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MD_Gene
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I really enjoy this time of year with the hatches underway. I particularly enjoy swinging wet flies. I have had my share of success. Sunday evening I was out for a couple of hours and had 5 solid hits. Five strikes but no fish. And you thought "three strikes and you're out"?
Here's what I normally do. If possible I wade near the middle of the stream and cast to the banks and let the emerger swing out and straighten were I think a fish might hold. Or I will stand near the bank and cast to let the fly sink and swing into the slower water. Holding the fly still at the end of the swing for about 5 seconds has done very well for me.
Here's the question. Is there a better way to approach this technique? Might I be scaring the fish below me as I wade downstream. And they are setting off alarms to the fish below them?
Thoughts?
Here's what I normally do. If possible I wade near the middle of the stream and cast to the banks and let the emerger swing out and straighten were I think a fish might hold. Or I will stand near the bank and cast to let the fly sink and swing into the slower water. Holding the fly still at the end of the swing for about 5 seconds has done very well for me.
Here's the question. Is there a better way to approach this technique? Might I be scaring the fish below me as I wade downstream. And they are setting off alarms to the fish below them?
Thoughts?