November 21, 2009

Fly Fishing Video: Pocket Water

Gary LaFontaine

Pocketwater in a Small Creek

produced by Jeffrey Pill/Miracle Productions

Tags: Fly Fishing, Fishing Pocket Water, Fishing Videos

THIS VIDEO SEGMENT on fishing Pocket Water in a Small Creek is from "Successful Fly Fishing Strategies" (Miracle Productions, DVD, 100 minutes), an extensive video guide to how to observe and analyze a large variety of trout fishing situations, from deep water nymphing in high water to casting streamers to undercut banks. The DVD features Gary LaFontaine, the famed author, lecturer, publisher and fly fishing instructor, who died in 2002 of Lou Gehrig's Disease, and his fishing partner Dick Sharon, an outfitter and former major league outfielder.

Excerpt: "You're making short casts. And your equipment has to be tailored to that casting style. You have a six- to seven-foot leader, tapered 3- or 4X, and generic flies: generic mayflies, generic caddisflies, generic attractors. So that's all sounds pretty easy. But there's a lesson here that everyone should know. Not only the beginner but maybe even the experienced angler should come and refresh his memory on a stream like this."

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