"For sheer serenity there is little to compare with the time honored approach to wet fly fishing. The dressings are easy to cast, and the rhythmic, down-and-across presentations, followed by swinging arcs of the fly, have a meditative effect upon the soul, at least until a sudden pull announces a fish on the line." - Thomas Ames Jr.
Look up and read the quote by Thomas Ames again. And then go find an article about using 15 to 20 foot leaders or worse, no leader at all! (there's plenty out there so you will not have to look far.) This "method" is exactly the same method as that spin fisher I met years ago on the Deerfield was using. He was wading downstream while flipping a spin rod and bobber out into the current. I told him that this section would shortly become C&R, no bait, and that's when he showed me the business end of his rig. It was a big, ugly Montana Nymph suspended about 4 feet below his bobber. "It's the only way I can flyfish" was his comeback.
His method had nothing to do with flyfishing except that he was using a fly but it's not flyfishing. Any of the regulars of the Y Pool would call out anyone with a spin rod/fly combo on their waters.
The founder of Thomas & Thomas Rod Company, Tom Dorsey, this to say:
"Flyfishing isn't really about catching fish. Fly casting is a great part of it, and in a sense a rod is like a baseball bat. If you hit the ball just right you really nail it. It feels good. You've found the sweet spot in the bat. A fly rod should deliver that kind of joy: the joy of casting".
There's no joy in the "chuck and duck". If you don't "get it" then you're just fishing.
And The Rivers
The big rivers are getting stocked but the big rivers are still running high. Watch out for the flow on the Millers with the annual canoe race set for 4/9. Water is usually held back earlier in the week and then released for the racers on Saturday. It will be unfishable for a few days. The Swift topped 300 cfs (ugh) and the Ware is around 350 and rising.
Fish the smaller streams. Little SH Stonefly
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Ken
7 comments:
Ken,
Been noticing a ton of of small black stone flies on the millers, from the North side of Denison all the way down to bears den. Is that what your SH stone fly is? How many stone fly patterns do you use on the millers? How do you imitate the little guys? Size 18 copper John? Size 20?
Jake,
Mine is a small yellow stonefly about size 18. Most of my stonefly pattern are much larger like a size 12.
Ken
Gotcha. Thanks man. So I'm not crazy. Those little black critters are stone flies?
Caught a beautiful brown and missed another on the far upper reaches of the Westfield today and even went for a swim as I fell in the river! Lol water is cold! It was great to get out!
MEN! The squanacook is off the hook right now. They put some biggins in there.
Only for men?
Anonymous 8:29,
I just print them, I don't explain them.
Ken
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