The main reason I go fishing is to succeed in a challenge. My challenge
is not to see how many fish I can catch. If it were, I might use a net..or
dynamite!! How you catch fish is, or should be, more important than how
many. If you argue against that, why aren't you using a net or dynamite?
Or even bait!! Straight-line nymphing is only one step better!!

Nymphing is what you do until the fish start rising.


"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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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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