Perhaps the most important addition to your fly fishing arsenal

OptiFade was one of the best purchases I’ve ever made, and the discovery that dipping the gear in the Little Stinking’s effluent adds a watery sheen – has made it an integral part of my fly fishing arsenal.

OptiFade - the Deer's Eye View

OptiFade is a new optical pattern camouflage developed by the Gore-Tex folks, the picture at left shows what deer see.

I was able to borrow a prototype to attempt some carp sneakage, slipped in the creek and got the entire ensemble wet…

Apparently the unique combination of industrial effluents contained in the Little Stinking enhanced the land-based camo with a watery sheen, making me nearly invisible to the human eye.

Want Proof?

Me and Pal Tom, after the tour How about me standing next to Tom Chandler, after he’s revealed all his Upper Sacramento Secret Spots unknowingly…

It sure was cold that day, and I’m still feeling guilty Wally the Wonderdog got blamed for clipping Tom’s fine sandwich – but I was starving…

It appears that Gore-Tex is going to cut me in for a piece of the pie. Up till now I’ve held out the “mysterious formula” that makes the water-camo, faithful Singlebarbed readers will get a discount – but I want a piece of whatever you shoplift.

“Secrets of the Upper Sacramento” (as writ by hisself) available from Amazon.com – just in time for Christmas.

6 thoughts on “Perhaps the most important addition to your fly fishing arsenal”

  1. SMJ

    The cammo is impressive and all, but useless unless you can also figure out a way to hide the way we smell.

    Does the book include GPS coordinates?

  2. kbarton10

    With a wet dog in proximity TC didn’t notice the eye-watering fragrance..

    I have full GPS coordinates listed in the book; including the local pub, best dining, and the cat house.

  3. Scott V

    I saw the pic of the bow and figured you got feed up with not being able to catch a carp with a fly and decided to get them the easy way.

  4. KBarton10

    Who said bows were the easy way?

    I watched a kid shoot at them carp in the bridge pool for better’n 30 minutes – he didn’t even scratch one.

  5. Trout Underground

    Congratulations. You follow me around and all you learn is all the places on the Upper Sac where you won’t catch fish (ignoring the unpleasant reality that the picture is me in Idaho).

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