russellb
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To say it's been a bit damp in these parts would be a gross understatement. Biblical rains arrived a couple weeks ago and while they didn't make me take to arc making, they at least made me stop poking fun at the people that were..
Well, yesterday my friend and I ventured out to see if there was anything resembling fishable water and our favorite stream was actually fairly fishable in the upper stretches. Armed with my trusty 7'6 3wt Winston and years of casting experience in tight quarters I headed into the bush.
Several nice fish were enticed by bushy western style dry flies such as 14 Kaufman Stimulators and Orange Humpys. Sure a beefy nymph in high water will certainly produce but I subscribe to the theory of a well known fly fishing author of "a 12 inch fish caught on a dry fly is a good three inches longer than a 12 inch fish caught on a nymph...."
Well, yesterday my friend and I ventured out to see if there was anything resembling fishable water and our favorite stream was actually fairly fishable in the upper stretches. Armed with my trusty 7'6 3wt Winston and years of casting experience in tight quarters I headed into the bush.
Several nice fish were enticed by bushy western style dry flies such as 14 Kaufman Stimulators and Orange Humpys. Sure a beefy nymph in high water will certainly produce but I subscribe to the theory of a well known fly fishing author of "a 12 inch fish caught on a dry fly is a good three inches longer than a 12 inch fish caught on a nymph...."
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