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On 11/16/03 8:11 PM, in article
et, "rw"
wrote:

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.

I had such an experience last summer while hiking/camping/fishing with my
kids. We returned from a nice hike up to an overlook, one that I was really
proud of the girls for completing as well as they did. The trailhead is at
a nice little PA mountain creek, one which I know pretty well but had never
fished. It being a warm day the girls wanted to "swim" in the creek. I
knew they wouldn't get wet past their ankles once they went in, so rigged up
a 3 weight to enjoy myself while they played. We got to the creek and I
pointed to a nice riffle along the stream bank and said to my oldest "that
looks like a place a trout would like, doesn't it?" Casted a parachute
Adams to the top of the run and *bam* a lovely 8 inch brookie. Had both of
us smiling on that one! I look forward to returning next summer and letting
the girls have a go at casting for brookies.

Bill