Any Fly is Worth a Try

January 27, 2025

BY PAT CHAMBERS

Don’t ever think you have the fish at Fall River figured out. The fly that hooked 8 fish last time you were out gets totally ignored. My basic rule of thumb is move the indicator up or down, add weight or take off weight. Try to get the fly right in front of the fish. Nothing working? Well, it’s time to change flies. Once I get into the fly changing mode, it’s usually ten to twelve casts and I change again. Sometimes I will find a fly they will eat, sometimes not. If I see someone catching fish I will usually ask, “what are they eating?”  Most of the time the fisherman I see will show me the fly that’s working. I usually have something close, but if not, then I head home and sit down at the vise and re-create the fly. That’s what I love about fly fishing; it’s never the same. It’s a new mystery every day. 

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