If I had any discoveries that would revolutionize fly fishing as we know it, I would tell everyone, but since I don't :wink: , I won't. :lol:
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If I had any discoveries that would revolutionize fly fishing as we know it, I would tell everyone, but since I don't :wink: , I won't. :lol:
Everything I know you all already have.
www.HATofMichigan.org
Nothing there will ever make me famous though.
Bobinmich
When I find something that works well for me, I can't wait to share
it with my FAOL friends. There have been a number of things over
the years but probably the most popular was the dremel bug how
to. I've corresponded with many dozens of FAOLers who found the
article beneficial.*G* Warm regards, Jim
If I see something asked on the board...I try and give a solid answer if I can...Every once in a great while I happen to do it by PM is all.... :lol:
So When asked directly of certian things I guess, I will still share...
For me part of the fun of discovering a new material, technique etc. is sharing it with others. Anyone who won't share must have a very short memory to forget all the things that others have shared with them. Fly fishing and fly tying isn't a competition, it's a pastime that is meant to be shared.
Jim Smith
People that freely give info to each other are my favorite people. It shows their secure with themselves. I also pay attention to how people respond to each other's info. If you post info and photos on the BB, you need to understand that not everyone is going to go crazy for it. So it's nice when people are polite.
Since everybody is sharing music and video files, how bout if we share GPS coordinates of our favorite fishing spot????
Doug :lol:
At Least 99.99% of what I kow has come from other folks.
So the little I know, I try to contribute.
I may take a few friends to my best places, but the rest of you are proabably out of luck.
I have had too many ponds ruined by folks going back to them and messing them up.
If you are on this board and come here to go fishing, you are one of my friends.
Rick
I think that I speak for many of the regulars when I say that Jim and Rick are certainly among the most generous people when it comes to sharing their knowledge about fly fishing and fly tying. We all owe both of you a debt of thanks. We also owe JC, LF, and Al Campbell one heck of a lot. How else would I know to "keepth my backcast upth?"
Doug and James, I think you really hit the nail. We all owe other people a great deal and the nicest people are the ones who remember that and want to share freely with others. 8T :D
For me, I share anything I have learned with anyone who really wants to learn whatever I know. That is why I love teaching the Beginner's Fly Tying class. I have shared some fly patterns on FAOL that have been really good flies and still are, but, I really do not feel anyone believed me since no PM's or posts were made by anyone which, I assume, means no one tried them. Oh, well, that is their lost not mine.
As for fishing spots on the local rivers here, I share them with anyone who is into "catch and release". I don't mind sharing those spots that are close to the access areas since I feel any good fly fisherman will eventually find them anyway. I usually do not share the spots where I use my Hobie Cat 75 to get to. Those areas could be as far as 4 or 5 miles up or down river from any of the access areas. Those are my areas to just get away from everyone and I consider them "my spots".
I give many flies and furled leaders away to other fisherman on the rivers if they seem interested in them.
I think most people just do not believe you when you do tell them about a good fly, fishing spot, etc.
I will read, listen to others and watch others to learn anything I can. There is no telling how many times I have spent well over an hour just reading the fly tying tips pages on FAOL. It seems like everytime I visit those tips, I learn something new.
I agree wholeheartedly. I used to frequent another website forum that went from a sharing site to a chest-thumping, ego driven, tight-lipped blog for a handful of the Moderator's friends. When i called the moderator to task on the direction the site was going, I got my IP banned and cannot even access the site as read-only. An online friend came to my side and he was also banned. I was upset at first, but then I realized I could not be happy there without openly sharing information, and these guys deserved each other. I found FAOl and the rest is history. I share as much as I know as often as I can, and I'm thankful for everyone here that does the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by James Smith
Joe