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I have 'special' ones for that same concept. Double lead wrap, with lead head on a 2x shank, the barb has been carefully lifted to 90deg
edit.....dont need to tug just them getting it out is enough, usually go for the ears. Good to do while thinking of the "most accurate" trophy sitting in my china cabinet
[This message has been edited by Jo (edited 16 February 2005).]
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Jo,
If you can 'cast' that fly, you deserve to be on the water. Just stay away from me.
Allan
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Jo: You put your finger on the essential difference in men and women when you said "We don't go fishing with anything sexual on our minds." Things sexual are always on men's minds, we just do other things when no sexual opportunity is in sight. Makes for a lot of misunderstanding between the sexes.
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i would venture to guess that what any fly fisher wants the most is a bit of solitude--that goes for man or woman. when i fish alone i can count on only having to deal with one jack ***.
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I have seen my mom put a lot of fish and game on the dinner table.
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Eric "nighthawk"
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jo you should enquire about the exploding flies someone on this board was designing for jet skiers.
I have one more point to make.Of all the flyfisherpeople I know Iswear that the ladies are almost always better casters.Why is that?Must be something in the genes:gentler,less macho or something.
Adam
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Adam,
I'm sorry, I just cannot agree with your comment:
"I swear that the ladies are almost always better casters."
Of course some of the ladies who have seriously taken up the sport are as good or often better then some men. However, you take beginners, male and female, and the majority of the time the male will learn quicker. I think it's a matter of 'muscle memory'. At some point in time the serious woman fly fisher may get there and may even overtake her male counterpart in distance and technique. However, that is not the norm.
Allan
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we could agree and disagree on this for a very long time, I picked up basic casts pretty quickly, but then again I can also throw a ball properly. Kids have learnt not to throw a ball at me unexpectedly, comes back fast hard and with a mean curve.
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Allan
In my experience women learn faster than men.
The guys always seem to want to cast a full line first time.Maybe we're talking different casting here.I meant basic neat,pretty casting.The kind that requires minimal brute force(most casts in fact).
Maybe it's just an african male thing
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Most of us are idiots, at one time, or another! The secret is to do it, when nobody is there, to witness your stupidity.
Deanna is a Lady of the Old School, and I respect her as a person, more than being a female. She is more of a Fly Angler, then I will ever hope to be. It is a pleasure to call Deanna a friend and a mentor.
~Parnelli
PS: She cast one mean fly line!