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05-03-2007, 08:55 AM #1
Your favorite thing about fly fishing?
There are really so many things I love, but Ill start the list and end it with what I think my favorite thing is.
-Tight, smooth loops. (duh)
-Watching the leader and tippet unroll so your dry barely makes a wake.
-Seeing water spray off your reel either when you stip off some line, but preferably, when a fish takes off on a screaming run.
-That sound your reel makes when a fish does go off on a screaming run.
and my personal favorite, not sure exactly why, but
-Throwing out a solid cast at distance, and watching you clear the rest of your line, and the way it "slaps" the rod blank when youve done it right.
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05-03-2007, 09:11 AM #2
"Trout don't live in ugly places"
Even if your not actually "catching" there is the satisfaction of making good casts"
Watching a fish come up and eat some foam/feathers/thread that you created.
Its all about the marketing. "A river runs through it" that shit is cool"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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05-03-2007, 09:24 AM #3
Something that most white men don't have, rhythm.
This is the worst pain EVER!
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05-03-2007, 02:18 PM #4
The different way fish hit the flies versus casting lures. It seems to be a much more natural take.
...And the greatest ice must crumble when it's flower's time to grow.
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05-03-2007, 03:48 PM #5
There are so many, but one I happened to be thinking of today is watching a 20+" trout make a little wake just before taking a little gulp on a 24.
Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague
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05-03-2007, 04:00 PM #6
1. Collecting more gear
2. Having an excuse to do something outdoors and/or travel
3. It gives me something in common and allows me to socialize with the camouflage-wearing crowd
4. Like linux and telemarking, it has simpler mainstream alternatives but I like a challenge.
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05-03-2007, 04:03 PM #7Registered User
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05-03-2007, 04:45 PM #8
i cannot beleive someone just compared fly fishing to linux
that is over the line. (halfway joking)
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05-03-2007, 05:09 PM #9
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05-03-2007, 06:02 PM #10
catching a fish on a fly that my 2 1/2 picked out then showing him said fish with fly in mouth and seeing the look on his face.....completely priceless.
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05-03-2007, 06:03 PM #11
dinner...
FKNA...When logic goes out the window, go with it.
-- yogachik
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05-03-2007, 07:25 PM #12
Fresh air. On many different levels.
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05-03-2007, 08:27 PM #13
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05-03-2007, 08:30 PM #14
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05-03-2007, 11:38 PM #15
Fishing dries has continued to keep me fly fishing. Its such a crazy cycle of deception that takes place when witnessing a trout hold its breath, come to the surface, and take my fly.
That and I hate/suck at nymphing.
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05-04-2007, 10:08 AM #16
My favorite is waking up early,enjoying a cupof bad coffee on the bank of a stream while the fog and or mist rises. Then walking further than anyone else is willing to and reaching my favorite little run just as a small hatch is starting to come off. At this point,being patient enough to sit and watch how and what the fish are feeding on, while a deer comes through the woods and is just a little surprised to see me, still enjoying my coffee, and instead of running, casually slips back into the woods.
JayFive minutes into the drive and you're already driving me crazy...
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05-04-2007, 11:09 AM #17
Trying to spot fish (which IMO is the hardest thing about fly fishing) and 2nd on the wake or flash when a big fish says FUCK YOU I'm going to eat you! Hopper time is my fav.
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05-04-2007, 01:15 PM #18
Tough question to answer.
For me it would probably be the process of looking at a good map, finding a new place/stream to explore and heading out. Something about a new river or lake where you are likely to be the only one around is the most satisfying part of fishing. I find myself doing it less and less...I guess new places are getting farther and farther away. Maybe it's time to move?
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05-04-2007, 01:30 PM #19
the wild nymphomaniacs that the jealous folks call "groupies"
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05-09-2007, 09:46 AM #20
With an open mind you can do it almost anywhere. Trout are my passion but I have had equal fun chasing bass (fresh/salt), pike, carp and warm/cold salt species.
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05-09-2007, 06:43 PM #21
Watching a trout suck down a dry fly.
Wading - feeling the current against your legs, the sound of the water.
Scenery.
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05-09-2007, 11:58 PM #22
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05-10-2007, 06:08 AM #23
If you haven't already, go here and watch "The Hatch". Serious Stoke 4Sure!
http://www.feltsoulmedia.com/
EDIT: DANG IT! They used to have a longer trailer, but they shortened it. Check out the DVD, it's awesome!Last edited by Lonnie; 05-10-2007 at 06:11 AM.
This is the worst pain EVER!
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05-10-2007, 07:55 AM #24
When you get it all right.
The knots
The fly selection
The cast
The mend
The drag free drift
The line control
The set
The fight.
The reward is priceless, worth every cent of that overpriced gear.
Then to watch something so powerful and beautiful swim away and know someone else will have a chance to experience the same."When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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05-11-2007, 08:22 AM #25
...ditto
the "Trout don't live in ugly neighborhoods"!
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