Reject Flies
Thom and I were having a brief discourse in the fly swap update thread about "reject" flies -- you know, the ones we feel aren't up to standard. I usually toss mine into "the bluegill box." Yet, I'm always reminded (and I'm sure others have had this experience) of the number of times when I've fished a dry fly until it was a lop-sided, chewed-up, fluffed-up ball of feathered trout spit and continued to catch trout. Or other times, when I've fished the same deerhair Tap's Bug all day for bass and found no reason to change to a new one, despite the one I'm using starting to look pretty darn ragged-looking, because it continued to get hits unabated. Now, you've probably detected, I worry as much (or more) about what other people think of my flies as the next guy, ha. But, in the end, sometimes I think we give fish more credit than they deserve. Just thought I'd throw that out there. . . . Anyone else experience good catching with "reject" flies?
-- Mike
Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life.
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