Fish an altered state
By Skip Clement
Scandinavians have not only upped the Atlantic salmon catching methodology with improved two hand casting techniques, but added Riffle Hitch Fly Fishing. Tube flies further enabled by puncturing a hole in it just below the standard tube opening and using that as the tippet’s initial threading. The result, the fly swims half out of the water and half below the surface of the water, creating a “skating” tube fly.
Riffle Hitch tubers’ successes are mostly yearlings – grilse. Skaters further claim that larger adult fish are too heavy and unwilling to expend the energy a grilse will.
What that translated to for Angie and me was, why not trout fish these skaters? So, we ventured off to colder August North Georgia/North Carolina waters only to be found at elevation, which the Eberle Farmstead streams and ponds inventoried.
So, how did it work out?
Scandinavians have not only upped the Atlantic salmon catching methodology with improved two hand casting techniques, but added Riffle Hitch Fly Fishing. Tube flies further enabled by puncturing a hole in it just below the standard tube opening and using that as the tippet’s initial threading. The result, the fly swims half out of the water and half below the surface of the water, creating a “skating” tube fly.
Riffle Hitch tubers’ successes are mostly yearlings – grilse. Skaters further claim that larger adult fish are too heavy and unwilling to expend the energy a grilse will.
What that translated to for Angie and me was, why not trout fish these skaters? So, we ventured off to colder August North Georgia/North Carolina waters only to be found at elevation, which the Eberle Farmstead streams and ponds inventoried.
