02-05-2007, 03:02 AM
I have been fly fishing since 1961. I love it. Shall we have a contest to see how many places we've been, and how much we've spent.
That'd make J. Paul Getty shudder.
I watched the Tying Video's DryRod put up. Great stuff. So interesting.
I dont tie. I just fish!
Still, I love looking at those creations, and fishing with them.
My one regret is that I somehow dont tie on very many flies when I get to fishing.
I sometimes fish with the same fly for an hour.
Yet I have in my boxes, plenty enough flies to tie a new one on ever 15 minutes.
But I dont. And I dont know why I dont!
Maybe I'm too afraid I'll miss that strike on the next cast.
Or maybe the next fly wont be any good (like the last one? LOL)
Or maybe it's the consternation of not knowing why to tie on whichever fly strikes my fancy?
Yikes, so many choices.
In all those years, some flies do well in some places, and not in others. Yet Rainbow are the same everywhere.
For instance a really badly boogerd up Spratly works well in those Chilly Canadian waters, but didn't work at all in Alaska's clear chilly lakes.
Little Teeeny gnats and skeeters (#20 and 22's) work very well in the upper San Juan but dont work in the lower San Juan.
In fact, I've never seen them little buggers work anywhere except the upper San Juan.
Big stuff, six n' 8's work in Eastern Washington, but not in Alaska or down here in Alabama.
Big Wooly buggers and Sculpins work in some clear lakes????
What the heck?
So I'm asking you fly fishermen and women. What do you use next? And what's your reasoning for using that one?
And for Pete's sake, tell me where you are fishing. What state and what water?
Other wise your answer just wont make sense.
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That'd make J. Paul Getty shudder.
I watched the Tying Video's DryRod put up. Great stuff. So interesting.
I dont tie. I just fish!
Still, I love looking at those creations, and fishing with them.
My one regret is that I somehow dont tie on very many flies when I get to fishing.
I sometimes fish with the same fly for an hour.
Yet I have in my boxes, plenty enough flies to tie a new one on ever 15 minutes.
But I dont. And I dont know why I dont!
Maybe I'm too afraid I'll miss that strike on the next cast.
Or maybe the next fly wont be any good (like the last one? LOL)
Or maybe it's the consternation of not knowing why to tie on whichever fly strikes my fancy?
Yikes, so many choices.
In all those years, some flies do well in some places, and not in others. Yet Rainbow are the same everywhere.
For instance a really badly boogerd up Spratly works well in those Chilly Canadian waters, but didn't work at all in Alaska's clear chilly lakes.
Little Teeeny gnats and skeeters (#20 and 22's) work very well in the upper San Juan but dont work in the lower San Juan.
In fact, I've never seen them little buggers work anywhere except the upper San Juan.
Big stuff, six n' 8's work in Eastern Washington, but not in Alaska or down here in Alabama.
Big Wooly buggers and Sculpins work in some clear lakes????
What the heck?
So I'm asking you fly fishermen and women. What do you use next? And what's your reasoning for using that one?
And for Pete's sake, tell me where you are fishing. What state and what water?
Other wise your answer just wont make sense.
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