malcolm robertson
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That’s Ghillie in the back of the boat. He’s a 3 1/2 year old Golden who goes pretty much everywhere with my wife and me.
I’ll second Moosedog’s suggestion on the Boron IIx, only I’d suggest you also try it in a 9″ 4 wt since you already have two 5 weights.
Check out Gary LaFontaine’s book The Dry Fly too. He had some very interesting thoughts about fly color and the theory of attraction. Incidently, he liked to observe stuff underwater too, only he did it at the bottom of Montana rivers where he could actually observe the trout’s behavior toward different flies.
On a side note, both LaFontaine and Borger advocate wearing dull colors and using drab fly lines.
Glm–I agree. There are very good discussions on this board.
Carter,
Out of curiosity…at what distance from the fly does the color become apparent to your eye in the pool?Carter,
I wasn’t trying to argue. I’ve always used the gray or drab lines because I was taught by a much wiser fishermanIbookje,
I hear what you are saying. Let’s just assume that I am a competent caster and that drag or presentation are not the issue. Mind you, this is pretty technical water where the fish get a lot of pressure. I’ve got 3 – 4 feet of 7x flouro tippet on. We’re talking slow moving flats here where the fish are easily observed. On larger Holston browns, I have frequently observed them shift lanes when using the orange putty. After letting them settle down, I have drifted white putty (sometimes rolled in the mud) over them and noticed they tend to spook less. To be fair, there seem to be times when any strike indicator puts the fish off and they have to be fished without an indicator. However, I have definately noticed that there is a strong avoidance to brightly colored indicators.
