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Ranger, ...
Excellent point...
That's why we wrote:
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Bit of a laugh, ... bit of a lesson http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
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i know my remark will make people angry-but i have fished 60yrs-round about and believe how technical people have made it??sorry but if i have too worry about all this stuff i might as well be golfing??
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bob faorite past-times winter steelie fishing-fall bow-hunting-would write more but with my typing i would be here for wks.??
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Hi Rich. Hope you're having a great summer - with lots of big old trout on the end of your line.
Is "best" in the eye of the beholder? In my days of better eyesight, I was a hobby silhouette shooter. What I quickly noticed was the top guns had the crappiest LOOKING rifles. Perfectly tuned for accuracy, but chopped up, roughed, sanded, Bondo'ed and otherwise custom shaped and fitted to them personally. With little regard to aesthetics or cost. And the actions they chose to build around were readily available and affordable, not Kimber or even Sako.
I know I have a different outlook than you, and we've been around this tree a few times. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
I feel I need to say I don't believe the gear one chooses has much bearing on the level of commitment or dedication or serves as a reliable measure of the importance a fisherman places on the activity.
I'm absolutely convinced that choosing mid priced gear that pleases and perfectly suits the individual then spending the time and effort to learn how to use it well, shows infinitely more respect for the sport than acquiring the "best" and trotting it out for display.
IMHO, it's the actions and capabilities of the individual that most embodies the attributes you seem to feel are somehow inherit in hardware.
My $0.02
Jim
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fcch:
Funny about your "just goes there" comment. I have been casting very well as of late and catching my share of big fish.
I am self taught and have never had formal instruction. Just today however I had my first casing lesson. Oh my. All of a sudden I am thinking about this and thinking about that and I can no longer cast. (Thumb up...back..stop..not too much power...drop the rod...)It is awful. Probably will be good for me in the long run but now I am all messed up.