
Photograph: Thomas Brimer
Fly fishers spend quite a bit time occupied with the best gear, flies, and presentation, however in a current Hatch Journal article Chris Hunt writes a few priceless piece of fly-fishing knowledge he realized that had nothing to do with the above:
However maybe one of the best recommendation Kirk ever gave me was lengthy earlier than the underwear tip (which was stable, as most of you seemingly know). He and I have been fishing the Rio Grande outdoors of South Fork, Colorado, throughout one of many river’s signature night caddis hatches. The Rio Grande’s beautiful brown trout have been on the feed. I’d managed to catch a number of, however Kirk was clearly doing higher than I used to be. We have been each casting crippled caddis patterns upstream, hitting productive pocket water as we slowly walked in opposition to the present. Sensing my frustration as I misplaced one more brown after what I assumed was a superb lengthy solid tight in opposition to the financial institution, Kirk appeared over at me and uttered three fateful phrases.
“Transfer your ft.”
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