12-02-2006, 09:07 PM
They both are right ..... in the right locations and times.
Big fish have less inititive to chase small food due to shear size and the engery required to chase down something small.
But fish are very opportunistic as they say. If they can stay in place and it comes directly to them on a conveyor belt then they are going to eat it, big or small. On most tailwaters midges are very prolific in numbers. So big fish will lay where they can expend little energy and have lots of little tidbits come their way on the conveyor belt. Also where the midges are very prolific the other bugs tend to be smaller in size but higher in number. But that by no means is a hard rule.
Big flys will tend to get the attention of big fish. I understand that brown trout are a lot more likely to chase down a large fly at night than they are in the day. Also at night large flies are easier for the fish to locate.
In the winter time trout motablism is slower so they are a lot less like to move for any food and the bigger the fish the more likely it will not move.
So the water remains merky about big flys or little flies for big trout.
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Big fish have less inititive to chase small food due to shear size and the engery required to chase down something small.
But fish are very opportunistic as they say. If they can stay in place and it comes directly to them on a conveyor belt then they are going to eat it, big or small. On most tailwaters midges are very prolific in numbers. So big fish will lay where they can expend little energy and have lots of little tidbits come their way on the conveyor belt. Also where the midges are very prolific the other bugs tend to be smaller in size but higher in number. But that by no means is a hard rule.
Big flys will tend to get the attention of big fish. I understand that brown trout are a lot more likely to chase down a large fly at night than they are in the day. Also at night large flies are easier for the fish to locate.
In the winter time trout motablism is slower so they are a lot less like to move for any food and the bigger the fish the more likely it will not move.
So the water remains merky about big flys or little flies for big trout.
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