WC Streams report back

[rols]

hotel beat today...did everything wrong. i only ended up with one fish landed.
i struck and hooked 4 more but they came off the hook. one broke me off. after about 11am it went dead. did'nt even see fish. we had 2 hilites though.
partner goes left and i go the other way. there in front of him is a girl suntanning...g string nogal. he only tells me after we get out the river. meantime...he tells me about a couple he walks upon...while they are UPON. i walk into the same couple...say sorry.....and now i hope they learn, flyfishers do it in pairs

[gkieser]

Aiaiai!!! Good luck everyone getting to book hotel beat from now on.

I wonder if the couple were looking for their "Toys" that Rudolph found!

[Chris Shelton]

Problem is he didn't turn. He came up, sipped and then flattened out. I couldn't understand it, by all rights I should have hooked him in the middle of the top jaw. And I waited till he flattened out and still niks!! I think its because he was right underneath the tip of my rod when he took it. Maybe I should have taken a step or two backwards. But I know where he is now... I'll get him next time

sounds like one for the offset hook

[pieterkriel]

Aiaiai!!! Good luck everyone getting to book hotel beat from now on.

I wonder if the couple were looking for their "Toys" that Rudolph found!

could well be they maybe stashed it for later retrieval and use, and Rudolph foiled that plan

[Rendier]

could well be they maybe stashed it for late retrieval and use, and Rudolph foiled that plan

I'll have a look on Monday

[Chris Shelton]

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Matt, try something like this next time when you have problems hooking a fish that is sipping off the surface. Notice the upturned hook. This is also something I resort to with hook shy fish. Bit of a b!tch to tie, but it works!

[Scythe]

Awesome.

Herr Shelton, not to deviate from the thread, but do you tie with the hook upside down or do you tie the fly upside down?

[Chris Shelton]

Awesome.

Herr Shelton, not to deviate from the thread, but do you tie with the hook upside down or do you tie the fly upside down?

Hi Scythe

I start with the shank clasped just behing the eye in the vice, bend of the hook facing upwards. Attach a piece of antron on the inside of the hook bend just past the start of the bend so that it angles upwards towards the sharp end. Then I use the antron and the curvature of the hook as a para-post for the hackle which I take twice around the post and then I lay the tip of the hackle down against the shaft towards the eye and bring the thread forward to the eye and tie off. The tip of the hackle serves as a tail, which also aids in disguising your tippet knot. Basically you land up with a fly that is tied upside down and the wrong way around in that that tail is at the eye end instead of at the bend. The resulting upside down parachute ensures that this fly alofts on the surface with the hook up facing upwards everytime.

[chris williams]

Nice one, Chris!

[Chris Shelton]

Thanks Chris. At least you guys can't accuse me of not sharing a few of my secrets