Paul, I don't know where you disagreed, as I agree with everything you said below. DonO
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Marriner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] A new angle of discussion > I'm going to both agree and disagree with DonO, and amplify another > observation. I have an artificial stream that I use to demonstrate the > swimming action of various "streamers". The adjustable flow speed lets > one see how some patterns that swim on their sides at slow speed will > rotate to the proper position at higher speeds. Also, different designs > have "better" motion at certain speeds. I believe, from experience, that > trolled or manipulated flies that fish in the intended orientation are > more effective. > HOWEVER, from considerable observation on real streams, I know for a > fact that trout will bite on "anything" resembling food that is FULLY > SUBSURFACE and drifting naturally. The word BITE must be qualified to > read TASTE. I have watched them take everything that drifts close enough > to their position into their mouth, retaining the good stuff and almost > instantaneously ejecting the trash. Sometimes the trash has a hook > "hidden" inside and doesn't leave as planned, or a moments hesitation > has let the fly get too deep in the mouth for easy ejection. > One interesting experiment I carried out almost 20 years ago involved > "artificial scent." Rough nymphs tied in the round were soaked with the > appropriate scent. Trout would hold onto these nymphs, not necessarily > swallow like a worm, but keep in their mouth even when there was a light > drag from the leader. > IMO, the natural presentation of surface and subsurface free-drifting > food is critical. Both types of food adopt multiple orientations during > a natural drift, being pushed and pulled by a myriad of currents. So > achieving drag-free approaches is the goal but the actual orientation of > the fly at the instant it's taken is far more influential in whether or > not a hook-up will result than whether or not it will be taken > originally. > cheers > Paul > http://www.galesendpress.com > -- > Paul Marriner > Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA & > OWC. Author of: A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns (co-author), > Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying > Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable > River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 > >
