Asking the Right Questions...
by Reginald Price
| Have you ever had one of those days, where no matter how hard you tried to copy or imitate someone fishing next to you, they just kept knocking them dead. You thought you were using the very same fly, same line, same weight pole and so on. They just kept catching fish, yelling fish on, rubbing it in and you didn't even get a bite. You go through your mind, trying to figure out what you are doing wrong. You watch them, and watch them. You still don't get it. How can they do this to you? |  Two fisherman helping each other out on the Green River in Utah. |
| Well hopefully all of you have had the same experience. You haven't had a
bad day until this has happened, but all is not lost. First thing, you really need
find out what they have on their reel. I have done this too many times not to learn
the hard way. If you go with a group and one of you starts to get hot. Find
out everything they have, line, fly, presentation, going to the bottom, stripping fast,
etc. There is always a reason for not getting the same results. I kept trying
to figure out how they were catching those fish. I finally came to find out that
they were using a weight forward, type IV, fast sinking line, that was getting them down
fast, and to the bottom. The leach pattern was the same, but I had a slower sinking
line and even putting on a sinker wasn't giving me the results.
So remember to ask! Then make sure you have enough spools of different types of line, to get the same results. Remember, everything is not always what you see! Learn the little things as well. Watch and learn. And always ask questions. The frustration will still be there, but not quite as bad. - Reginald Price lives in Clearfield, Utah. You can email him your comments / questions at rprice1@softcom.net. |
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