What is your biggest myth in fly fishing?
I'll start off.....
"The fish don't care".
It has been said so many times and is so illogical...OK so someone some time caught a fish on a bare hook....it is a cop out statement.
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What is your biggest myth in fly fishing?
I'll start off.....
"The fish don't care".
It has been said so many times and is so illogical...OK so someone some time caught a fish on a bare hook....it is a cop out statement.
There is a mystery to fly casting that only few have solved.
Mark
You need big flies for big fish. Cought a 20" Brown ona size 20 fly.
"The fish didn't want anything but a <insert pattern here>"
Translation: After thrashing the water all day with no results, I finally managed 1 or 2 fish with this pattern.
or
"You need 7X, minimum, just to be in the game."
Translation: I can't drift properly, and the lightest tippet I had was 6X.
"I'm a good caster and can put it in a bucket at 80ft...."
I hear that all the time, mostly just before a major blown opportunity at 1/2 that distance
"You have to have the perfect rod and line taper to land dry flies correctly". One of my best days of fly fishing came after I:
1) broke the whole tip section of a 5-piece rod off.
2) proceeded to take off about 18" of tippet with it.
3) Tied on a dry fly and caught the most fish I ever had on dries.
:)
For me it's a lot of the "you HAVE to do it this way" thinking that some fly fishermen have.
"You have to be a good caster to catch fish."
and
"The fly must look like what the fish are feeding on at the moment."
You just need to get out, put some flies in front of fish, and they will tell you what they will or will not eat that day.
The whole business about a falling or rising barometer.
Fish don't care about air pressure, they're in the water.
Changes in weather and light level affect them but the actual rise and fall of the barometer means nothing.
Not washing dirty vets, hats, etc have "karma" and you catch more fish!
All you do is smell like spoiled fish!