Angler's Attention.

A long, long time ago, I remember awakening at three a. It was opening day eve, as good as Xmas eve, in my 7 year old way of thinking. Noiselessly , in the light of the moon, my Pop and I climbeed in his Ford Falcon and commenced are ardous three hour journey to the land of Gigantic Fish. Thta enchanting puzzling place was, across the Cascade Mountains at the mythical Deschutes Stream . As we crossed over, I did not spot the off-color water or the stream spilling here and there over it is natural banks. ' I was curious and inquired, and learned the brook was 'blown out', flooded, too high to fish.

Each exclamation of the brook more seriuos than the last. Till , I realized fishing was not going to occur today. Where to find fish : If the current is raging, fish don't actually need to be out in it any more than fly fishers do. Look for pockets and pools, close in which will provide likely water. In a virtual panic, scouring out my favourite fishing spots, then cursing to myself, when they were taken. Wildly I might find a spot to fish, splash out there, and heave out my line. Find out more about surf fishing. Maturity possibly plays as much a part in developing 'angler's attention' as anythin. Essentially it was more observing him, observing me.

Happily csting to rising fish, I occurred to identify a man stading on the bank watching me fish. High Water Strategies : The murky water could be a fly fisher's mate. If 6X is ordinary for your own stream go down to 4X. I infrequently dodge the employment of a strike indicator during high water, so I will better feel the stream bottom. Rigging up with a size or 2 larger than norm also helps, as trout are likey to eat free floating sprites more than rising ones, at this time. Aggravators are notioursly good high water patterns are are Dead drifting these as near to the bottom as feasible, and be prepared for hard strikes.