"I think knowing what is going on at the time you are fishing is the most important thing you can know about fishing the day you are on the stream."

And that folks is a large part of the art of fly fishing...I wish I could do it well.

" I do not like kicking up the bottom"...tell that to the Madison River guides.

Thanks, Ron.

I hope this doesn't highjack the thread so folks chime in as RkyMtnGuy asks...he's got a good list himself.