Fishing Techniques
Following on from yesterdays "discussion" on presentation, the next point raised by both myself and Terry Phillips is to do with presenting the fly at the right depth. This is critically important in any form of fly fishing but arguably more vital on stillwaters and reservoirs. Why?
The fish will be affected by the conditions in which they live just like us! Trout will vary the depth at which they live subject to various conditions
- Water temperature - any extreme and down they go, hot or cold, in search of more comfortable conditions. They can't simply take off or put on a layer of clothing!
- Food - fish can feed at any depth and at anytime. Just think if the fish are feeding on Chironomid as they hatch then they are going to be hard on the bottom. As these "buzzers" grow they start to make their way to the surface and the fish will follow them, so the depth of the fish will always be a moving feast right to the surface.
- Safety - the main aspect of safety for the fish is us. We are the main predator so it stands to reason as with all wild animals, that they do not want to be caught and will be very wary of us. Yes of course we see fish swimming past us a lot but how many of these highly visible fish do we actually catch? I have a theory that the fish we can see near us are the ones that have been caught and released a number of times and are more switch on than others and therefore harder to catch. They have learnt the hard way how to avoid being caught again, so they are not that "frightened" of us stood on the bank with rod in hand. However the majority of the fish population will not seek our company and will be spooked by us all the time!!
So start to think like a fish, work out all the influences that they are subject to and use this to decide upon your method and set-up. Not the same old, same old!!!!!
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