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| | Experience and Common Sense |
| Experience and common-sense are the most valuable guides when actually fishing. No two days are alike, and at each step the fisherman will most likely be confronted with an absolutely new combination of circumstances. This is perhaps one of the greatest charms of dry fly fishing. To read is good, because it shows from the personal knowledge of others that no two experiences of the same writer are absolutely alike, and no hard-and-fast axioms of fishing lore can invariably be followed. The attendant circumstances should guide the immediate actions of the moment. |
| ~ Fred G. Shaw, The Complete Science of Fly Fishing and Spinning (1915) |
| | | | | | | A dry-emerger hybrid pattern that sits low in the water but stays on the surface.
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| | | | Q: II have always used an improved clinch knot to tie on my fly, but I was recently told that sometimes the regular clinch is better. Is this true, and when should I not improve the knot?
—Bob B., Portland, OR(via the Ask MidCurrent form)
A: Every time you mention the clinch knot, people come out of the woodwork to tell you why the knot is weak and which of the myriad other leader-to-fly knots is better. For any knot out there, you'll find anglers who swear by it. That said, the clinch knot—standard or improved—is still far and away the most popular connection out there.
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