For those that fly fish...

[10 Bears]

Originally Posted by 5knives

FWIW;

G.W.Sears (Nessmuk), the great outdoorsman and writer of the 1870's and '80's wrote the following in his book "Woodcraft and Camping".

"Charles Dudley Warner, who writes charmingly of woods life, has the following in regard to trout fishing, which is so neatly humorous that it will bear repeating:

"It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method. The uncultivated trout in unfrequented waters prefers the bait; and the rural people, whose sole object in going a-fishing appears to be to catch fish, indulge them in their primitive state for the worm. No sportsman, however, will use anything but a fly—except he happens to be alone."

Regards,
...

Dang, I wish I knew my friends email address, I would definately send him that quote.

He has taken the "Oath" of fly fishing!

Ties flies, sells them and does well at it.
$2.50 each is his starting price.
Sells all he makes, WHEN he decides to sit down and make them.


—except he happens to be alone."
I love that line!

[gunnysmith]

Originally Posted by 10 Bears

Well, thanks for that link.
When I find it I'll be able to ID it's birthdate!

Even if I didn't know how to spell the first name properly.
Haven't seen it in several years now.
But, I KNOW it's still around here somewhere!

I thought you might enjoy the history involved in your fly rod

[hangfire]

unless I'm fishing in the brush for panfish, and then I'll use rubber spiders.

Getting about time for the Redears to start bedding around here. I know of several good places to fish this way. I almost get tired of catching them. I have no problem with the eyelet on the end of my line, but I seldom use really light flies.

[GARANDNUT]

I get my fly fishing supplies at:

Gander mountain
Bass pro shop
Walmart
Dicks

The Gander mountain has locally tied flies for a $1.00 each and they work just as well as the ones a friend of mine ties. I don't think I could tie my own for that price. If you don't have these stores near by you can order on line for them.

[OneShot729]

Been doing quite a bit of late night searching and reading the past couple weeks and found a few good sites. One of which shows the "figure 8" method of line control I previously mentioned.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/begin/101/figure8.php

Also found a place that has some pretty good prices on a wide variety of flies.

http://www.flydealflies.com/