Video above - what was it?

Well, I posted the video at the top of the blog this morning. I called it the refusal, but there are other possibilities. The refusal is my inclination because spring creek trout in New Zealand often come and come and come, then refuse at the last minute, even though they've broken the surface of the water. It is a well known trait there, and we're seen it first hand many times. On almost any NZ water trout will incessantly inspect flies, to the point you swear it simply missed. They're generally too good a predator on such slow waters, however, and approach ever so cautiously. I slowed the video down - but only by 1/2. If you look closely, the fish never touches the fly, nor does it suck it in. If not for Amelia doing a slight twitch of the caddis, the fish would have turned away. Instead, it follows. There are a couple of other possibilities: the fish tried to suck in the fly but the surface tension of the tippet held the fly back; or the fish simply missed the fly. We lean more towards the aspect of refusal simply based on observing so many similar fish in New Zealand on spring creeks. An inspection, sure, they'll give you that from time to time. And when they're playing with it, they're non-committal. Regardless, Amelia did a hell of a job not setting on the refused take, instead giving a wee twitch to keep the fish coming.