old theory (which I highly believe in) "bright > days, bright colors, dark days, dark colors". When the light is low or the > water is murky the darker color makes a better silhouette where as on a > bright day the bright colors pick up the natural light better. When I > fished > with gear we used corkies most of the time, one of my favorite colors was > Black, hooked a lot of fish on a black corkie with a bit of yarn > (chartreuses, red or a combination of the two) dangling below it. > > Jim > >
