12-31-2006, 09:43 AM
[black][size 3]You made an excellent point. One which I neglected to address. That being your comment on fishing the Beaverhead. (BTW-that is a fantastic area in MT.)[/size][/black]
[black][size 3]There are times that some species (trout specifically come to mind) will be keyed on only one kind of food to the exclusion of everything else they would normally eat - like during a hatch of a particular insect, and at that time, the fish will not take anything else. I've seen that happen a lot while fly fishing certain waters at certain times of the year. Even to the extent that the offering had to be the almost exact same size and color (within a vanishingly small tolerance) of the hatching insect or the fish would not have any interest at all. When otherwise, at other times, on that same body of water, I could throw just about anything on the end of my line and catch one of those same fish.[/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]There are times that some species (trout specifically come to mind) will be keyed on only one kind of food to the exclusion of everything else they would normally eat - like during a hatch of a particular insect, and at that time, the fish will not take anything else. I've seen that happen a lot while fly fishing certain waters at certain times of the year. Even to the extent that the offering had to be the almost exact same size and color (within a vanishingly small tolerance) of the hatching insect or the fish would not have any interest at all. When otherwise, at other times, on that same body of water, I could throw just about anything on the end of my line and catch one of those same fish.[/size][/black]
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