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Date: December 27, 2002 at 02:50:26
From: ken, [pool-64-223-38-62.prov.east.verizon.net]
Subject: Corkies

Re: boston harbor

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Re: boston harbor

From: Ken
Date: 22 Oct 2001
Time: 16:09:15
Remote Name: 64.223.16.85

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I absolutly do not know the answer. Sometimes the obvious answer is to fish on/in the surface with a strike indicator float above your fly to keep it very close to the surface. It is always worth a try and it is successful more often than not when fish are showy. The mainline opinion of there are ten times as many fish deep than there are on the surface is true but the fish may be only feeding in the surface film and just swimming around down there to position themselves and are only feeding in the film. It happens so often that it is always a good tactic. Droppers are a good way of experimenting with fussy fish also. Sometimes fish will not hit a surface fly but will take a fly very near the surface. Jack's gurglers are very effective ordinarily but there are nights when they are less effective. It may have something to do with translucency. Often floating flies are opague when viewed against the sky and the fish may be seeing a different look when viewing a baitfish. Also there are isopods swarming so they may be present and I have recently encountered a worm swarm in the ocean. The strike indicator has been a good go to presentation for a lot of folks this year and has transformed many difficult fishing situations into a cake walk for those who have tried it. It is very effective when the bass are on sand eels and has been the secret method of being consistant at lobsterville beach on the Vineyard this year. Three eelie's behind a little float on a floating line was all you needed to out fish every other form of presentation. As I said; I do not know the answer but to try and find out what the bait is, how the fish are feeding on it and mimic that and broaden your selection of flies through the use of droppers are all good sound methods of finding out what may work. Good luck.

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