Answers to the Fun Test

1.  All lines weigh the same, all are 8wt, but sinking line is more dense.
2.  The double haul is a technique for generating line speed, and sometimes
    it is used for distance casting.  The answer is FALSE
3.  FALSE.  Most fly lines are 25-35 feet in the head section and to pick up
    more than this from a dead standstill is more the rod's inability to lift
    that much line off the water.
4.  On a good cast, the rod tip will move in a STRAIGHT line.
5.  FALSE.  Some flies, like streamers and wet flies, are best fished downstream.
    In fact, throwing down or down and across is the only angle that makes the fly
    swim away from the fish...would a predator fish think it more natural for a 
    victim to swim away from him or toward him?  That's a no brainer.

6.  FALSE.  Just because fish see you does not mean they will not strike.  It may
    mean that once aware of you they are more difficult to catch.  Some local rivers, 
    particularly the Smith River in Va, its possible to see large numbers of fish in 
    some of the deeper pools.  The same is true of stocked waters where fish are used
    to seeing people.  On wild streams if you see fish you are likely to have 2 or 3 
    casts in which to have a shot before the fish is spooked.
7.  FALSE.  Fish may refuse to strike a fly and that is not necessarily an indication
    that it is being selective.  Sometimes the fish just may not be feeding.  Only feeding
    fish can be said to be selective.  There are 3 reasons, as the late Gary LaFontaine
    notes in his excellent book "Dry Fly:  New Angles", the first is drag the fly, the
    second is spook the fish, or lastly fishing the wrong fly.
8.  A 7 1/2 ft 4 wt is the best choice in this situation.
9.  FALSEIt pays to wait, look again to see if the fish comes up again.  Make one last 
    note of where the fish is located.  When you see a rise, take care to remember that
    the rise ring the fish leaves on the surface also drifts downstream with the current.
    So the fish is actually slightly upstream of the rise ring as you see it.
10. FALSE If the fish splashes the fly you have most likely experienced a refusal.
    Either you are fishing the wrong fly or maybe using too large a fly.  If a fish really
    is convinced the fly is worth eating and takes it its really hard to take it away 
    from him.  
11. FALSE.  More often shorter casts are more accurate and thus catch more fish.  No one,
    not even Lefty Kreh, can fish better at 50' than at 20'.  The line often crosses too 
    many different current lines/speeds and line control is nearly impossible.
12. FALSE  Avoiding drag is always important, and never takes precendence over the type of
    fly. In fact the wrong fly fished drag free has a better chance than the right fly 
    that drifts at the wrong speed.
13. d. a size 18 ADAMS.  Why?  The size 18 Adams is exact in size, close in color (notice
    I said close).  The point is not so much matching the fly exactly, but rather that an
    Adams and a Blue Winged Olive are very similar in a key regard---BOTH are generally 
    DARK flies.
14. FALSE.  of the two, the 5X is lighter.