presentation -- a tutorial

It's a cliche to say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but like
many cliches, it contains an element of truth.

I was privileged to observe one of the masters of fly fishing
presentation, ROFF's own Dave LaCourse, demonstrating his subtle
knowledge on the famous Kiddie Hole of the San Juan River in New Mexico.
Dave was gracious enough, in his characteristic, self effacing manner,
to allow me to capture one photograph that clearly shows two major
no-nos of presentation. Please examine the photo carefully:

http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~troutbum/web/****heel.jpg

The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who has
flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should never
allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of the rod.
Doing so will inevitably result in the loss of a football, within five
seconds of hookup at most. Dave would have hooked up with a football on
the very next cast, but he was fishing the Kiddie Hole, which is known
for it's quantity of beat up fish, and not it's quality, footballwise.

The second major no-no, which might not be immediately obvious to a
newbie flyfishing tyro, is that you should not twist your flyline into a
grotesque snarl. To be perfectly honest, I don't know how Dave managed
to do this. Perhaps he was preparing for a left-handed snake-roll spey cast.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:12:25 -0600, rw
wrote:

It's a cliche to say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but like
many cliches, it contains an element of truth.

I was privileged to observe one of the masters of fly fishing
presentation, ROFF's own Dave LaCourse, demonstrating his subtle
knowledge on the famous Kiddie Hole of the San Juan River in New Mexico.
Dave was gracious enough, in his characteristic, self effacing manner,
to allow me to capture one photograph that clearly shows two major
no-nos of presentation. Please examine the photo carefully:

http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~troutbum/web/****heel.jpg

The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who has
flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should never
allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of the rod.
Doing so will inevitably result in the loss of a football, within five
seconds of hookup at most. Dave would have hooked up with a football on
the very next cast, but he was fishing the Kiddie Hole, which is known
for it's quantity of beat up fish, and not it's quality, footballwise.

The second major no-no, which might not be immediately obvious to a
newbie flyfishing tyro, is that you should not twist your flyline into a
grotesque snarl. To be perfectly honest, I don't know how Dave managed
to do this. Perhaps he was preparing for a left-handed snake-roll spey cast.

Well, all I can say is that he doesn't look all that fat...what, is he
smarter, richer, better-looking, and doesn't suffer from penis envy?

And for the record - archive it, print it out, and write it your diary -
I'd out-fish, out-think, out-smart, out-****, out-drink, out-wiseass,
and out-just-about-everything-else-I'd-desire-to-outdo-you on my WORST
day, and I know folks that are better fishers/casters than you or I will
ever hope to be, but they aren't pompous Hemingwannabes, and they'd be
the first to acknowledge they've had train wrecks that makes this single
picture of Dave look like the poster for how to cast.

But by all means, hang yer silly, narrow ass out a little further over
the edge...and note to Warren - you really had to ask why I give the ol'
Mayor of Ketchum, Jr, a hard time here on ROFF?

HTH,
R
....and really, man, surely in Idaho there's a 12-step program for those
with a potato-snorting problem...

wrote:

Well, all I can say is that he doesn't look all that fat...what, is he
smarter, richer, better-looking, and doesn't suffer from penis envy?

And for the record - archive it, print it out, and write it your diary -
I'd out-fish, out-think, out-smart, out-****, out-drink, out-wiseass,
and out-just-about-everything-else-I'd-desire-to-outdo-you on my WORST
day, and I know folks that are better fishers/casters than you or I will
ever hope to be, but they aren't pompous Hemingwannabes, and they'd be
the first to acknowledge they've had train wrecks that makes this single
picture of Dave look like the poster for how to cast.

But by all means, hang yer silly, narrow ass out a little further over
the edge...and note to Warren - you really had to ask why I give the ol'
Mayor of Ketchum, Jr, a hard time here on ROFF?

HTH,
R
...and really, man, surely in Idaho there's a 12-step program for those
with a potato-snorting problem...

Believe it or not, Dickie-Poo, I appreciate the sentiment.

BTW, he's really fat. He's fat in a way that transcends mere weight. You
must understand that.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:43:10 -0600, rw
wrote:

wrote:

Well, all I can say is that he doesn't look all that fat...what, is he
smarter, richer, better-looking, and doesn't suffer from penis envy?

And for the record - archive it, print it out, and write it your diary -
I'd out-fish, out-think, out-smart, out-****, out-drink, out-wiseass,
and out-just-about-everything-else-I'd-desire-to-outdo-you on my WORST
day, and I know folks that are better fishers/casters than you or I will
ever hope to be, but they aren't pompous Hemingwannabes, and they'd be
the first to acknowledge they've had train wrecks that makes this single
picture of Dave look like the poster for how to cast.

But by all means, hang yer silly, narrow ass out a little further over
the edge...and note to Warren - you really had to ask why I give the ol'
Mayor of Ketchum, Jr, a hard time here on ROFF?

HTH,
R
...and really, man, surely in Idaho there's a 12-step program for those
with a potato-snorting problem...

Believe it or not, Dickie-Poo, I appreciate the sentiment.

Well, then, if that has even a grain of seriousness, be a man, admit you
****ed up, apologize and mean it, and get on down the road.

HTH - really
R, er, Dickie-Poo...

BTW, he's really fat. He's fat in a way that transcends mere weight. You
must understand that.

Nope, sorry, but then again, at this point, I'm not really interested in
trying to do so...

rw wrote:


The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who has
flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should never
allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of the rod.

I never *allow* my fly line to wrap around the butt section of my rod.
It just goes ahead and does it sometimes. All the scolding in the world
does not seem to help. ;-(

Russell

"Russell D." wrote in message
...
rw wrote:


The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who has
flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should never
allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of the rod.

I never *allow* my fly line to wrap around the butt section of my rod. It
just goes ahead and does it sometimes. All the scolding in the world does
not seem to help. ;-(


Ditto here. I hate it when it happens, but its inevitably on the last
forward motion of a cast, when I drop the last little piece of line and it
flips over the handle and loops over the reel, totally messing up the cast.
I pray a fish doesn't hit the fly exactly then, as I would not stand a
change of saving my tippet.

The only thing I hate worse than that is when the line flips over the
tiptpop in such a way that it makes it look like I somehow miraculously
unstrung the top guide, wrapped the line around the tip, then restrung it.

Hey, we're all human, some of us more so.

--riverman

Riverman wrote:Ditto here. I hate it when it happens, but its inevitably on
the last
forward motion of a cast, when I drop the last little piece of line and it
flips over the handle and loops over the reel, totally messing up the cast.
I pray a fish doesn't hit the fly exactly then, as I would not stand a
change of saving my tippet.

The only thing I hate worse than that is when the line flips over the
tiptpop in such a way that it makes it look like I somehow miraculously
unstrung the top guide, wrapped the line around the tip, then restrung it.

Hey, we're all human, some of us more so.

--riverman
I thought that was normal. That has been happening to me for over 5 decades
now.

Big Dale

Russell D. wrote:
rw wrote:

The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who
has flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should
never allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of
the rod.

I never *allow* my fly line to wrap around the butt section of my rod.
It just goes ahead and does it sometimes. All the scolding in the
world does not seem to help. ;-(

Exactly. Anyone who *hasn't* ended up with this mess from time to time isn't fly
fishing.

How deep are you digging this hole, Steve?
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Russell D. wrote:
rw wrote:

The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who
has flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should
never allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of
the rod.

I never *allow* my fly line to wrap around the butt section of my rod.
It just goes ahead and does it sometimes. All the scolding in the
world does not seem to help. ;-(

Exactly. Anyone who *hasn't* ended up with this mess from time to time isn't fly
fishing.

How deep are you digging this hole, Steve?
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Tom Littleton wrote:
...... Once again, we are treated on ROFF to another so-called expert
pompously criticizing how others choose to ENJOY LIFE!! There is no right, or
wrong, way to flyfish....the **** just isn't that serious, folks.

As chance would have it, I checked Traver's Trout Magic out of the Bend
public library yesterday and read again last night (talking about a
fishing buddy with whom he had nothing in common outside the realm of
fishing, but about fishing had exactly the same ideas):

In saying this I don't mean to imply that our way is the only way, or the
better way, or the more virtuous way, or the flower-strewn way to
catching more fish or having more fun. Not even faintly. All I am trying
to say is that we curious fisherfolk fish for many things in many ways;
that we quickly spot any kindred souls, and that this mutual shock of
recognition forms a powerful, forgiving bond even if in other areas we
may be poles apart.

"Forgiving bond." I like that.

JR