We'd seen the crane flies skittering on the water for the past week or so. And I'd played around with them for a couple years so I knew they would attract the fish. I'd caught a few fish last year with them and enjoyed throwing the big flies. Sort of like big grasshoppers or foam chernobyl ants. A size 10 fly is much larger than a size 20 fly. (I prefer casting 20's.) The fish smack 'em with a lot of gusto, usually making big splashes and lots of noise. Like devouring an entire meal compared to a bite of food . Even when not seeing them you can hear the take from across the river. I was looking forward to trying the big crane flies again this year.
Most serious fishers get on the river early to toss crane flies, but we'd seen them all day long flittering about. They can be twitched, drug across the water or floated with a dead drift. The fish like them all different ways.
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