Fly test questions

1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

On Feb 23, 7:27*pm, "
wrote:
1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

Yes.

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

Wear briefs.....not boxers.

Abjure eyeliner.

Keep the anchor in the boat while in deliberate motion.

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

Morally? Yes.

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

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

Ask a worm.

g.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:27:03 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

You can hang heavier lawyers...

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

Take off your snow studs and Fed-Ex 'em to Louie, grease your nipples, and don't
hot-dog if you've got the ****in' gold medal wrapped up...

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

Um...one word: puss...er, cats...

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

No, that's crane-style ginsu...haven't you seen Kill Bill Vol. 6 1/2, dude...

HTH,
Karnac
....my Wagnalls has some serious old-skool funk...unfortunately, it's in a
mayonnaise jar...

On 2010-02-23 20:27:03 -0500, "
said:

1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

YES

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

Start early before the boy starts playing with dolls.

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

No, because they are dry all the time, they get dirtier. Wet flies
bathe frequently and don't tend to get as dirty.

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

Yes. That is why a very, very good set of sun glasses is a must.

Hey, this is fun. Can we do it again?

Dave

On 02/23/2010 05:27 PM, wrote:
1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

Hi huntermcdaniel39,

Are you asking for help, or is this a quiz? If
you are asking for help, I will contribute to
3 & 4 for you.

-T

On Feb 24, 2:05*pm, Todd wrote:
On 02/23/2010 05:27 PM, wrote:

1

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

Joe the Elder offers--both the brook trout I ask said they go for the soft underbelly of trycos.
but if the fly is a cripple they aim at the head to end it',s misery
Can you come out to Yellowstone in June ?--I would like to introduce
you to a couple of my friends haven"t gotten the message!


-T

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?)

On Feb 25, 11:19*pm, Daniel-San wrote:
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?)

Well, yes.....or no.

The logic is unassailable and leads inexorably to the correct
conclusion, which is to say that the conclusion remains in doubt.
However, we may be able to clear the matter up by taking a look from a
different angle.

Your argument appears to presuppose that the question is whether
fishing with dry flies is intellectually superior (defined,
provisionally, as more effective with regard to achieving whatever the
ultimate goal may be) to fishing with wets....or vice versa. Not
unreasonable. But not the only possible interpretation of the
question. A strict constructionist view would hold that the question
is whether dry flies themselves (as opposed to the use thereof) are
more intelligent than wet flies.....or vice versa. Now, at first
glance, that doesn't appear to help much. Testing the proposition
empirically would doubtless lead one into a morass from which it would
take a lifetime to extricate oneself. Moreover, as stated earlier,
who cares. But.....

But we know that intelligence is, at least in part, a function of
learning; that is to say of time and experience. Ergo, since dry
flies are representations of adult forms, while wets (which we will
here assume to refer to nymphs, else the exercise is an impossible and
pointless cross-species speculation at the get go.....and hey, they're
"wet", right?) are juveniles, dries MUST be smarter. Besides, dry
flies look pretty.....and bright.....while nymphs mostly look like
variations on the theme of rodent turds.

giles

wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:27:03 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

You can hang heavier lawyers...

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

Take off your snow studs and Fed-Ex 'em to Louie, grease your nipples, and
don't
hot-dog if you've got the ****in' gold medal wrapped up...

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

Um...one word: puss...er, cats...

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

No, that's crane-style ginsu...haven't you seen Kill Bill Vol. 6 1/2,
dude...

HTH,
Karnac
...my Wagnalls has some serious old-skool funk...unfortunately, it's in a
mayonnaise jar...


Hell! Give me a break. here in Wales we don't talk in code :-)

Bill

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:50:34 -0000, "Bill Grey"
wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:27:03 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

1. Is there an advantage of using 6X tippets over 8X tippets?

You can hang heavier lawyers...

2. What are several ways to decrease drag?

Take off your snow studs and Fed-Ex 'em to Louie, grease your nipples, and
don't
hot-dog if you've got the ****in' gold medal wrapped up...

3. Are dry flies better than wet flies?

Um...one word: puss...er, cats...

4. Do fish target the eyes of its prey when they strike?

No, that's crane-style ginsu...haven't you seen Kill Bill Vol. 6 1/2,
dude...

HTH,
Karnac
...my Wagnalls has some serious old-skool funk...unfortunately, it's in a
mayonnaise jar...


Hell! Give me a break. here in Wales we don't talk in code :-)

I reminded of the Navaho during WW2....

Bill

There's a set of commercials in the States for a Mexican beer called Dos Equis
that feature "The World's Most Interesting Man" and one of his "talents" is
speaking, IIRC, Russian in French (or some such...). I always thought if he had
real talent, he'd have learned to speak...no, wait, WRITE "Welsh"/Cymraeg in
Polish...

Here's a link to some on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI58wj4b4g0

TC,
R