09-27-2012, 05:08 PM
[quote TheCarDoctor]What's next? Are you going to start packing a fairy wand?[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]Maybe. But that's kind of a personal question.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Before we moved to Arizona in the 80's I usually took only two rods afloat...one spinning and one flyrod. Used them both and enjoyed them both. I still enjoy fly flinging but seldom take a flyrod aboard with all those other rods. Tough enough to work a flyrod properly without several other rods pointing skyward and without all the PVC contrivances attached to the tube to catch loops of line. But if you concentrate and make only short accurate casts...mostly sidearm...you can still git 'er done. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have several fly fishing rigs of various lengths and weights. And I keep planning to do more REAL fly fishing. But at my age I have remembery problems so I usually don't remember not to forget my fly rods.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, I have learned to present flies many different ways with spinning gear and with only a few exceptions of specialized conditions I can usually do just as well without the long rod. In fact, there are more than a few situations in which you can actually make a better presentation with a spinning rod than with REAL fly fishing gear.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Interestingly (or not) I have been adding to my supply of fly tying supplies and plan to add some new patterns to my fly arsenal over the winter months. That will be the first step in actually doing more REAL fly fishing next year. I have thought of setting goals for several species to be taken exclusively on properly presented "pocket lint" creations...on fly rods I have built myself. It's been a few years since I really worked at it but maybe it is time.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Maybe. But that's kind of a personal question.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Before we moved to Arizona in the 80's I usually took only two rods afloat...one spinning and one flyrod. Used them both and enjoyed them both. I still enjoy fly flinging but seldom take a flyrod aboard with all those other rods. Tough enough to work a flyrod properly without several other rods pointing skyward and without all the PVC contrivances attached to the tube to catch loops of line. But if you concentrate and make only short accurate casts...mostly sidearm...you can still git 'er done. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have several fly fishing rigs of various lengths and weights. And I keep planning to do more REAL fly fishing. But at my age I have remembery problems so I usually don't remember not to forget my fly rods.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, I have learned to present flies many different ways with spinning gear and with only a few exceptions of specialized conditions I can usually do just as well without the long rod. In fact, there are more than a few situations in which you can actually make a better presentation with a spinning rod than with REAL fly fishing gear.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Interestingly (or not) I have been adding to my supply of fly tying supplies and plan to add some new patterns to my fly arsenal over the winter months. That will be the first step in actually doing more REAL fly fishing next year. I have thought of setting goals for several species to be taken exclusively on properly presented "pocket lint" creations...on fly rods I have built myself. It's been a few years since I really worked at it but maybe it is time.[/#0000ff]
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