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Excellent article.

Excellent article. This will save me a lot of time trying to explain to people why I fish wets! Also, nicely tied flies. Thanks.
Steve

I really enjoyed you

I really enjoyed your article. I am a novice, but I am learning. I really learning to enjoy the Whiting hackle. They have done a tremendous job with the genetics of the birds, turning what was once primarily a meat animal into a feather-making machine.

nice work. wat kind

nice work. wat kind of fly did you use? did you use berly?

Very ingenious. I'm

Very ingenious. I'm going to give it a try.

I'd like to have one too!
T

I'd like to have one too!

T

Great topic, example

Great topic, examples and photos Bob! Reminds me to tie up some Dr. Burke wets too...

Whats next? The guy

Whats next? The guy with the hook in his eye?

Beautiful pictures.

Beautiful pictures. This shoud serve as a reminder that it is more than just about fish. Keep up the good photography.

Thats SOOOO disgusti

Thats SOOOO disgusting

Wet flies are the mo

Wet flies are the most effective way of fishing. Upstream I cast them and let them sink and then let the leader deliberately drag it thru the water colum. Deadly, because they are so sparse the fish can't see the real drag, it looks like a struggling hatching insect. Dress them with a bit of fly floatant and fish them as a dry fly, looks like a trapped hatching insect in the surface film. fish wet flies across and down. every possible way you want, retrieve upstream, Leisering lift you name the way, it will catch. You will be surprised, it is probaly the most effective flies you have

hello all my colecti

hello all my colection and inspired of the modeles of steve which are fantastic and fishing and pattern is the fantastic artist
www.mouchesdepastors.com

I just dug out a Sta

I just dug out a Starling skin that I bought many years ago. Your article is the most helpful info I've found on the Net. A Partridge and Orange is occasionally devastating on the Farmington River in CT. Thank you for this info.
Dan

I'm up for one

...so count me in.

I have just bought m

I have just bought my first house in the UK, and getting ready to move.
Now that I have a workshop, this is the first task.

THANK YOU!

I will let you know how it comes out.

Tim

Martin, what a wonde

Martin, what a wonderful fly. I tied a couple this evening and went to the lake to try them, took one 2 kg pike and missed another who chewed the fly to thin strips.

Soren

Hello Ripley,maybe y

Hello Ripley,maybe you already tested this fly in Lithuania? :)
Regards,Sarunas_St

Nicely done Alan et

Nicely done Alan et all!

Paul, I am grasping

Paul, I am grasping at straws! I found a fantastic guy who ties superb salmon flys for sale on the web-- somewhere in the UK and have lost and cannot find again.This is how I came across you! Any idea at all who the fellow is ? noel j ross @ yahoo.com, {dublin ireland} sorry for the bother!!!!!

Frome: E. Straitiff

Frome: E. Straitiff -straitiffedward@yahoo.com
I live on the White River and Norfolk river here in arkansas. The only thing I fish is the wooly bugger in small sizes on a 4 wt 8.5 rod Thay never let me down.

Once again, a great

Once again, a great article on photography !
I think that with a little experimenting on where to point a camera to determine the exposure a better picture can be made in certain situations.
As we know most digital slr's have the choice on how the exposure is measured, spot, partial or matrix, most compacts do not have this choice, although the average fisherman will carry a compact..
When taking landscape or even portrait pictures under difficult light situations it might be helpfull to point the camera on the darker or lighter area, keeping the shutter lightly depressed and then compose the picture, you will get a sharp image and can play some with the exposure. Of course, it all depends on the conditions, but with a little practice the photographing-fisherman will get better results.

Really like the way you explain stuff !
Greetings, Limpe

I will shortly post

I will shortly post a follow-up article about how slinkies are used on the Great Lakes tributaries for salmon and steelhead fishing. Stay tuned.

I would be very inte

I would be very interseted as to how the slinkies are attached.

as long as they aren't too

as long as they aren't too expesive I'm in.

kirk

Excelent article and

Excelent article and fantastic pictures.
The best advice is to use the histogram function. In general you want to shoot in such a way that the histogram is as far to the right as possible without blowing the highlights. This will preserve most of the dynamic range.
Also whenever possible shoot raw which records the information directly as recorder by the sensor in the camera. This is equivalent to undeveloped film and allows for the adjustment of up to 2 fstops in post processing. Unfortunately most compacts only support jpeg (for marketing reasons).