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We've all heard that if you are not ticking bottom, even to the point of losing flies now and then, you are not fishing deep enough. Recently I read, or heard someone say, that if you are ticking bottom and losing flies now and then, you are fishing too deep.
Point being that a foot or so off bottom was plenty deep enough. And that it was not always necessary to get even that far down.
Now discounting the rather obvious, that (1) losing flies to the bottom is not a good thing, and (2) surface flies are sometimes effective, and (3) there is a limit to how deep one can fish a fly before just packing it in and going to conventional gear, or moving to other water, what, where, is the answer?
Water temp yesterday was 64 degrees, quite warm for the Rogue. Air temp was in the 70's. Fishing both above and below riffles, sink tips or no, nothing worked. Not even smolts. The only consolation I have is that no one else scored either.
Point being that a foot or so off bottom was plenty deep enough. And that it was not always necessary to get even that far down.
Now discounting the rather obvious, that (1) losing flies to the bottom is not a good thing, and (2) surface flies are sometimes effective, and (3) there is a limit to how deep one can fish a fly before just packing it in and going to conventional gear, or moving to other water, what, where, is the answer?
Water temp yesterday was 64 degrees, quite warm for the Rogue. Air temp was in the 70's. Fishing both above and below riffles, sink tips or no, nothing worked. Not even smolts. The only consolation I have is that no one else scored either.