More than we probably think- I've actually watched them drift back with the fly in their mouth and then spit it out after a few seconds.
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More than we probably think- I've actually watched them drift back with the fly in their mouth and then spit it out after a few seconds.
Davy, thanks for the heads-up, I'll check out John's board.
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Davy, thanks for the heads-up, I'll check out John's board.
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Torrey - can you post that link when you get the chance?
The forum itself is here:
http://p088.ezboard.com/bflyfishingarkansasandmissouri
The rules that govern the International fly fishing competitions are governed by FIPS mouch.
What will happen is this. Given the country of origin we fished the event. Species will be trout or grayling.
Each fish of the given min size in awarded so may points when captured, which may be 100, after which each 1cm of that fish is further awarded points, which may be 20 per cm.
The coarse fishing tournament world differs as here they fish for other species of freshwater fish, as a rule trout are not included in the weight of fish taken.
Coarse fish are designated in the UK and EU as non salmonids. Species such as carp, roach, perch etc.
That allows for a calculation at the end of the day by the number of fish that angler catches over the designated min size which may contain many different coarse fish species found in that particular water system.
Grayling, are both bottom and surface feeders, they really do not differ in the way they take a fly from a trout, but differ a little when surface feeding due to the position of the mouth, which differs from a trout.
In the EU Grayling can attain weights in excess of 6lb.
Davy.
here's another site for a quick tutorial on czech nymphing: http://www.mustad.no/action/fishing_...ish_czech1.htm
Brookie, you got there before me with that site, which more or less says it all.
Fly fishers hear are generally not aware of the difference between Polish and Czech, style which mainly does relate to the flies, in the case of the Polish style they are woven bodies, which is what l posted on John Wilsons site.
Czech style flies are way easier to tie.
Both styles certainly have some application for US river systems, but not all.
Davy.
From what I've read, Poles usually fish 2 nymphs with the heaviest on the bottom, Czechs fish 3 with the heaviest in the midddle.
That's true to some extent, other than when the presentations required justify more than two flies.
Davy
Do you use weighted flies or do you use split shot when fishing in the US? Do you think that using split shot enables an angler to use a more precise amount of weight to get the flies down to the desired depth. Also, I would imagine if the competitions allowed added weight to the line, you would see more anglers using split shot across the board. I would venture to say that often anglers in competition have a tough time changing the flies constantly to adjust for all of the different depths of water they fish as well as different water velocities. Do you think that you will see the rules budge to allow for added weight? Or is it in the regulations for the different waterways that they fish that no weights may be used competition or not?