daytripper wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:54:45 +0000 (UTC), Scottish Fly Fisher
wrote:


SNIP

...and another thing... never try to adjust your group properties when
you're plotched! You'll give your secret identity away!

John


ahahahahahahaahaaha!

I'll never tell anyone the mysterious Scottish Fly Fisher's secret
identity! I will, however, print your reply for my notes, John. There's
a lot of good information there.

As for casting, I agree absolutely, I have a great deal of learning to
do. The videotape that came with my fly rod showed how to cast a single
dry fly, and that is more than enough to test my dubious beginner's
skill. The wet flies I've seen have been much larger and heavier, often
with weighted heads, and getting them "out there" is beyond me entirely
at present. I've had some success with a "roll cast" I learned from a
public-library book, for working from the brush around the local lakes,
so now I'm moderately incompetent with two casting forms instead of just
one! A triumph!

I've found that there is one fly fishing shop in this town, and when my
currently-unusually-frantic work schedule permits it, I'll go visit them
and ask about lessons.

Karl S.