What is More Crucial When Flyfishing for Trout
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Perhaps I can lay an old flyfishing argument to rest. It usually goes like this: “Which is more important, imitation or presentation in flyfishing for trout?” The question has been going around and around for decades, including occasionally, on this website.
I think it’s a really dumb, pointless question. That’s because imitation and presentation aren’t mutually exclusive. You can have both at the same time. So as a practical matter, what’s the point? I can’t see one, except perhaps for stirring the discussion pot.
(The trout in the photo I dragged out for this posting is a Yellowstone cutthroat. with the red slash of color below its jaw showing amply why they’re called cutthroats. Despite a reputation for relative stupidity, cutthroats at times feed as selectively as any other trout--demanding both good presentations and good imitations.)
Anyway, let’s consider both presentation and imitation for a minute. Presentation is, essentially, a good cast that has the fly behaving on or in the water as you would like it to. This might be a fly-first, drag-free drift in dry-fly fishing. Or getting just the right drift with a sunken nymph, or just the right swing... READ MORE
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