Fly tying is the science from the Faculty of the Sixth Sense where the methodology pretty much is based on intuition and hunches. Facts and the University of Natureįly tying and fly fishing are no exact sciences (if they are sciences at all). These are the moments when the Dun has to be just perfect, and your usual go-to fly doesn’t do the trick.
#AN DUN THEINE SERIES#
This third article in my BWO series is about solving those difficult situations – hatches where it’s likely that you’ll end up with scaring the shit out of the trout with false casting, hazardous wading and bad presentation. The Net is rich with videos and article on parachutes, Catskills and other good patterns. The scope of an article on the BWO Dun has to be narrowed down. The right fly has to be on the end of the line. On those difficult days, a good presentation is just not enough. No large trout got away by being stupid, you see. These days, you can’t put a random pick from your fly box on the trout’s dinner table and think it will be eaten. It seems that no menu is catering for their needs. Sometimes trout can get frustratingly picky. Very often you end up with no fish at all.
Usually at hatches like that, when several species are on and trout are feeding on Duns, you will not get away with one fly and one cast. Filled with self confidence, joy and respect for both nature and the poor trout you realize that this situation is to damn rare. You hold your breath for a split second while softly chanting “oh-Thank-You-Lord-almighty-of-the -Trout” and then make the strike.Īt that moment everything falls in place. Then the rise and the mouth of the brownie that now seems twice the size. The well presented, perfectly mended and drag-free drift floats silently into the window. Make the cast and enjoy the airy flight of the line as it lands like a feather. But good at heart, you have reserved them for these very special trout. You feel that every one of these flies are worthy of an exhibition. But you grab for the upper right pocket in the vest where those premium no hackles are stored. The aerodynamics of your body will simply not support such a fancy gadget. If you’re old as I am, you will not have a fancy hip pack to store your flies in.
#AN DUN THEINE FULL#
Not just the ordinary frying pan sized dish, but a beautifully speckled golden brown hog.Īt first the heart beats faster, but soon you step into a quiet and calm bubble: The state where sound is silenced, the sight is narrowed by mental blinders and you enter into the tunnel where nothing can come between you and the majestic brownie steadily rising to every other little olive sailing at full mast down the river. Confidence builds, and you carefully approach the the bank and immediately spot her. A super hatch! The river is virtually overcrowded with tiny olives. Except for being right all the time, nothing in this world is better than successfully fishing a BWO dun cycle.ĭon’t you just love it? A serious hatch is building up.
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