A small clarification; the one and only hookup was from blind casting, but our main efforts had been almost completely on sight casting. After countless casts with little sign of interest I thought I might adjust my strategy (could' do any harm). One issue that I think we were suffering from was that the fish we were spotting to cast at frequently became aware of our presence, so the blind casting was just an effort to get the fly a lot further away from the boat. Have no idea if either of the flies, or the presentation had anything to do with that grab, or if I just managed to get it in front of a fish that hadn't been alerted yet...or if I just got randomly lucky. I am starting to suspect the latter.
About spawning, we may easily have been wrong, but I am felt pretty convinced that there was increasingly active feeding going on at the surface. Reminded me an awful lot of trout fishing, and being caught in the middle of an epic hatch of some sz34 mayfly hatch; equally exciting and frustrating at the same time! Thanks Gary, any hint of ego that I may have had is now quite sufficiently knocked down to earth again. Maybe we need a lesser challenge next time; trout farm perhaps?
JB
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