Interesting Tips From The 2006 Wffc

[toolman]

Interesting tips from John Wilson, learned at the 2006 WFFC in Portugal and a great discussion that follows.

 

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeropost...w&id=519707

[Carlodabroads]

Interesting information, Thanks for sharing!

[SteveM]

Thanks, Toolman; one guy on there described me to a tee- " a lifetime novice"! How true 'tis!

[cheeler]

Some excellent information in there, especially on how spooky some fish can be.

[SilverDoctor]

Lots of food for thought. Thanks for posting.

[hydropsyche]

Excellent forum. The Fly Tying section has some of the worlds best tyers participating.

[bloom]

Yup, the fly tying and the Montana (Rocky Mountains) sections there are one of the best. The Western Canada ones a little dead though

[LynnF]

Interesting about the "long rods"....it is exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be.

 

And, as for noise in the water...it reminds me of a time I was floating the Red Deer with Dave Jensen. We came upon a rising brown in about 18 inches of water. Rowed downstream of him and parked. Watched him rise and rise and rise. I told Dave to go get him. Then all of a sudden a tractor roared across some land creating vibrations on the side of the river and the trout was gone. Tractor went away, trout came back. Just goes to show you that you don't even need to make noise in the water to spook them. I'm constantly yelling at the kid to quit talking so loud when we approach a pool. Running water is a little more forgiving to noise, but fish in pools go down quickly. Good thing you only have to wait it out for 10 or 15 in most cases.

[rhuseby]

The tricky part of staying out of the water is how do you fish the really brushy stretchs where you have to be in the stream to reach the fish. All good points, but I'm not so sure about the boiling thing.