I’m not talking about how you can throw buzz baits and frogs with your 5-weight. But I’m also drawing a distinction between dry flies and another way to chase trout. Think about fishing with mouse patterns, and you’ll understand where I’m going.
While I do discuss mice, I cover three other active ways to fish for trout on top of the water. When the hatch isn’t on, or the fish don’t want your dead-drifted imitation, there are some fun ways to drum up strikes. And when they come, they’re usually quite exciting.
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Great shoutout on skating flies in the podcast this week. As a fellow Harry Murray fan, but I’ve caught lots of smallmouth on his bass skater pattern throughout central VA from big to small rivers alike. Im still working on the skating part, but they will take fish on the dead drift too. Its almost surprising to catch one on the skate because it is usually unexpected. As an aside, if you can find an old used copy of his smallmouth book, they are hand illustrated by Dave Whitlock which is really cool.
Thanks for your effort in putting together the podcast.
Great book and fly recommendations, Drew!