Saw tons of large wild browns today and maybe a brookie or two, but they weren't giving my flies any attention. I changed it up every 5-10 minutes and tried nymphs, dries, streamers, etc. The pools I found were slow-moving, 1-4 ft deep, and not much room to sneak around the side without spooking the fish (which was maybe the problem). Low-pressure area too.
Posted by adventuriser
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Oh I’d fish it wrong probably. I’d want something buggy and buoyant like a deer hair caddis or a house & lot. I’d have that on the longest leader I can possibly roll upstream. Might attempt a small Walt’s worm or perdigon riding mid water column under it if I felt like I could make the cast with both. I’d work my way up as quietly as I can with upstream casts to the next riffle. Like taking bites out of the pool tail to head.
From below, probably approach from the middle so I have backcast room. Dries in summer, probably a small bugger on 3x now. Would stay low, sneaky, drab clothes, cast short then long, cover the water, move on.
If you’ve can see them, odds are they’ve already seen you, and most anglers are less than stealthy when they approach water or wade.
May want to shrink the size of your offerings. My immediate thought was “very small nymphs on a long/light leader.” If you can see them, it’s safe to say they can see you. Subtlety helps.
Id probably start by snaggingy line in that bare branch in the pic followed by tangling my line in the reel, then dropping. And stepping on my glasses