Photograph: Dom Swentosky/Troubitten
When trout reject a fly, do they accomplish that as a result of the drift isn’t proper, or as a result of it wasn’t inside their window?
That’s the query Dom Swentosky tries to reply in this recent post over at Troutbitten, and it’s a improbable thought train.
I’ve copied a little bit of Dom’s article under to provide you a style of simply how he tackles this drawback. You’ll be able to learn your entire article here.
“Think about a trout hanging on the within, again fringe of a reasonably paced seam that slides round an uncovered boulder. Now think about a Hendrickson hatch that’s robust sufficient and lasts lengthy sufficient so trout all through the river are conscious of the susceptible duns and able to seize them. The trout holding in our good boulder-seam may need a window of simply six-inches, from the place the present bumps into the rock to a half-foot downstream. And if the trout has its nostril additional near the origins of that seam —very close to the boulder, then six inches is about all it will get, as the present slides across the rock. A trout on this place and on this mindset isn’t in search of a lifeless drift. It’s in search of a Hendrickson to enter that small window. And when it does, our trout intercepts the fly, (virtually) whatever the drift high quality.
“This trout is selective concerning the sample, because it’s in search of Hendrickson duns, however it’s not selective concerning the drift, just because the window is so small. Our trout is in search of a fly ready. It doesn’t have time or house to research the drift. So that you would possibly very nicely drag and slide the fly by way of this selective trout’s window and rating the fish of the day.”
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