04-26-2020, 08:26 PM
(04-26-2020, 05:36 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That is a good skill/hobby to learn. I hope to conquer the art of fly fishing, one day. One of my long time friends and former teammates grew up in Western PA. we often get together and go trout fishing. He pulls out his fly rod from time to time, and tries out various flies that he tied himself. As for me, I stick to the traditional rod and worm, and still catch some trout. Just not the big ones that he lands with the fly rod.
You wont regret giving it a shot! Lots of reasons to love fly fishing. When I was younger I liked how it involved it was right away. That I was moving, working a stream from bank to bank for long stretches of stream. Sticking my casts and drifing my flies. There was never a dull moment, even if that mean me pulling my fly out of the tree behind me lol. But it wasnt sitting there in a lawn chair looking at a bobber with a worm for hours and waiting for it to sink (which can be fun with booze and a guitar lol). What fly fishing does though, is over time it gives you a good reason to really get in tune with the experience. You'll learn to read water and current like you never did before, just by the nature of it. You'll learn about the real natural foods trout eat, and how that can change from season to season, and how to match that with your flies. That can be taken very far or just novice far and its fun either way. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. When I teach, everyone says they want to cast like Brad Pitt on River Runs Through It lol. And thats fine they can learn that with practice, but it is not required to catch fish or be a fly fishermen and have fun! Some of the best fly fisherman I know arent the best casters, but they can catch fish like crazy.
My favorite thing about fly fishing, is that over the years it has taken me all over the country to some of the most beautiful places I could dream up, that I would've never seen otherwise. It is relaxing, its calming, its fulfilling and we all could use more of that in this day and age. You can really find your center out there. I would say that it has literally helped me be a more confident and calm person in life. So its personal for me, but I started young and really put my life in it lol. These days its more weekend warrior, but it doesnt matter even 2 hours on the stream is refreshing and relaxing.
