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gillbuster |
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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...
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spinzo |
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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 snakes, salamanders and the occasional turtle. All I ever knew was that I had to fish, and I would spend my free time either fishing or
preparing to fish. The first fish I ever caught was a tiny brookie that bit a worm dangled in a small pool that formed beyond a culvert a few hundred feet
down the road from the house I grew up in. I was 4 years old. A little bit older I was allowed to walk to the nearest pond where I'd fish for sunnies and
bass. At that time I was using a Zebco 202 and my lure of choice (when I wasn't fishing bait) was the rubber worm since they were cheap. Each spring
I'd get a bunch of 'em at Spag's and, along with whatever lures I could salvage from the branches and stumps of the local waters, they'd get me
through the year.
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Flytackle |
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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
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gillbuster |
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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. Some people work out at a gym, some take yoga, some go drinking and dancing…me it is the love for the outdoors Partially, I guess you could say fly fishing is also the thrill of the hunt... whether it is catching a 4 inch sunny or a bragging size fish… I just love to feel the tap, fight on the end of the line and bend in the fly rod. Trying to outsmart a fish with a buggy looking fly or creation that I have made is a neat feeling. Trying to outsmart Mother Nature is neat thrill As Spinney stated earlier, my fishing excitement goes back to my early childhood days also… as a young boy, I always found the pursuit of the fish in lakes and ponds as mysterious and wild… Walt Disney, Mutual of Omaha, Gadabout Gaddis, Virgil Ward, and Curt Gowdy were idols I always watched as a young boy with keen interest for their quest for freedom and sense of adventure. I guess fly fishing just keeps me young at heart, quest for adventure and peace with myself...
Last Edited By: gillbuster 07/04/08 18:49:58.
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