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"rw" wrote

There's something very rewarding to me in fishing a "probable lie" and
catching a fish -- something that goes beyond the rewards of sight
fishing. In this sense, seeing the fish is too easy. Seeing a lie and
just KNOWING that there's a fish, and then catching the fish, or at
least getting a take, is sublime.



I've read ( Charlie Brooks? ) about people that not only knew he was there
but knew his size by the nature of the lie. Far, far, beyond my level of
stream reading. I agree rising or seen fish remove the need for that
skill, making it easier .... one reason I want to repeat, I do not think
sight fishing or fishing to rising fish "elite" ... it's just what I enjoy
most ....

I do know what you mean, though, rw. I can remember taking my kid to fish
the Wood around Ketchum, not far from you, and pointing to spots with my
rod, " try to get your fly to land right on the edge of that slick, there
will be a fish there" .... when he succeeded it was "sublime"

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"rw" wrote

There's something very rewarding to me in fishing a "probable lie" and
catching a fish -- something that goes beyond the rewards of sight
fishing. In this sense, seeing the fish is too easy. Seeing a lie and
just KNOWING that there's a fish, and then catching the fish, or at
least getting a take, is sublime.

for those of us in the old north state, that is the only way we learned
to catch fish.
not that i am happy it *was* that way--i would far prefer to know where
a fish was before i tried to catch it.
both are difficult, of course. the fish that shows itself is usually
selective, and the fish that doesn't, requires stealth and perfect
presentation.

wayno

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I agree totally. New Zealand is famous for its sight fishing and we do a lot
of it due to the clarity of most waters, but personally, my favorite form of
fly fishing is blinding big riffles with a large attractor and having the
anticipation of a previously unseen head smash the sucker off the surface...
great stuff!!!!
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"rw" wrote in message
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Larry L wrote:

well, first let me say I DO fish to "probable lies" using all types of
presentations ... I don't want to overstate my preferences to the point
of
saying "sight fish exclusively" ... and I guess I did come close to that
overstatement. I bore with such fishing quickly, however, unless the
catching is pretty dang good ... MY weakness, not an implied weakness of
the
style of fishing

There's something very rewarding to me in fishing a "probable lie" and
catching a fish -- something that goes beyond the rewards of sight
fishing. In this sense, seeing the fish is too easy. Seeing a lie and
just KNOWING that there's a fish, and then catching the fish, or at
least getting a take, is sublime.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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wished they would have helped me see the rod i left on the roof....
and lost. :-(

I did the same thing about two weeks ago. It sucks!

Man, I'm glad I'm not that forgetful!

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Frank Reid wrote:

wished they would have helped me see the rod i left on the roof....
and lost. :-(

I did the same thing about two weeks ago. It sucks!


Man, I'm glad I'm not that forgetful!



Forgetful? That ain't the half of it. One time I left the house wearing
a pair of pants and returned without them!

Willi

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Wayne Harrison wrote:



for those of us in the old north state, that is the only way we learned
to catch fish.
not that i am happy it *was* that way--i would far prefer to know where
a fish was before i tried to catch it.
both are difficult, of course. the fish that shows itself is usually
selective, and the fish that doesn't, requires stealth and perfect
presentation.


Good analysis. Both methods have their points, but seeing big fish
feeding turns things up a notch for me.

Willi

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wished they would have helped me see the rod i left on the roof....
and lost. :-(

I did the same thing about two weeks ago. It sucks!

Man, I'm glad I'm not that forgetful!

Forgetful? That ain't the half of it. One time I left the house wearing
a pair of pants and returned without them!

Left off the smiley. Did that last Fall at Penns. Jonas at the Feathered
Hook found it and sent it back to me. Hmmm, quantifier needed. I lost my
ROD at ... uh, not my pants, .... uh huh, yeh, I left my FLY ROD ON ROOM OF
MY FRIGGEN' TRUCK... uh last Fall, uh, this Spring too, uh, ...... So, who
wants to know about Peter Charles' spare waders?
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"Willi" wrote in message
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Wayne Harrison wrote:



for those of us in the old north state, that is the only way we
learned
to catch fish.
not that i am happy it *was* that way--i would far prefer to know
where
a fish was before i tried to catch it.
both are difficult, of course. the fish that shows itself is
usually
selective, and the fish that doesn't, requires stealth and perfect
presentation.


Good analysis. Both methods have their points, but seeing big fish
feeding turns things up a notch for me.

Willi


in the few occasions that i have had to deal with that sort of scenario,
it makes one nervous as hell. and then, if you don't connect, it makes one
totally confused. "matching the hatch" is not our strong point, down here
in the ons.

yfitons
wayno