I've been fly fishing for 50 years I recently I noticed that my casting isn't quite as strong and I can't hike 10 mile to a stream anymore. Has anyone else noticed a deterioration in fly fishermen over time?
Do Fly Fishermen deteriorate.
I've been fly fishing for 50 years I recently I noticed that my casting isn't quite as strong and I can't hike 10 mile to a stream anymore. Has anyone else noticed a deterioration in fly fishermen over time?
You don't ever want a crisis to go to waste... - Rahm Emanuel
Who is John Galt?
I figure it has been 51 years for me. What I want to know is who suddenly put all those rocks in the streams I fish and who moved the parking lots so far from my favorite holes. They also made those size 18 hooks a lot smaller than they used to be. And the eyes on those hooks. They never used to be that size. I don't know who done it but I suspect Obamacare is responsible.
David
48 years for me. And why do my feet get colder than they use to? And why have the waders I've purchased over time gotten bigger? Not to mention the rocks and hook sizes that djo has mentioned nor that the tippet seems to shake a bit more when trying to thread it thru the hook eye. And speaking of tippet have you noticed that 6x is getting smaller and seems at times impossible to thread?
" If a man is truly blessed, he returns home from fishing to the best catch of his life." Christopher Armour
Ain't it grand?? I wouldn't trade it for he world!
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
60 years for me... [Good Lord!] Made it up to 10,000 feet last summer with the 42 year old "kid" to fish for Brookies in the Beartooths. I took longer to get up there, but by golly I'll keep doing it even if I have to crawl. I figure if I don't keep using it I'll lose it and IF I kick off on the way I'll just be that much closer to the Pearly Gates... [The inspiring part of this thread is that all you guys are complaining but still going..!]
If there are no dogs in heaven, I want to go where they go."
Will Rogers
Fly Fishers are like a fine wine. They age well with time until they turn to vinegar.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Wow! You folks are champs!
I've probably been fishing for 40 years, but have only REALLY been flyfishing for 6!
Still...I've noticed tying flies and attaching flies to tippet has indeed gotten more difficult. I'll keep going as long as I can!
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
I've been fly fishing for only about 45 years now. The biggest change I've noticed in the last couple of years is that I have a hard time keeping the same enthusiasm level for as long as I used to. I still go out eager in the morning, but am usually ready to call it a day before it gets dark now. That, and I am finding aches that I never used to have after a day of fishing. It's still as enjoyable while I am fishing, and I look forward to it just as much or more than I used to, but I seem to pay more for it too.
Ted
Keep on training, guys! Push-ups, abs, stretching, little running, etc. Wading rivers and hiking is better with an athletic base. I'm 56 and jump from boulder to boulder like a hopper...(and sometimes swim like a Rocketfish.
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Well yes they do, as do we all, but fly fishermen seem to age more gracefully somehow.
When you can arrange your affairs to go fishing, forget all the signs, homilies, advice and folklore. JUST GO.
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