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Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott

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Scott Seidman wrote in
. 1.4:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott

hah. Just got a 16" brookie

Scott

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On 25 Jun 2004 19:54:20 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott
Oh lovely. Now I can throw tailing loops and spook fish when I'm on
the computer.


g.c.

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Scott Seidman wrote in
. 1.4:

Scott Seidman wrote in
. 1.4:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott

hah. Just got a 16" brookie

Scott


make that 18", 2 lb, 3 oz

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"George Cleveland" wrote...
Scott Seidman wrote:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott
Oh lovely. Now I can throw tailing loops and spook fish when I'm on
the computer.

No kidding. And that pile-o-line on the water looks *really* familiar.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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I caught a 15" 1lb. 8oz. Brookie, but the demo won't letcha go on.
Not ready to buy.

Mark
"Tim J." wrote in message
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"George Cleveland" wrote...
Scott Seidman wrote:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott
Oh lovely. Now I can throw tailing loops and spook fish when I'm on
the computer.

No kidding. And that pile-o-line on the water looks *really* familiar.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:41:14 -0400, "Mark H. Bowen"
wrote:

I caught a 15" 1lb. 8oz. Brookie, but the demo won't letcha go on.
Not ready to buy.

Mark
"Tim J." wrote in message
news:nJ1Dc.117884$Sw.104017@attbi_s51...

"George Cleveland" wrote...
Scott Seidman wrote:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott
Oh lovely. Now I can throw tailing loops and spook fish when I'm on
the computer.

No kidding. And that pile-o-line on the water looks *really* familiar.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj



Just restart itfrom your desktop. You can also break off some of the
fish if you use only 6x tippet. 17"er so far.


g.c.

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George Cleveland wrote in
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:41:14 -0400, "Mark H. Bowen"
wrote:

I caught a 15" 1lb. 8oz. Brookie, but the demo won't letcha go on.
Not ready to buy.

Mark
"Tim J." wrote in message
news:nJ1Dc.117884$Sw.104017@attbi_s51...

"George Cleveland" wrote...
Scott Seidman wrote:

Now, THIS is cool

http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html

Scott
Oh lovely. Now I can throw tailing loops and spook fish when I'm
on
the computer.

No kidding. And that pile-o-line on the water looks *really*
familiar.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj



Just restart itfrom your desktop. You can also break off some of the
fish if you use only 6x tippet. 17"er so far.


g.c.


This is a fairly good simulation. Down to mending line. I'm impressed.

Scott

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Scott Seidman wrote:
Scott Seidman wrote
Now, THIS is cool
http://www.flysim.com/flysim/flysim_features.html
hah. Just got a 16" brookie
make that 18", 2 lb, 3 oz

How were the takes, the fights, the heft of the living creatures in your
hand...?

No offense (honestly), and at the risk of calling down upon my humorless
head the wrath of the roffraff, and admittedly without even having
looked at the thang in question, I ask: what's the deal here? Bad,
fair, good, better..... any computer game is, by its nature (a
simulation), everything that fly fishing ain't and nothing that fly
fishing is.

No.... but it's FUN.

Good. As long as folks are playing it they won't be cluttering up the
rivers.

Curmudgeonly yours,

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In George Cleveland wrote:
Just restart itfrom your desktop. You can also break off some of the
fish if you use only 6x tippet. 17"er so far.

Indeed, in some of the other "rivers" in the full version,
there are fish that'll break you off on 2X... :-)

FWIW, it *is* fun! You can only get to the next river
by completing a task list (ex. catch a 5 lb. brown and a 5 lb.
rainbow), and each river is progressively more difficult to
fish. The simulation seems pretty realistic as far as
fish behaviour (indeed, they can be quite selective, for
example, and one can *usually* catch bigger fish during
a hatch by nymphing, etc.). Takes a bit to get used to
"casting" with the mouse. In the last scenario, the wind
blows most of the time at 10-15 mph at frustrating angles.
Part of the final task list is to catch a 10 lb. fish. I've
hooked it several times, but always get broken off. The fish
in that scenario are "well educated", and it's often a
challenge just to catch *one*, regardless of size.

Probably the most frustrating thing is that you're
confined to one bank. Would be easier to be able to wade
out and get a better angle at times. You can also hang
yourself up on the back cast.

In your fly box, you only get three of each pattern,
and if you lose them, you're SOL. You *can* wing it with
similar patterns, but they won't take nearly as well.

Good way to kill some time when it's been raining
and your favourite water is blown out. :-) On the other
hand, I agree it's *no* replacement for the real thing,
but it's (sometimes maddeningly) fun! :-)

Todd (remove hook to reply)