05-12-2013, 06:28 PM
"... The day went from a big question mark to a big exclamation point and all that needed to happen was for some clouds to move in. Crazy how that works sometimes. There may not have been a lot of fish, but my time spent was rewarded with a valuable lesson in the workings of the enigmatic Deer Creek browns. ..."
Wow! Great catches! I want to understand the dynamics of this. What are the brown trout thinking? What are they seeing? Is the depth you were fishing a depth where they would be vulnerable to predators from the sky? Do birds see fish deeper in the water with a beam of sunlight? When the birds hunt, are they diving into the water near their shadow? Are they using the brightness of the sun to obscure their approach from their prey by diving out of the sun? What do the Brown Trout know about this? Would the fish feel safer from predators from above in full sunlight by attacking your lure, if presented at greater depths? What is the depth limits of predatory birds? What was the range of depths likely from your lure presentations? Are the lures different in appearance with direct sunlight? Did your lures have any shiny reflective surfaces to producing flash?
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Wow! Great catches! I want to understand the dynamics of this. What are the brown trout thinking? What are they seeing? Is the depth you were fishing a depth where they would be vulnerable to predators from the sky? Do birds see fish deeper in the water with a beam of sunlight? When the birds hunt, are they diving into the water near their shadow? Are they using the brightness of the sun to obscure their approach from their prey by diving out of the sun? What do the Brown Trout know about this? Would the fish feel safer from predators from above in full sunlight by attacking your lure, if presented at greater depths? What is the depth limits of predatory birds? What was the range of depths likely from your lure presentations? Are the lures different in appearance with direct sunlight? Did your lures have any shiny reflective surfaces to producing flash?
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