Muddy Waters?

We just got a pretty torrential downpour here - but only lasted for an hour and a half or so, and then it was back to muggy and sticky as usual. I took the dogs for a walk and a swim this afternoon and the water was high and murky. I'm wondering - how does murky water affect the senses of fish? I mean, I'm guessing they'd still be able to pick up on the large "plop" of a terrestrial, but how does it affect their vision? Do I have a little leniency as far as shape and size of my fly since the fish can't really see it anyway?

LetortRun,

You'd be surprised what fish can detect in cloudy water http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif

I remember one trip to fish a small stream in southern Germany. Several days of downpour had left the stream so colored a hand held four inches under the fild would totally disappear.

Yet... the dry fly fishing (#16 dries) during this trip was absolutely awesome!

Go figure...

Cheers,
Hans W


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