I'm pretty new to the game and I just wondered.
Yesterday I fished an afternoon at a small still water, it was tough going and most anglers on the lake were blanking, with just one angler catching.
There were a few fish showing, some splashy rises and a few fish just under the surface, none of the lure chuckers were catching so I decided to wish tiny dries buzzers and emergers, this raised some interest in the fish and it was only back luck (I think) that didn't keep any fish on the hook. I noticed that the guy in the corner who was catching was using what looked like a sedge pattern so after a quiet 20 minutes I popped a sedge on and 15 minutes later I got my first fish.
Problem was it was still on the long leader used for the tiny dries and wasn't casting very well in the light breeze, so I shortened the leader back to 15' and everything worked well casting wise but no fish were showing on top and after 20 minutes I increase the leader again and went to an emerger, straight away I got a bite that I missed then 10 minutes later the fish were on top again, this pattern continued for most of the evening.
I probably spent 3/4 hrs changing leaders back and forth a few times and that seemed a big waste of time, is that normal or am I missing a trick when changing from small flies to big and to small to big again?
Yesterday I fished an afternoon at a small still water, it was tough going and most anglers on the lake were blanking, with just one angler catching.
There were a few fish showing, some splashy rises and a few fish just under the surface, none of the lure chuckers were catching so I decided to wish tiny dries buzzers and emergers, this raised some interest in the fish and it was only back luck (I think) that didn't keep any fish on the hook. I noticed that the guy in the corner who was catching was using what looked like a sedge pattern so after a quiet 20 minutes I popped a sedge on and 15 minutes later I got my first fish.
Problem was it was still on the long leader used for the tiny dries and wasn't casting very well in the light breeze, so I shortened the leader back to 15' and everything worked well casting wise but no fish were showing on top and after 20 minutes I increase the leader again and went to an emerger, straight away I got a bite that I missed then 10 minutes later the fish were on top again, this pattern continued for most of the evening.
I probably spent 3/4 hrs changing leaders back and forth a few times and that seemed a big waste of time, is that normal or am I missing a trick when changing from small flies to big and to small to big again?
