On Feb 23, 9:27*pm, Giles wrote:
On Feb 23, 7:27*pm, "

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

Morally? Yes.


Funniest thing I've read here in I don't know how many years I've been
reading this nuthouse newsgroup.

Intellectually? *Hell, they're artificial bugs......who ****in' cares?

Yabbut on a purely intellectual level, we'd best define "better," no?
Really now, what's the goal? If, like me, yer fishin' tends to be
focused on the fishing rather than the catching, well, sure, there is
no empirical difference -- you may as well be casting a bare hook. But
if "better" is a function of fish-in-the-creel (so to speak) rather
than one of pure enjoyment and other maudlin pursuits, this seems an
as yet open question, no?

-Dan
(or not?)