>>894681Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but
From what I can tell, it's a combination of timing, bait/lure, and luck. From a fly fishing perspective, the first thing you want to do is simulate what the big fish eats. It may eat what the smaller or normal sized fish eat, but now that it's larger, it probaby also moved on to bigger and better things. For example, I learned some trout get big enough to where they start eating small rodents. So once you've got that down, you got to figure out when they eat. Again, from a fly fishing perspective I heard the biggest fish are nocturnal and feed at around 2-4 AM, a time where most fish aren't getting caught, and as the old saying goes, the biggest fish get that way by not getting caught.
So combining those two things, and combine that with some luck, and you'll be getting the bigger fish.
One last thing, I imagine, you have to learn how to think and be like the fish, as dumb and cliche as that sounds. I'm sure the best fishermen become so good because they've learned so much about the fish themselves.
