Originally Posted by
FlyCraft
Hi Etienne,
Speaking from my experience, having stocked put and take and C&R tout fisheries for more than 10 years.
In general the fish will start to shy away from a specific fly pattern after it has been caught with that fly, especially an attractor fly like a white Woolly Bugger. The fish will also start and avoid a fly that moves in an unnatural manner, read strip and pause, fast strips etc. and will focus more on natural food and the way those food items should behave.
So, I would say your fly that has caught a fish and had some fish slime on it, should have been the better fly to catch another fish, but again that is fishing :-)
In general by changing flies after some time and some fish caught and missed takes, a new fly pattern (often smaller), will get you some takes again.
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