Quote Originally Posted by Buddy Sanders View Post
Perhaps he isn't correct?
Exactly! While I've no doubt many of the fly fishers/tyers we admire are right a great majority of the time, they are not infallible and may simply be wrong! Many conditions to consider RE: the initial question. Warren's comment about using a longer leader/tippet is applicable as well as using the natural drift to get the fly over the trout.

Allan