04-27-2008, 06:42 PM
Unless you're fishing a fly that is a still water imitation of something, like a chironmid, damsel, etc. that is fished very slowly, scent would not be of much use.
Scents are used to imitate the smell of a bait (fly) or to mask human scent. Most trout fishing is done is clear water, where the fish is a sight feeder, usually in moving water, where there is no time for a fish to use it's sense of smell.
I have very strong feelings about what it takes to fool a fish. If it's a sight feeder, you had better concentrate on fooling the fish's eye sight.
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Scents are used to imitate the smell of a bait (fly) or to mask human scent. Most trout fishing is done is clear water, where the fish is a sight feeder, usually in moving water, where there is no time for a fish to use it's sense of smell.
I have very strong feelings about what it takes to fool a fish. If it's a sight feeder, you had better concentrate on fooling the fish's eye sight.
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