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Bob La Londe wrote:
Just stupid? Really. Well, before posting my suggestion I actually [snip] newsgroups are made to raise and discuss as I did, not for insulting others and waste their time. and nobody is forced to respond answers. if people would just to learn stuff can just go and buy books and search on Google, not writing on newsgroups. in a newsgroup I'm free to ask and discuss all IT arguments I want. I have thousands posts in it.hobby.pescare where I discuss and suggest newbies how to fish in salt water, as a lot of other people taught to me. go to Google and check. in freshwaters I consider myself not a newbie but I learner, so I've many answers to ask, so don't waste your time and mine with stupid "go and search on Google" and do yourself a pleasu don't read my posts and live in peace. -- ciao Vittorix |
"Vittorix" wrote in message
... don't read my posts and live in peace. ROFLMAO -- Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com |
How a fly should be dressed is one of those great controversial topics !
I'm only an amateur, but I think like any keen angler, we quite often start with a tried and trusted pattern and then over time we vary the theme slightly to see if it will improve effectiveness. I personally believe that both colour and overall shape are important factors, but like many people, I'm still looking for that perfect combination. Having said that, if there was such a thing as the one perfect fly for all conditions, venues and seasons, I think everyone's fly boxes would look far far less interesting than they do today. If you want some examples, you can find some of ours at http://harelaw.net/lflies.htm. if you look at the cormorant or the greenwell spider, you will see that they are quite different to the depictions on many other sites. While I'm here, when you talk about realizing, I think you mean dressing (or alternatively tying). Have fun with your new pastime John "Vittorix" wrote in message ... Flycatcher wrote: Well I think that's pretty good for a first attempt - My first fly was a bog standard black spider although my daughter's first attempt was more like something you'd see worn at royal ascot! thanks Flycatcher, thats encouraging! One other thing, fish tend not to be too fussy about the finer points of flytying - so don't worry too much about how it looks. Your creation is just as likely to catch something as the most professionally tied fly. I'm trying to enstabilish what is really important to fishes and I'm discussing in other newsgroups about colors, I don't know if fishes see really them or not. maybe the form and the movement of the fly it's more important than the color, but some people swears colors can make the difference! -- ciao Vittorix |
Flycatcher wrote:
How a fly should be dressed is one of those great controversial topics ! I'm only an amateur, but I think like any keen angler, we quite often start with a tried and trusted pattern and then over time we vary the theme slightly to see if it will improve effectiveness. I personally believe that both colour and overall shape are important factors, but like many people, I'm still looking for that perfect combination. do you prefer gloom or bright or natural colors? Having said that, if there was such a thing as the one perfect fly for all conditions, venues and seasons, I think everyone's fly boxes would look far far less interesting than they do today. I agree! fishing it's so nice because you never know If you want some examples, you can find some of ours at http://harelaw.net/lflies.htm. if you look at the cormorant or the greenwell spider, you will see that they are quite different to the depictions on many other sites. nice, two things make me curious: the first is the semplicity and the second is the fact that the hook it's not hidden. why? While I'm here, when you talk about realizing, I think you mean dressing (or alternatively tying). thanks, I'm Italian, I just moved in Usa and I apreciate emendations -- ciao Vittorix |
do you prefer gloom or bright or natural colors?
Personally, I like the traditional colours achieved by a variery of natural feathers and fur., but there are those times when you have a particular colour you're looking for and you just can't find it in the natural world. (for instance theres a distinct lack of wild red ibis around here, and even if there were a few, I think there would be objections to me shooting them for their feathers I'm not sure I'd use the word gloom. Some of the best flies appear quite dull, but I think thats because of the way we humans see the world. If you were a fish or a bird, the greens and browns are probably really quite interesting colours as most of their insect food take on these colours to camouflage themselves. Those that are less well camoufllaged tend to be less pleasant to eat . Flies imitating fish fry, and various aquatic invertebrates have more room for colour. obviously that is not a hard and fast rule. nice, two things make me curious: the first is the semplicity and the second is the fact that the hook it's not hidden. why? There's a tradition in the north of england (which extends into scotland) for very sparsely tied flies. Its been around for a long time and is known as the north country method. Two classic north country flies are 1). the snipe and purple and the 2). partridge and orange. If you do a search for those flies, on google you will see what I mean. Why is the hook not hidden ? because the fly catches fish whether or not they see the hook. Perhaps the hook shape imitates the curve of a particular type of insect larva. I can't say for sure, I can only vouch for them as consistent catchers of good trout and grayling. Regarding the english thing. no problems, any time. I wish I could speak/write another language with as much fluency as you. John "Vittorix" wrote in message ... Flycatcher wrote: How a fly should be dressed is one of those great controversial topics ! I'm only an amateur, but I think like any keen angler, we quite often start with a tried and trusted pattern and then over time we vary the theme slightly to see if it will improve effectiveness. I personally believe that both colour and overall shape are important factors, but like many people, I'm still looking for that perfect combination. do you prefer gloom or bright or natural colors? Having said that, if there was such a thing as the one perfect fly for all conditions, venues and seasons, I think everyone's fly boxes would look far far less interesting than they do today. I agree! fishing it's so nice because you never know If you want some examples, you can find some of ours at http://harelaw.net/lflies.htm. if you look at the cormorant or the greenwell spider, you will see that they are quite different to the depictions on many other sites. nice, two things make me curious: the first is the semplicity and the second is the fact that the hook it's not hidden. why? While I'm here, when you talk about realizing, I think you mean dressing (or alternatively tying). thanks, I'm Italian, I just moved in Usa and I apreciate emendations -- ciao Vittorix |
Personally speaking, I think that the quest for knowledge comes in many
guises. Yes theree are other sources, but to accuse someone of being lazy because he is asking for information from those who know something about the subjectIsn't really fair. Surely asking questions here shows a degree of enthusiasm which should be encouraged rather than be a cause for criticism. After all, the primary reason I use this newsgroup is to acquire knowledge from those with more experience. I hope that at some point I will be able to share any gained knowledge with others and encourage them in their endeavours. "Bob La Londe" wrote in message ... "Vittorix" wrote in message ... Bob La Londe wrote: today I realized my first fly :) http://snipurl.com/firstfly I tried to realize just taking ideas from other flies, I didn't read anything about fly realizing yet. the only thing is that it is a little too much unbalanced, it sinks down too much with the head, I'd like it could go down less vertically. any suggestion? Some kind of spray on dressing? I've a lot to learn, what kind of spray? Yes, a lot to learn including how to reap the benefits of other's knowledge with out sounding like you are too lazy to do any research on your own. I think Joe Haubenreich first pointed this out to you in another thread, but you have a way of coming off that sounds like "do it for me." Now I am going to give you a little extra help anyway. 1. First bear in mind, I am not a fly fiherman, but I GAVE you this basic concept. 2. Go to Google. Oh allright. Type www.google.com into the address box on your browser, and then press Enter. 3. Goto the text box that appears in the middle of the screen and type in fly dressing. If that doesn't give you anything useful then try "fly dressing", if that still doesn't show any good results try make flies float. 4. a. Now visit all the links it shows you and read what it has to say. b. Go more than 1 or 2 pages deep in the search results. Usually you can get to all the decent informational pages within 3 or 4 pages of search results. Don't discount purely commercial pages though. Often those people understand that in order to sell product they have to give some useful information. 5. After spending a day or two studying and learning so that you have a real knowledge of what others have taken the time to document for you go back to Google and do a search for answers to your new questions. 6. After doing all of that go back over to ROFF and ask the brand new questions you have that you have not been able to research and figure out on your own. Questions you don't even know to ask right now. Not trying to be sarcastic (well maybe a little bit) Bob La Londe http://www.YumaBassMan.com |
Flycatcher wrote:
I'm not sure I'd use the word gloom. I use a vocabulary to help myself translating from Italian my ideas :)) Some of the best flies appear quite dull, but I think thats because of the way we humans see the world. If you were a fish or a bird, the greens and browns are probably really quite interesting colours as most of their insect food take on these colours to camouflage themselves. Those that are less well camoufllaged tend to be less pleasant to eat . Flies imitating fish fry, and various aquatic invertebrates have more room for colour. obviously that is not a hard and fast rule. interesting! so I should avoid too vivid colors? I thing maybe the best thing should know the river better and the natural food is in every period, like larvae or eggs or whatever, before concentrating about colors and forms. I'd take a mask and try to observe the rivers :) when I learned fishing on the sea, I often did diving near my worms and clouds of larvae :) nice, two things make me curious: the first is the semplicity and the second is the fact that the hook it's not hidden. why? There's a tradition in the north of england (which extends into scotland) for very sparsely tied flies. Its been around for a long time and is known as the north country method. Two classic north country flies are 1). the snipe and purple and the 2). partridge and orange. If you do a search for those flies, on google you will see what I mean. I found the birds and the flies, they're so beautiful!!! http://www.danica.com/flytier/bobpetti/s&p.htm http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweile...ipe_purple.htm http://www.fishingwithstyle.co.uk/NC...Purple%202.JPG http://www.fishingwithstyle.co.uk/NC...nd%200%202.JPG do they work in american rivers and lakes? Why is the hook not hidden ? because the fly catches fish whether or not they see the hook. Perhaps the hook shape imitates the curve of a particular type of insect larva. I can't say for sure, I can only vouch for them as consistent catchers of good trout and grayling. perfect! but the hook should be restrained or can be bis like for basses? Regarding the english thing. no problems, any time. I wish I could speak/write another language with as much fluency as you. my wife is American and we live here, so I must survive :-) -- ciao Vittorix |
Flycatcher wrote:
Personally speaking, I think that the quest for knowledge comes in many guises. Yes theree are other sources, but to accuse someone of being lazy because he is asking for information from those who know something about the subjectIsn't really fair. Surely asking questions here shows a degree of enthusiasm which should be encouraged rather than be a cause for criticism. After all, the primary reason I use this newsgroup is to acquire knowledge from those with more experience. well said Flycatcher! a lot of enthusiasm. i changed continent, friends, habits in a year and I had to change from sea fishing to freshwaters. I hope that at some point I will be able to share any gained knowledge with others and encourage them in their endeavours. it's very good to do so and I enjoy it. I have been posting in the Italian fishing newsgroup for about 6 years almost every day and at the beginning I learned a lot, I had the fortune to meet world champions and I became friend with many Italian fishermen through the newsgroup. I still share often my holidays and friendship with them, and daily I respond questions on the newsgroup fishing newbies passing my knowledge as I can. that's the original aim and the target of newsgroups. -- ciao Vittorix |
"Flycatcher" wrote in message
... Personally speaking, I think that the quest for knowledge comes in many guises. Yes theree are other sources, but to accuse someone of being lazy because he is asking for information from those who know something about the subjectIsn't really fair. 100% true. It isn't fair, but neither is it fair to ask for a tip or lead on something and THEN without looking it up or following up on it expect those that help you to feel obligated to do the follow up for you. This is the kind of behavior which finds fewer and fewer good Samaritans out there. Offer to jump start somebody's car and when you discover there is something else wrong they EXPECT you stay and help them fix it. I know my example is extreme, but this is the type of feeling this posters brings about. I have also noticed a different tone to this poster's new posts since this began. Some of the tech newsgroups are worse which is why I rarely read them anymore. "I know you get paid for doing this and I expect to get paid for what I do, but I am to cheap to pay a technician in my home town to fix it for me so please take lots of your time and write a detailed reply about which wire to put under which screw so I can do for myself for free what you normally get paid for." On the other hand those who start with what they have done and tried and ask for a little help knowing that whoever answers them is being generous to share with them somehow don't set me off even though their intent is the same. By the way, every one of the threads by this poster that I have replied to I offered good solid feedback. He just took offense when I told him to look up something very straight forward and very simple. Even then I gave him solid details on how to get good results. -- Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com |
Well its a perfectly valid (although imho a rather cynical) outlook on life.
I have to say though, if everyone had that particular outlook, there probably wouldn't be much point of joining a newsgroup at all - as everyone would be be asking for money for any advice offered. If you really feel that someone is being lazy and "scrounging the information (my rather sweeping interpretation of your reply to me - I acknowledge that its a bit more complex than that) that we've all worked so hard to gain", what was the point in replying to the post at all? I did notice that you did offer some quite good advice, but again that is a bit confusing as if you truly believe what you wrote, why bother giving any advice at all? John "Bob La Londe" wrote in message ... "Vittorix" wrote in message ... don't read my posts and live in peace. ROFLMAO -- Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com |
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