Good point, you'd think that would be true. But it ain't. Years ago it took me a bit of practice, shown by a riverguide, to learn just the right way to position the strike indicator through the drift. Got it right- got takes, got it wrong- no takes.
It's called presentation. If fish just bit anything that resembled food, then the term 'correct presentation' would not be part of flyfishing. Of course, there's exceptions to everything. Some days fish will bite a bare hook. But you can't always bank on that. Over... DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy D. Moore Reuven, who was it who said " Flies are made more to attract the fly fisher than to attract the fish." Reuven Segal wrote: Do you think it makes any difference to the fish though? Wouldn't a polar bear be just as likely, if not more, to swallow an EP doing backstroke? Wouldn't an upside-down wet represent a dodgy/dying/drunk fish or crustacean?? R
