Re: [VFB] Fly Fishing question

[Jerryphl9]

Chuck:   I don't like rubber, or silicone legs on my sub surface flies.  I like bugs with no longer than shank length marabou tails.  I also like small Crease flies, or minnow patterns, less than 2 inches long.  I usually fish size 6 to 10 hooks.  I'm not interested in the small bream.  On a good day I might hook and land 1 or 2 dozen bream, but I' ll have missed, or not connected with 3 times that many.  I'll usually get a fairly solid strike as I strip my fly in, but when I let it sink or sit, I watch for movement in my fly line, as soon as it starts moving I'll set the hook, sometimes I miss them, but 80% of the time I'll hook em.  They're picking up the body of the fly, because there are no legs to grab onto.   Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."     In a message dated 6/13/2005 20:20:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: .. Anyway, my question is this... I was using sinking flies (mostly a black bream killer with white rubber legs that looks like a water bug),.... Can somebody tell me, do I need to sinch backand set the hook faster??? Harder???? Is this just a part of fly fishing????  The ones I did land, the line would take off, and they'd been well hooked, and I'd get em in, but I misseda a LOT more than I caught like I said..Thanks in advance, Chuck