sandy wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I don't use "classic" San Juan Worms and I sure as hell don't toss
plastic worms with a fly rod and I wouldn't call either one fly fishing.

....so you're a purist (a fly fishing fundamentalist?). No problem.
Really. No problem at all. Everybody fishes the way they want.

I was just hoping to hear an articulate explanation.
I realize plastic worms are despicable in some eyes.
I just don't know why. And the more I try to figure out
why, the less sense it makes. I *still* have not heard,
in a sentance that makes sense, why the plastic worm
is despicable, why the San Juan Worm is not quite as
bad, etc. Say something logical and convincing, if you can.

I didn't say a plastic worm was despicable I said it wasn't
a fly and one fly fishes with a fly. You can fish with whatever
legal device you want, but for me it isn't fly fishing unless
you're fishing with a fly.

And no, the "classic" San Juan Worm is *not* a fly either.
It all seems logical to me but I doubt you're convinced. ;-)

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Ken Fortenberry