Great Technique for River Fly Fishing
Fly fishing can be very relaxing if you heed some basic rules. First you need to wear loose brown or gray clothing because trout react to bright colors and you must be able to travess the surrounding environment. Trout also are sensitive to vibrations so be quiet when approaching the water. You also need the right equipment so check with a reliable fishing tackle store. They’re are videos to watch to give you casting tips or check with an expert. Trout fishing also allows one to relax and even talk about the great fish which got away around a campfire or just when getting together with friends. Hopefully by taking advantage of this technique for river fly fishing you will be able to sit around the fire and talk about the huge one you caught.
The technique of “writing down the flies that worked” is worth reading. Bill Barker, Corvallis Gazette-Times writes about an technique for river fly fishing that is not only interisting but somewhat amazing.
Frustration stalked through knee-deep water and thigh-high marsh grass, edging Fall River. Frustration was me, because Fall River was one of the best waters in the state for large trout, if you could interest them – my problem as I executed the final motions of “The Stalking Heron,” part of the discipline making fly fishing nearly an art form.
The title of this exercise derives from its resemblance to the slow, delicate approach used by herons stalking wary food items. To be properly performed, one must be wading through marsh grass, which impedes vision of any surface below, thus necessitating careful placement of feet, after testing to make sure something solid actually exists.
Yes, much like a heron.
This requires intense concentration, while simultaneously casting a fly toward a feeding trout. The perfect finale requires said trout to fake a motion of interest toward the exquisitely presented fly just as you take a step, causing loss of concentration precisely as the foot realizes no surface resides below. The resulting stance – one foot stretched behind, fly rod extended in an unbroken line from a horizontal torso – should be held as long as possible before the dismount. Ideally, dismounts should cause virtually no splash as the body disappears beneath the surface, leaving only a floating hat visible alongside the hand holding the fly rod.
My execution yielded a gasp of awe, my interpretation of the ensuing sounds, from my audience/wife sitting above me, can of Deep Woods Off clutched firmly in hand. Bad mosquitoes in that vicinity.
This was my first trip to Fall River, after hearing rumors of 5-plus-pound trout. A friend had told me where to go and flies that worked for him. They hadn’t today and I was beginning to try flies I’d tied but never used. Mostly, they caused previously impassive lunkers to create impressive bow waves as they swam, shrieking, from the area.
All the bugs in the air were tiny, like what I’d been using, then I noticed the large Montana Stone nymph I’d tied, but never used, on a size 4 hook; big, black, and ugly. I tied it on, carefully approaching a large rainbow I could see finning by some waving moss. The first cast wasn’t perfect, but it actually moved toward the fly before backing off, so I recast. I was so surprised, when Jaws engulfed the nymph, I almost forgot to set the hook. The 22-inch rainbow was the largest I hooked that weekend.
