What makes a fisherman successful and not just lucky? Is it time on the water? Is it time with our noses in a book or staring at a computer screen?
What makes you successful and not just lucky?
Difference between successful and lucky
What makes a fisherman successful and not just lucky? Is it time on the water? Is it time with our noses in a book or staring at a computer screen?
What makes you successful and not just lucky?
I credit my success to my father teaching me to flyfish when I was young, to more than thirty years of fishing of all kinds, to paying attention to what was happening around me, and to the handful of folks who pointed out things that helped me leap ahead over the years. I firmly believe that learning hands-on, out in the real world, is infinitely better than book larnin'. You can read every book out there, every website, and watch every video, and you will have LOTS of information, but how much of it do you really UNDERSTAND?
Luck always plays a role. You can't ever avoid the Lady. But in the long run, she tends to favor those who already know what they are doing.
A great question...should be interesting.Originally Posted by loufly
Anyone can be lucky once. Successful fishermen are lucky more than that.
The more you fish, the better your chance for being lucky. The more you are lucky, the better chance you will be successful.
Just keep your hooks sharp and your flies in the water and you'll have fun and that's all it is really about.
When I catch a bunch of fish or a big one I'm successful.
When my fishing buddy outfishes me, he's lucky!
I believe in the saying;
"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity." Learn, practice, learn, practice, learn, practice...
Joe Valencic
Life Member FFF
Rod Builder in Chains
Now that's funny! Great replies, keep em' coming.
The proper Knowledge is power.
Knowledge without application is fantasy.
Knowledge can be gained through many avenues, but reading and talking with people better or more experienced than you is a good short cut, but again, the theories must be applied not just talked about.
Experience is golden.
Rick
"Luck is a residue of skill" - Woody Hayes quoting Amos Alonzo Stagg.
It's how well you understand and apply the three T's of fly fishing - timing, tackle and technique. That's another way of saying what DG said, I think.
For me, what makes fly fishing so interesting and challenging, is all the variables that come into play in just about any outing, and the variables are expanded by a factor of three - the three T's. You can have everything just right in either of two of the T's, and blow it completely on the other one.
And, as I like to remind myself when it happens, and it does often enough to have a saying for it - "You have to do a lot of things right to foul hook a whitefish."
The fish are always right.
I'll go with DG on this one.. paying attention brings dividends.
We all enjoy the places we fish, otherwise we wouldnt be there, yet ya have to watch what is happening while you fish...
Z
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