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Winelands Fly Fishing
Just shows how much I think about grunter....
A floating/neutrally buoyant pattern in shallower water has a much softer entry, spooking less fish. Weighted patterns are presented when the fish is busy tailing or leading cruising fish over a longer distance. Bait fishing with a drifting bait or lightly weighted bait in deeper water catch a lot more fish. In my experience with bait fishing is to stand dead still and wait for the fish to come to you, if you need to move, do it at snail's pace.
Bear in mind, what I am suggesting is just my thoughts, for me it was a matter of everything starting to make sense recently. I have mentioned many a time before to fishing buddies, that is bloody frustrating when I can see loads of grunter tailing but there is still limited success with sinking fly patterns. I believe that when fish are visibly feeding around you, these fish should be relatively easy to catch and I believe they are.
This is probably fishing more blind in the vicinity of the activity than fishing straight at visible feeding fish.
As mentioned, awhile ago, there is a fly fisher, that likes to target the grunter with sinking lines and weightless patterns, And he has a lot of success.
Korrie Broos
Don't go knocking on Death's door, ring the bell and run like hell. He hates it. (anon)
Nymphing, adds depth to your fly fishing.
Nymphing, is fly fishing in another dimension
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