NIght fishing frustration

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The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin

Fly fishing - Fish Better

Dear Sea trout fishers,
as a newcomer to sea trout fishing I have an observation which I have now made on three independent occasions whilst night fishing for sea trout in Denmark (Als). On all occasions in summer there was virtually no wind and as it became dark (around 22:00) one could hear and occasionally see fish jumping and hunting in knee deep water as close as 2-3 M from the beach. Repeated casing to these fish resulted in the occasional very cautious tweek without hooking the fish. I have tried large and small small flies (#14) from probably everything that ther is on the web, greased leaders, surface flies, slow and fast stripping etc, without being able to make contact. However when it began to get light and one could see the fish hunting then it was no prblem to cast to the fish and connect after usually a very determined bite! What am I doing wrong. I would be most gratefull for any suggestions.
Thanks and keep up the good work with this brilliant website.
Nick.

One possibility:
"They", might be cod and not the sea trout. Cod are very common around sunset and sunrise and jump, hunt in the shallows and make "popping" sounds at the surface.
Unfortunately, these cod don't reach great sizes but are good game.

As for missing the fish...That's fishing.
My guess is as good as the next persons...Ask a question get a thousand different answers. There's no right way to fish and conditions employ different tactics.
Standing in your waders (assuming they don't leak), I would of done the same but may have moved on to another area to fish rather than give the cod (if it was them), a bit of a giggle.

Just keep at it...

RD

One possibility:
"They", might be cod and not the sea trout. Cod are very common around sunset and sunrise and jump, hunt in the shallows and make "popping" sounds at the surface.
Unfortunately, these cod don't reach great sizes but are good game.

As for missing the fish...That's fishing.
My guess is as good as the next persons...Ask a question get a thousand different answers. There's no right way to fish and conditions employ different tactics.
Standing in your waders (assuming they don't leak), I would of done the same but may have moved on to another area to fish rather than give the cod (if it was them), a bit of a giggle.

Just keep at it...

RD

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