On Feb 12, 4:06*am, "Larry L" wrote:

One of the joys of this hobby/sport/passion/lifestyle called fly fishing is
learning. * *IMHO, nothing we do as humans is more fun than learning and fly
fishing seems to be endless in it's possibility to teach.

Learning a better way requires admitting the old was ... not as good.

Sometimes the new way (or fly) is not as effective as the old, but by
sheer weight of numbers (# anglers using it) it may seem to be more
effective.
I can't wait till someone re-discovers fully emerged, in no way
crippled, imitative dun fishing, and relegates half-in half-out
(Shaving Brush style) emerger fishing to "having a bob each way"
tactic for the indecisive and/or poor rise readers.

I mean imitative in a suggestive manner of course :-)

Steve (budding contemporary heretic?)