I just use an old 2x4 with some small nails in it. Works just fine for me.
2 Nails on one side. One holds the spool of wire, the other is the wire "stop", and is in the center. Then a screw with a small spring (like from a pen) on the end of the other side (over the edge of the surface where...
Yeah, I see that with Hoppers a lot. No, I don't think so though. They were splash rising like 6" to a foot away from the fly. And like I said there weren't a whole lot of adults around that day so i dont think they were eating a real one that distance away. Maybe they were still wary, thinking...
Got out to fish the other day. Fishing was a little slow through the whole day. We had about 15 total (dry fly) eats, but only 3 to hand. Many of the fish weren't committing fully, sometimes just splashing at the fly. We only saw 3 adults all day.
Anyways, weather looks good for the rest of...