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Here is a wet fly-fishing tip that many fly fishermen overlook when nymph fishing lakes and deep pools of rivers and streams using a sinking tip fly line or a sinking fly line. In this example we are fishing a #6 black bunny leech. Because of the way it is tied, like most good wet flies these days, it requires a precise stop and start action to really be effective. The fly must stripped and paused, or what I call the stop and go method of nymph fly fishing. For example, cast out your fly and line, and use the fly line sink rate and the count down method (1001,1002etc) to let the fly sink into the strike zone. Then make one pull in (or strip in) and stop. This allows the material on the fly to open while the fly sinks for two or three seconds then strip again closing the fly, pause, and strip again. This will cause the fly to rise, fall, open, close, rise, fall, and look alive as you strip in the fly line. To really get the proper action from the bunny leech or any wet fly, you must point the rod and rod tip right at the fly line where it goes into the water while you are stripping in the fly line, otherwise, you dont get the desired stop and start action. Visualize this, if your fly rod is parallel to the water during the strip, the rod will flex down, and during the pause the rod will flex back up, resulting in the fly just moving along at a study pace without any stop or start action. Again, point the rod down and right at the fly line where it goes into the water.

When using larger wet fly or nymph patterns, make longer strips with a longer pause, and when using small fly patterns, try to make a short strip in and a short pause between strips. Try different combinations of strips and pauses until you find a combination that works for the fish and water conditions that are present where you are fishing. Remember that the strip and pause must represent the type of fly that you are using. For example a sculpin fly will require a longer, quick start and longer pause, than a small nymph that slowly travels only a few inches at a time. This method of wet fly fishing works with the muddler minnow, wooly buggers, leeches, streamers and all types of large and small nymphs.

This method of nymph and wet fly fishing will produce violent strikes, and works on all game fish so be prepared to up size your tippet leader material. Refer to my web site for the fly fishing tip: Fluorocarbon leader and the fly fishing knots to make it work

Good luck, good fishing and please take care of our wonderful lands.

Stanley Stanton: Oregon Fly Fishing Guide and McKenzie River fishing guide, Visit: http://www.oregon-fly-fishing-with-stan.com For trout fly fishing tips, how to fly fish information, plus guided Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing, Steelhead Fly Fishing, classes for beginners and advanced fly fishing and Oregon Salmon Fishing.

You've maybe had this nightmare scenario happen to you: you capture that precious moment with your 5 year old and can't wait to show off the darling one latest adorable expression, only to find that the child peering back at you from the photo appears to be demon possessed, sporting red eyes that dominate the picture. You're just sure he's actually okay, I mean you go to church and all. This unsettling malady, known in photo circles as red eye, (a technical term!) is caused by the light from your camera's flash bouncing off the retina in the back of the eye, usually caused in low light conditions, just when you needed that flash to illuminate things.

Ironically, red eye is getting more prevalent as digital cameras have surged into mainstream popularity. Since these gizmos are growing ever smaller, the Flash on a digital camera is located very near the lens, and the flash shoots directly into the iris and reflects back into the camera, causing that terrible red eye we're always so upset to see. Even the red eye reduction features that most digital cameras come standard with, which produces a pre-flash just before the picture is exposed, (always wondered why that was, didn't you!) offers little help in reducing this problem. This very seldom actually works, and you're still left with that awful red eye, staring back at you!

Since most digital cameras don't offer or accommodate any other lighting sources other than the flash, the only solution left for most of us is to fix it after the fact, and the best tool to do that by a long shot is Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop makes quick work of red eye, and if you've heard that learning Photoshop is a bear, I'm here to tell you that with a little targeted instruction, you can be using Photoshop to not only eliminate those evil eyes from your family photos, but also to benefit from all the other amazing benefits this incredible software has to offer.

Don't let those photos sit there when you can fix them fast with Adobe Photoshop!

For a great Photoshop tutorial, or to learn more about how you can improve your Photoshop skills, visit Keith's site at http://Fast-and-Easy-Photoshop.com/