On 2010-03-16 19:38:23 -0400, Larry L said:

On Mar 16, 3:31*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
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Well, duh! *Match the hatch, eh? *Chances are they are hatchery fish
to
boot. *I guess the tourist fly fishermen must be appeased.

Dave


One thing I've noticed about myself as I've made a journey towards
'knowledgeable angler' is that at many stages I felt I'd
arrived ...... only to look back later with a bit of a blush at my
foolishness thinking so.

I can remember, 40 years ago being given some wet flies at a shop and
going back feeling I'd been ripped off because they wouldn't
floatG The clerk was remarkably kind as he explained how to fish
them. ( bet they had a laugh after I left ;-)

I ran into an earnest young man on the Madison one evening. I
caught a lot of fish, he waved his stick a lot and keep trying to get
closer and closer to me ( I guess he felt I had 'the spot' ).
Eventually, as he got too damn close and was casting towards me so, I
pointed out, "there are lots of rising fish behind you, look in the
water you just walked through." As he looked and saw a few rises
you could see his frustration mount, since maybe there was more to
this than 'spot.'

He then asked what I was using. I replied, " A little Rusty
Spinner." He shot back, "OH! I don't use spinners, I'm a FLY
fisherman !! " g Someday he'll blush at the thought of that
moment, as will your egg pattern flyfishersorts, but they ain't doing
no real harm in the meantime.

Larry L ( Who used to be far less tolerant of others until he noticed
those blushing times in his own past )..... { Who, also, has given up
all hope of making it to 'knowledgeable' and is now aiming for 'not
too frickin' dumb" as an angling goal }

That's all well and good, Larry, but for a fly shop to endorse such
behavior goes beyond the pale. That is one of the problems with our
society today - no one takes responsibility, and if you can make a buck
of off someone's stupidity, have at it. I too have done some fooling
things fly fishing - who hasn't, but I did it *myself*, not helped by
"professionals".

Dave