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Hey troops too funny Terry,

Mr D its a lot easier watching someone do retrieve's than reading about it. Even then it can be hard to imitate. When you get down, remind me and Ill run through some stuff Ive picked up with you. I learnt early on to pay close attention to retrives after being comprehensively beaten up by a buddy one night on a lake in Tassie. He had it down adn I couldn't imitate it.

First off nature may have rhythyms but they aren't constant. irregularity is the key. Watch the way small fish move, according to size species etc.

They are erratic. So strip strip pause strip strip pause strip strip pause isn't natural.

Strip strip, stutter, strip strip strip pause, wiggle rod tip, strip scatch butt, strip strip, light smoke, strip strip strip is more typical.

^The short jerky twitchy retrieve John talks about I like a lot, picked it up after watching an old guy on Taney one day, but if you watch the tiny minnows/fry they are like a dashsund, lots of movement with buggerall progress. Only I move the fly less than an inch at the time.

The hand twist of Dano is very good for real slow movement, yet constatnt contact.

In more current situations, think how your fly is swimming, is it head first downstream or like a lot of writing recommends swimming broadside to the fishiest lies.

Lots to try

Just remember imagination is not a curse

Cheers

Steve

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...strip strip strip pause, wiggle rod tip...

...The hand twist of Dano is very good for real slow movement, yet constatnt contact...

T M I !!!

T M I !!!

:lol::lol::lol:

This thread is deteriorating FAST!!

Ducky... I hope in between you are actually learning something related to fly fishing... :lol:

Then again, I also hope Mrs Ducky is benefitting too.... ;)

TIGHT LINES, YA'LL

 

"There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil

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Only to you Terry! The rest of us know what they mean, not just what they said! :lol:

I can bring home the trout...fry it up in a pan...and never let you forget I caught it! 'Cause I'm a woman!

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Nah... she didn't "get me".... She just likes Leonard's stipping better than mine... I mean.. hey... she want's Leonard to give Ducky stripping lessons... not me...

TIGHT LINES, YA'LL

 

"There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil

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Nah... she didn't "get me".... She just likes Leonard's stipping better than mine... I mean.. hey... she want's Leonard to give Ducky stripping lessons... not me...

I have visions of a TU fund raiser B) and it's scary :o

Glass Has Class

"from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"

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Strip strip, stutter, strip strip strip pause, wiggle rod tip, strip scatch butt, strip strip, light smoke, strip strip strip is more typical.

I didn't get the camera out quickly enough, but my son was trying the strip strip strip pause, wiggle rod tip, strip scratch butt technique...with no luck!

I have visions of a TU fund raiser B) and it's scary :o

I just found out our neighbor renewed his TU membership because of the chapter...don't scare him off just yet, Dano! :lol:

I tried the streamer again, and although I could still get them to follow, I just could not get them to actually bite! I wonder if it isn't too big, and that's what they don't like...

I appreciate all the help!

I can bring home the trout...fry it up in a pan...and never let you forget I caught it! 'Cause I'm a woman!

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