Hooch help, please!

06-14-99, 05:57 PM

Hello everyone!
It’s time for me to post my first note and see if I can’t draw a little advice out of the wealth of knowledge that thrives on this board. I have been reading your posts and fly casting, for trout, for only a couple of months now and I can confidently say that I am an addict. I was lucky enough to have caught my first trout on a fly on my first trip to the Chattahoochee back in April, thanks to the fly suggestions by the great guys at the Fish Hawk. And it has been hit or miss ever since, which I can certainly accept as being the norm not the exception.

My main reason for posting this question stems from my last outing to the hooch at I.F. There was very little surface activity throughout most of the evening and the ole standbys weren’t working (ehc, bhp, etc.) At about eight o’clock however, I found myself on a fairly shallow shoal and covered-up with rising browns. They obviously weren’t feeding predominantly on the surface (no splashing) but I would see their backs come out of the water and then their tails as they turned back towards the bottom. This was the result of trout feeding on emergers, no? Now I’ve got a small selection of emergers purchased as advised by the fellers at the F.H., and you can bet I threw every one of them and just about everything else in my fly box. No luck.

Are there particular patterns known to be used on the hooch in this type of situation? Should I carry a small seine to help give me a clue? Even if I did, without a degree in entomology, how am I supposed to recognize the little buggers? I guess what I am asking is, were can I find information specific to the places I fish. Now again I am fairly new to this sport and I know that I have a lot of literature to cover but, everything I pick-up seems to be very broad in nature. Each stream in itself is its own ecosystem and thrives on its own variety of aquatic organisms. How do I find out what works well and when? How does a beginner break through when the fish get picky?

TIA,
Confused

P.S. Sorry I missed the fling. I was up in them there hills chasin them wild’uns.

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06-14-99, 05:57 PM	#1
Pecheur Guest Posts: n/a	Hello everyone! It’s time for me to post my first note and see if I can’t draw a little advice out of the wealth of knowledge that thrives on this board. I have been reading your posts and fly casting, for trout, for only a couple of months now and I can confidently say that I am an addict. I was lucky enough to have caught my first trout on a fly on my first trip to the Chattahoochee back in April, thanks to the fly suggestions by the great guys at the Fish Hawk. And it has been hit or miss ever since, which I can certainly accept as being the norm not the exception. My main reason for posting this question stems from my last outing to the hooch at I.F. There was very little surface activity throughout most of the evening and the ole standbys weren’t working (ehc, bhp, etc.) At about eight o’clock however, I found myself on a fairly shallow shoal and covered-up with rising browns. They obviously weren’t feeding predominantly on the surface (no splashing) but I would see their backs come out of the water and then their tails as they turned back towards the bottom. This was the result of trout feeding on emergers, no? Now I’ve got a small selection of emergers purchased as advised by the fellers at the F.H., and you can bet I threw every one of them and just about everything else in my fly box. No luck. Are there particular patterns known to be used on the hooch in this type of situation? Should I carry a small seine to help give me a clue? Even if I did, without a degree in entomology, how am I supposed to recognize the little buggers? I guess what I am asking is, were can I find information specific to the places I fish. Now again I am fairly new to this sport and I know that I have a lot of literature to cover but, everything I pick-up seems to be very broad in nature. Each stream in itself is its own ecosystem and thrives on its own variety of aquatic organisms. How do I find out what works well and when? How does a beginner break through when the fish get picky? TIA, Confused P.S. Sorry I missed the fling. I was up in them there hills chasin them wild’uns.