Light Pattern

Murrays Flying Beetle Terrestrial trout fly fishing fliesI had taken eight trout in the last several pools on my Murray’s Flying Beetle so when I spotted a nice trout feeding on the surface in the next pool I felt pretty sure he would take my beetle. He came up and looked at it on three consecutive drifts but he would not take it. I brought it in and blotted it dry and redressed it with floatant. On the next drift over the trout he took it solidly. Why? I believe it was because when it was dried and dressed it presented a new light pattern on the streams surface which looked better to him.