Comments on: Colorado Expedition Part 1: The Fryingpan River http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/09/colorado-expedition-part-1-the-fryingpan-river A Blog about Tenkara, Fly Fishing, Fly Tying and Related Topics... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/09/colorado-expedition-part-1-the-fryingpan-river/comment-page-1#comment-49 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:18:45 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=1145#comment-49 Not heavily fished. When it is fished with flies, it's c&r. But I think it's more frequently fished with bait and/or spinning rods. This was a dry fly I was using and it only occured in this one small stretch. Not heavily fished. When it is fished with flies, it’s c&r. But I think it’s more frequently fished with bait and/or spinning rods. This was a dry fly I was using and it only occured in this one small stretch.

]]> By: Anthony Naples http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/09/colorado-expedition-part-1-the-fryingpan-river/comment-page-1#comment-48 Anthony Naples Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:50:38 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=1145#comment-48 I didn't think of taking a picture of the fish lip! That would have been a good visual. Were you in a heavily fished C&R area when you observed the fish behavior? It seems like conditioning from being caught and released is the best explanation but maybe it's something else. I didn’t think of taking a picture of the fish lip! That would have been a good visual.

Were you in a heavily fished C&R area when you observed the fish behavior? It seems like conditioning from being caught and released is the best explanation but maybe it’s something else.

]]> By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/09/colorado-expedition-part-1-the-fryingpan-river/comment-page-1#comment-47 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:22:12 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=1145#comment-47 Wow, great mysis story! Great perseverance too (I'd have just wandered off looking for a little trib somewhere away from the people). You did take a picture of the fish "lip" as proof...didn't you! ;-) Trout behavior is sometimes odd. I had a potentially similar experience just a couple of days ago. I had missed a couple of strikes, but it didn't seem like the fish were actually taking the fly. So the next couple of "strikes" I didn't try to set the hook, just like you. A fish came and bumped my fly, turned away, came back, bumped again, then disappeared. I had no idea what was up with that. But, now that you mention it, maybe it's the same response. -scott c Wow, great mysis story! Great perseverance too (I’d have just wandered off looking for a little trib somewhere away from the people). You did take a picture of the fish “lip” as proof…didn’t you! ;-)

Trout behavior is sometimes odd. I had a potentially similar experience just a couple of days ago. I had missed a couple of strikes, but it didn’t seem like the fish were actually taking the fly. So the next couple of “strikes” I didn’t try to set the hook, just like you. A fish came and bumped my fly, turned away, came back, bumped again, then disappeared. I had no idea what was up with that. But, now that you mention it, maybe it’s the same response.

-scott c

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