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ultimately, there is no "set in stone" list of rules. the reason you have so many different people providing so many different answers is because...(drumroll please)...everyone is right.
each situation you find yourself in; on different sections, different streams, different conditions, etc. is independant than every previous situation.
my suggestion would be to sit and watch the fish. see where they are feeding, both above and below the surface. watch where they holding when not feeding. know how aggressive they are in their feeding. learn the eddies and currents of the stream.
most importantly, learn to mend. if you can mend your line and maintain a drag-free drift, upstream, downstream, cross stream...it all becomes moot. that and learning your limitations. sometimes, you cannot get a long drift. sometimes, no matter how skillfully you cast and mend, the water's surface or under-currents will not permit a longer drift.
lastly--have fun. its only fishing. if it were easy, everyone would do it.
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Everyone dies. Only the lucky ever truly Live. Take your time.
Chris-Bishop, CA, USA
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Well i'm not suprised...as you are a self proclaimed Dry Fly "Only" guy..I love fishing them to...But knowing how effective wet flies are..I could never neglect them either...
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"I've often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before" A.K.Best
"Wish ya great fishing"
Bill
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Very carefully! And heed the advice by Taoski, et al. Its all in there ('cept the stuff I don't know about) so re read all of the above!
Ol' Bill
1932
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Thanks for all the advice. I went out Sunday morning and caught a few browns using bead head Hares ear. Seemed to hook more fish casting at angles than directly up stream. Couldn't seem to figure out the downstream casting just yet...fly didn't act very natural when I'm shaking the rod tip trying to get more line out.
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See you in the hills
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fanweeeeee, RW here
I luv small streams above all other fishing. I generally start out by fishing my favorites upstream. Generally I fish about a 200 or 300 yard stretch slowly and
carefully and for years I used to stash a brewskie or three in the cold flow of the stream along the way where they couldn't be seen.
Later in the day, when the sun got higher (and the day hotter), I fished downstream over the same stretch, working tiny streamers and wet flies among the rocks and other rip/rap trying for fish I missed, now knowing their location....periodically stopping along the way for a little rest and a cold one. Of course I'm gettin older now and have quit the beer drinking part so it's usually another type of canned beverage. But I still find small streams the most relaxing kind of fishing. Folks I fish with will tell you that I'm always heading for the tribs and headwaters.
Crowds and Big Fish Suck!! All together now...CROWDS AND BIG FISH SUCK!!
Later, RW
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"We fish for pleasure; I for mine, you for yours." -James Leisenring on fishing the wet fly-