Re: Why do you fly fish???

feeds@yuku.com (gillbuster) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:47:01 GMT

Fly fishing for me is like being injected with total solitude, satisfaction and serenity… If I don't get out doing some fishing every week or so, I get agitated, I need a fix…. Life today is such a fast pace, family/work demands are so high and so stressed at times; this is my mental health get away, stop to reflect on what is important in life.

Re: Why do you fly fish???

feeds@yuku.com (Flytackle) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:18 GMT

I too have been fishing since just a lad, always loved it, and longed to try the fly rod from the first time I saw one. I bought a St. Croix glass rod and a pfleuger reel and a handfull of royal coachman dry flies from a fellow in Montrose PA. and believe it or not I caught a brookie! I couldn't stand it I was so excited. Ups and downs, good times and bad, the peace and contentment I find when out fishing has been a great blessing. Alec

Re: Why do you fly fish???

feeds@yuku.com (spinzo) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:16:40 GMT

It's part of me. I really can't explain it. I grew up in a house where no one fished, and I didn't know anyone who fished. I'm not even sure how I was introduced to the idea of fishing, but my earliest memories are of sitting on the banks of a vernal pond holding a stick with a button tied to the end of a string and waiting for something to bite. I must have been a very patient child since there was nothing in that pond (which dried up every summer) but frogs and...

Why do you fly fish???

feeds@yuku.com (gillbuster) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:36:54 GMT

I read another email site and the question was asked "Why do you fish? what are the reasons that make you drag out the long rod and spend countless hours pursuing little green fish"? Curious to hear what some of the members of this site have to say about the enjoyment of fly fishing...