Sighters

by Roger Hall
(West Virginia)

My eyes are getting old and it is getting kind of hard for me to see the take under water. So, for the last year I have put on a little Orvis strike putty, I prefer the chartreuse. Just a very tiny bit just above the tippet knot is of great assistance in detecting subtle takes.

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.