Being generally unimpressed with the “classics” in literature, I do however happen to find that a copy of my daughter’s book Pride and Prejudice to be quite relevant to fly fishing on the Yakima River in March. If you’ve read the novel, you’re familiar with a Mr. Bennett- who, in a flash of insight, turns his wit on himself during a crisis with characters Wickham and Lydia — "let me once in my life feel how much I have been to blame. I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. It will pass away soon enough." I know the feeling, Sir, and you’ve inspired me to write about one of the critical aspects of catching fish on a fly – presentation. It has also been said, and I paraphrase, that it is worse to know “where the fish are, but not able to present properly to them, than to be able to present properly, but not know where the fish are.” Either way, your pride is going to be challenged and you may find fly fishing more intimidating than it has to be – so let’s focus on presentation in this month’s update.