tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post870969746520445215..comments2024-03-26T06:21:34.320-07:00Comments on Teton Tenkara: Tenkara Video Log -- January 16, 2015Tom Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18240935660681343164noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post-89700498896569657042015-02-09T07:28:43.399-08:002015-02-09T07:28:43.399-08:00Thanks, Steve!Thanks, Steve!Tom Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240935660681343164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post-27803284435390167842015-02-09T07:03:03.607-08:002015-02-09T07:03:03.607-08:00The videos get my own personal awards, Tom - alway...The videos get my own personal awards, Tom - always a pleasure to watch! (I especially like watching to the end, to see the choice of rod, line, and fly.)<br />-SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post-29937212300795088642015-02-08T17:20:13.465-08:002015-02-08T17:20:13.465-08:00Thanks for your input, Karl.
As for dry flies, I ...Thanks for your input, Karl.<br /><br />As for dry flies, I prefer, at least currently, to fish subsurface. I fished dries predominantly for 30 years, but now I enjoy fishing subsurface. As far as making the videos more interesting using dries, I doubt it, as the size of flies I have used are too small to see with my GoPro -- I've tried. My videos are not designed for awards or accolades. They are just a log of my outings. Nothing fancy, that's all.Tom Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240935660681343164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post-16411626243210706832015-02-08T08:31:23.909-08:002015-02-08T08:31:23.909-08:00Hi Tom, It is an interesting subject that you have...Hi Tom, It is an interesting subject that you have posted on pattern testing. I have been doing something similar myself for a number of years now, except that I fish a particular pattern until it has caught 10 fish before changing patterns. 10 seems to be the magic number. Fewer than 5 is not a big enough sampling to prove much one way or the other, while more than 10 fish becomes redundant and does not contribute much more validity to a fly pattern's delivered effectiveness.<br /><br />Of course there are a number of other factors that necessarily come into play in evaluating any fly pattern's effectiveness: Things like how far and how fast the fish are willing to move to take the fly pattern you are offering to them, and how quickly the fly pattern being tested fills its 10 fish limit. Of course the relative lack or abundance of fish in the water or section of the stream being fished has to also be taken in to account.<br /><br />While it is somewhat rare to have an utter and complete fly pattern failure on any reasonable offering in a freestone stream, some fly patterns will work better than others will on any given day, and in any given place. And, as you mentioned above, there is no point in trying to beat a 10 fish limit out of a dead horse of a fly pattern when it becomes obvious it is not what the fish want, and that can be determined pretty quickly. A very good example of which might be fishing a dry fly under the conditions you are fishing under in in the dead of winter, when there are almost no flying bugs out and about on the water or in the air.<br /><br />Speaking of dry flies, I have often wondered why you do not fish dry flies in the excellent streams that you are fishing when it would be appropriate in the warmer parts of the year? Your videos would have a lot more interest and appealing if you viewers could see the fly floating on the water and the trout taking your flies off of the surface of the streams you are fishing....Karl.Karl Klavonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106924689249049925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post-20587864646410165922015-02-07T18:30:36.014-08:002015-02-07T18:30:36.014-08:00Daiwa LT36SF.Daiwa LT36SF.Tom Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240935660681343164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952460912398461727.post-26461729766896469522015-02-07T00:56:07.276-08:002015-02-07T00:56:07.276-08:00What rod were you using there Tom? ThanksWhat rod were you using there Tom? ThanksRod Dufourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449412148549507480noreply@blogger.com