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.
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.
There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
R.Y.
"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
Boy there is more truth than fiction to that ...
a flashlight in your teeth trying to build a Duncan loop on size 20 rusty spinner... with your eye glasses smudged and your eyes watering from fishing all day… wind blowing and fish going wild at your feet... in the dark……God this a great hobby!!
Harry Mason
www.troutflies.com
It's a damn good thing this fly rod is only 7'11" so I can legally use it in the next BASS tournament!!