Fly fishing is more of an art than a science
 

The more time we have spent fishing with incorrect or insufficient
knowledge, the more time you have spent developing the mindset that the
trout is a vastly superior, cunning and unpredictable adversary, and
results like mine become seemingly unattainable, and without such
knowledge becoming available, the practical reality remains precisely
that.
Normally it takes years of studying these fish, trial and error with
different fly patterns, different fishing techniques, different
innovative designs and methods with the right focus to get to a place
where you understand these creatures adequately for the outstanding
results we normally only see the Pro's achieving.
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Fly fishing is more of an art than a science
 

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The more time we have spent fishing with incorrect or insufficient
knowledge, the more time you have spent developing the mindset that the
trout is a vastly superior, cunning and unpredictable adversary, and
results like mine become seemingly unattainable, and without such
knowledge becoming available, the practical reality remains precisely
that.


Huh? Lemme grab a shovel and give you a hand with that load of horsecrap.


Best bet, grab a rod, stand in a stream, and start spanking the water with
the flyline. Try dropping what looks and moves like what a fish eats round
about where the fish probably are. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.
How-to books, fishing literature, and fishing classics are all great reading
when you've got nothing better -like fishing- to do.

As to which one is smarter, the fish or the fisherman; ever seen a fish
standing in a stream wearing a silly hat, slip and fall in, snapping a $1000
stick of bamboo? Course not - that would be stupid. I rest my case.

It is generally agreed however, that when both have just come out of the
stream, the fish smells a little better than the fisherman. This holds true
for about a day, after which there is little difference between the two.

Hope this helps.

Timothy Juvenal