Today's anglers are the best equipped, and most technically savay group of anglers that have ever picked up a fly rod. At the click of a mouse they can access the accumulated knowledge of the ages, but I wonder at what cost? Speaking for myself I would not trade my years of trial and error for a library filled with fly-fishing books, an I-phone that gives me instant updates on the flies that are hatching on my favorite trout stream, and streaming video of a champion caster demonstrating how to do the double haul.
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