Do as we say, not as we do
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:05AM
Eric Rathbun in Flies, Fly Fishing, Humor, fly fishing, hook accident, lower deschutes

The White was puking and vis blew. It was too sunny, too hot and 5 days too late.

Fully understanding the cardinal steelheading rule of "fish the fly long and fish it with confidence", I decided to change my fly.  For the fifth time.  In an hour.   Needless to say, I was not in the game and my unexecuted barb pinch illustrates how un-smart things got.


Cameron Miller's lens, as usual, was in the right place at the right time. 

 

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