Anonymous writes:

Dave,
A lot of people believe that fishing with a fly rod, a bobber, 3 or 4 split
shot and perhaps a heavily weighted fly is not fly fishing

If you're going to throw that kind of hardware, get a spinning rod!


Three or four split shot? Seldom use more than one. Heavily weighted flies?
Not the ones I tie, but bead-heads could be considerede "heavily weighted". I
guess you're one of those "purists" who think that dry fly fishing is the
*only* way to go. I suspect you would be in the minority in most fly fishing
forums. Although I do not endorse competitive fly fishing, the winners for
that past few years have been nymphers. Something to say about that.

Why on earth would you be so stubborn to fish only dries when 90% of a trout's
food comes from sub-surface nymphs and emergers? Is it because you don't know
how? I admit it is a little more difficult to figure out than dry fly fishing,
but hell, if *I* can do it with a whole helluvalot of success, *anyone* can do
it. Just takes time.

If fish are rising, I will go to an emerger or a dry. I enjoy dry fly fishing
more than nymphing (less work), but the fish don't always cooperate.

When I go fly fishing, the number one priority is to find peace with myself
and my surroundings. I haven't failed yet. Catching fish is the second
priority and I will accomplish that whether I have to use dries, emergers,
nymphs, wets, or streamers. Again, I seldom fail.

Your life must be a boring one if you fail to investigate and explore all forms
of fooling Mr. Trout with a fly rod.
Dave

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