02-17-2013, 04:38 AM
A dozen fish in 2 or 3 hours? What's wrong with that? Sounds perfect to me.
If you've never hit a hatch that lasted longer than 20 minutes, your timing is off or something, or maybe you're fishing where there's no bugs? In the late spring through early fall, you should see hours-long hatches, multiple ones.
Anyone who's regularly catching 20+ fish an hour is either fishing stockers or dumb, overpopulated brookies. And even then, think about it, a fish every 3 minutes for an hour straight? What about changing flies? Changing leaders? Changing spots? Taking a pee?
Its not about numbers anyway. I don't count. I don't fish with anyone who does. If you're busy fishing and/or catching, that's good enough. Just enjoy. If you want to keep score, that's what baseball, tennis, and playing cards are for.
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If you've never hit a hatch that lasted longer than 20 minutes, your timing is off or something, or maybe you're fishing where there's no bugs? In the late spring through early fall, you should see hours-long hatches, multiple ones.
Anyone who's regularly catching 20+ fish an hour is either fishing stockers or dumb, overpopulated brookies. And even then, think about it, a fish every 3 minutes for an hour straight? What about changing flies? Changing leaders? Changing spots? Taking a pee?
Its not about numbers anyway. I don't count. I don't fish with anyone who does. If you're busy fishing and/or catching, that's good enough. Just enjoy. If you want to keep score, that's what baseball, tennis, and playing cards are for.
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