Good Advice: Move Your Feet

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Fly fishers spend rather a lot time eager about the fitting gear, flies, and presentation, however in a current Hatch Journal article Chris Hunt writes a few precious piece of fly-fishing knowledge he discovered that had nothing to do with the above:

However maybe the very best recommendation Kirk ever gave me was lengthy earlier than the underwear tip (which was strong, as most of you probably know). He and I have been fishing the Rio Grande exterior of South Fork, Colorado, throughout one of many river’s signature night caddis hatches. The Rio Grande’s gorgeous brown trout have been on the feed. I’d managed to catch just a few, however Kirk was clearly doing higher than I used to be. We have been each casting crippled caddis patterns upstream, hitting productive pocket water as we slowly walked in opposition to the present. Sensing my frustration as I misplaced one more brown after what I believed was a superb lengthy solid tight in opposition to the financial institution, Kirk seemed over at me and uttered three fateful phrases.

“Transfer your toes.”

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