It didn ’ t take me long to realize that I had to limit casts , be precise , and make sure I plopped the fly on the water . With a quick lesson from Luis , the fun was on . We spent the day walking the banks and spotting fish . Many casts were laid down on the ground so that just the tip of the leader was in the water . While Barbel can be very picky , it wasn ’ t one of those days . They were readily taking the large foam ants that I was putting down . Barbel are not structure oriented , and if you can keep the hook in them , and make it through the two to three long runs , they are normally brought to hand .
While conditions normally diminish during the day due to glare and wind , our luck held , and we stayed into fish until right before dark . Even as we left the shoreline , we could still see the occasional back or tail slipping along the banks , giving me one last look at the fish that were still out there just waiting to have one big foam fly plopped down in front of them .
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