Imitate or Provoke: Choosing a Stillwater Fly When the Fish Won't Match
Lake trout eat for more than one reason, and only one of them is hunger for the thing you're imitating.
Lake trout eat for more than one reason, and only one of them is hunger for the thing you're imitating.
Once the fly is at the right depth, you still have to decide what it's doing down there. Three deliveries, three depth ranges.
A river hands you the presentation for free. A lake makes you build it, starting with a depth you can actually reproduce.