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Hopper/dropper is a classic.
I got my one and only double- a brook and a rainbow on a yellow foam spider I was using as a strike indicator and olive wooly bugger. The brook shot out and hit the bugger, then the rainbow hit the spider.
English please.
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@SkyzykS This fly fishing thing looks awesome
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I’m suspicious that fly fishing is not really more effective than letting the bait just sit in the water and that it has been created through a combination of superstition and a desire to look busy while fishing.
To be clear, I have never fly fished and haven’t done much fishing of any type, so this opinion is obviously ignorant and probably wrong. I’m still suspicious, though.
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I’m a basic hobbyist fisherman and I have never once fished next to a fly fisherman who has caught more fish than a worm and bobber.
My uncle who I love dearly will watch everyone else on the boat slam largemouth bass left and right on rubber worms or haul in palm-sized crappies on live bait while he’s trying to out-smart the fish with his wollybugger sprycaster cicada pattern he spent two hours making last week before concluding that he needs to switch to a five gauge hogshead adapter for the #7 tippet.
Explaining this to everyone else on the boat while they’re busy catching fish is an important part of the fly-fishing experience.
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It’s more “sporting”. Think bow hunting vs rifle.
Sure. But it feels more like rifle hunting while standing on one foot. It’s harder because you are just adding irrelevant extra steps.
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I mean, sure. No commercial fisherman is casting a fly haha. Why bow hunt? Why drive a classic car? Why ride a bicycle instead of driving? Why use a sailboat, etc, etc.
It doesn’t always have to be about efficiency. Sometimes it’s nice to enjoy the process and feel more connected to the activity.
Kristina Makushenko, synchronized swimming world champ, recreates Raygun’s Olympic moves.
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Bingo. This is why women hate it when men have hobbies.
Women want fried ice. Stay on your purpose King. They also lose attraction if you prioritize them. Strange self-defeating creatures
My experience has been the complete opposite but you keep doing you, king.
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*King… cool story.
Same. Though you seem to have a good head on your shoulders and can probably tell the good ones from the projects.
