http://fishfliesandwater.com/2010/03/07/adding-a-swing/ Jason Borger's Fly-Fishing Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://fishfliesandwater.com/2010/03/07/adding-a-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-3342 JB Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:34:18 +0000 http://fishfliesandwater.com/?p=2451#comment-3342 Satoshi—My father's first trout was caught on a swung wet when he was a kid, so I guess wet flies have a special place for many of us... Satoshi—My father’s first trout was caught on a swung wet when he was a kid, so I guess wet flies have a special place for many of us…

]]> http://fishfliesandwater.com/2010/03/07/adding-a-swing/comment-page-1/#comment-3328 Satoshi Yamamoto Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:41:54 +0000 http://fishfliesandwater.com/?p=2451#comment-3328 Jason, I oftentimes fish soft-hackles behind a dry-fly and often see rises on them while dead-drifting! Then adding a swing, which causes one more expectation. To me, tap-tap and don't-set-the-hook are all about swinging. Instead trout themselves set the hook for us! That really makes me feel I am fooling trout or even cheating on them... Jason,
I oftentimes fish soft-hackles behind a dry-fly and often see rises on them while dead-drifting! Then adding a swing, which causes one more expectation. To me, tap-tap and don’t-set-the-hook are all about swinging. Instead trout themselves set the hook for us! That really makes me feel I am fooling trout or even cheating on them…

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