Worms are too slimey and bass boats cost too much. :)
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Worms are too slimey and bass boats cost too much. :)
It's the road less traveled.
Wow, its been a long day already. The first couple times I read this I could've swore it said women are too slimey!Quote:
Originally Posted by PAangler
I need to go fishing!
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Originally Posted by Wild One
They're too expensive also! :lol:
i started with a spinning rod and a fly and bubble setup. when the recreation department at the company where i was working at the time in colordao started having free fly fishing/tying lessons, i was hooked! for me its not a zen thing, a dark art to master its just a different method of fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallyfly
So I can practice my casting :P
All of the above! And the feeling of accomplishment I get. After I tie my own fly and eventually find success using a new pattern or method.
As a lifelong fisherman I had been exposed to the "traditional" ways of fishing; cane pole (not the $$$$ cane), bait caster & spin rigs. Each was practiced until catching fish became almost boring, so I would move to rods that were lighter in sensitivity, smaller in size and ultimately making the catching and landing of fish more challenging. I won't say I was necessarily bored with fishing, but I became more complacent with it. Then one day I was walking the dog along the Chagrin River and watched some fly fishers catching steelhead trout. It was like an epiphany that this was my next step in challenging the prey of the water. AS it turned out, I spend over 95% of my fishing time with the fly rod because it continues to challenge me. I guess the best way for me to describe my fly fishing experience is that it is the great equalizer between me and the fish. Somedays I win...somedays the fish wins...and that's OK with me. It continues to draw me back again & again.
Joe
i think everyone above covered it. i do it because its fun and just the satisfaction you get from making youre own flies and then tricking fish into biting it. its just an amazing feeling.
also "surely you can catch more with a spinning rod". nope you cant. i have fished in lakes with friends while they were using live bait and lures and i was using the fly rod. i caught about 50+ more fish then them. more types of fish then them and had WAY more fun.
so yeah thats my contribution to this thread
Jealousy pure and simple.
I was spin fishing for trout and them darn fly guys were putting me too shame.
So I got me cheap fly rig and tried it for myself. Caught some fish too ? the biggest one was me.
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