Evenin' guys; This thread reminds me of when I went to one of my first fishing tackle shows. There were these guys demonstrating how great the lure they were hawking was, and how lively it was in the water. They would show how it would drop and then how it would act when they twitched the rod a bit, etc. Quite realistic.
Then my dad said to me "You really think that lure acts like that in the water? Just look how they are manipulating it, and from what angle." Sure enough, they were using an ice fishing rod, mostly picking the lure straight up, then moving it a foot or two by walking along the side of the tank, then letting it fall straight back down. A quite unrealistic way to retrieve a lure. Almost like gigging, only moving while doing so. I wonder how the lure would have acted if it had been cast 20 or 30 feet, instead of 5 or 6 feet, then played the way they were playing it, only from a stationary point. I am not inferring that is what I see with this thread, it just made me think of that show and how the men were demonstrating their lure. This is a quite interesting thread to me. I have often wondered what the line looked like from underneath. Not enough to get in the water and find out, but interested none the less. Thanks for posting it. Tight lines, Salty Dan Orange Texas. If at first you don't succeed, maybe you shouldn't try sky diving! --- On Fri, 12/17/10, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: From: Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Some observations about fly movement under water To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 10:03 PM Les Unless you are under the water looking up at the leader, you'll never see the light. Floatant on the leader changes the light index and makes the leader even more visable- to you and the fish. DonOtp://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
