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Post by G Ritchie on Jan 3, 2008 11:21:24 GMT
What are your definitions of what constitutes flyfishing.
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toucan
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Post by toucan on Jan 3, 2008 13:15:18 GMT
I'd favour something along the following lines:
Fishing with rod and line whereby a light artificial lure ("fly") is presented to a fish by a casting technique ("fly casting") which uses only the weight of the line ("fly line") to provide the weight needed to load the rod ("fly rod") for the cast.
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Post by sinkingtip on Jan 3, 2008 14:51:17 GMT
Being "an auld hippy" and an admirer of the Bob Redford movie "A River Runs Through It" (book by Norman McLean) I have always looked upon flyfishing as being an almost spiritual or zen like experience equaled only to that of a Lubomir Moravcik sprint or a Brian Wilson concert. It is a state of mind, an attitude and, on occasions, a reason for being. To quote Glenn Yoshimoto - "Zen immerses you in the moment with total awareness of events. To fly fish effectively, your focus must be on the take and every change in your fly's dynamics. You must get into this zone and stay there to consistently catch fish". ....... its either that or just "wang it oot - let it come roond"
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tweedsider
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Post by tweedsider on Jan 3, 2008 16:24:21 GMT
Being "an auld hippy" and an admirer of the Bob Redford movie "A River Runs Through It" (book by Norman McLean) I have always looked upon flyfishing as being an almost spiritual or zen like experience equaled only to that of a Lubomir Moravcik sprint or a Brian Wilson concert. It is a state of mind, an attitude and, on occasions, a reason for being. To quote Glenn Yoshimoto - "Zen immerses you in the moment with total awareness of events. To fly fish effectively, your focus must be on the take and every change in your fly's dynamics. You must get into this zone and stay there to consistently catch fish". Maist astoondin ....... its either that or just "wang it oot - let it come roond"
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conwyrod
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Post by conwyrod on Jan 3, 2008 19:33:50 GMT
What are your definitions of what constitutes flyfishing. What you do, when you're not working. What you think about, when you're not thinking about sex. What you spend all your money on. ;D
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hf
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Post by hf on Jan 4, 2008 7:50:55 GMT
Hi Graham.. I just thought it was people who had a salmon or trout rod, a line and reel to match, and a fly on the end (as opposed to a Toby or some other kind of bait - or none as the case may be ) Not very technical, I know, but I guess it is what is on the end of the line that determines whether it is fly fishing or not. That at least was what my impression was when looking on from the sidelines. ;D highlandfisher (loved the other replies )
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Speyducer
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Post by Speyducer on Jan 16, 2008 17:11:59 GMT
Whilst there are many different styles, weights & sizes of flies for all seasons, conditions & species, there seems to be a broad agreement with what generally constitutes a fly.
What may not be agreed is that merely having a fly (as the 'lure' to attract takes from the fish) attached on the end of some form of fishing apparatus (rod/reel/line + whatever) and using said equipment in a manner of trying to catch fish is not always 'fly fishing' in every instance. For example (and whether banned or not), I have seen flies used on lines attached to otter-boards fished by hand from the banks of some Scottish lochs, flies used instead of a baited hook below an otherwise standard coarse fishing float rod set-up, flies attached to the nylon with a clear plastic float half filled with water and wanged across the river with a spinning rod, and teams of 6 of more feathered hooks being cast over the side of a boat in the sea in amongst the mackerel shoals - most would agree, I would hope, that these methods are not fly fishing, but fishing with a fly.
Fly fishing is an attitude, a state of mind, and with the appropriate fly rod, reel and weighted fly line, with a fly on the end, casting that relatively light-weight fly using the casting weight of the line powered by the rod to present that fly offering to the fish in a delicate and efficient manner as possible using the dynamics of weight transfer of the line through the rod in the casting strokes.
Thereafter, it is the careful watching of the line, and the surface fly if so fished, as the line is carefully worked over the fish by the river currents or with a stripping retrieve, anticipating that moment of the delicate pluck, gentle stop or powerful pull of the quarry on the line which brings the fly fisherman at one with the rhythm of nature.
Repeating the process to that perfect cast, and sweet swing of the fly becomes true 'fly fishing'.
Mike
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