JimmyD et al, Being a bow hunter (long time ago), I often chose to do thing the 'hard way' to make it more challenging. Some bowhunters shoot from blinds at game 20' feet away. Why take up a challenge and then make it easy? And I also gun-hunt and prefer to stalk. Flyfishing for billfish is like bowhunting for bull elk or bear. An added amount of challenge plus a little danger to the pursuer from the pursuee adds to the adrenaline rush. Billfish will attack the boat, and if they were smarter, they'd aim at the fisherman.
I do eat my catch and my kills, with fish on occasion. I love the taste of lake-raised trout, and will eat all of them. River trout I let go. Little bitty creek brookies go well with hash-browns in the morning. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:02 PM Subject: [VFB] Chunking & Winding vs Fly Fishing - Food for thought > > I posed the following about C&W vs Fly Fishing to the VFB in 2002. Tho't > I'd post again, seeing as how we have severall new members on our list > since then. > > JIMMY D > > Too me, the generalization that fly fishers are looked upon as a tweedy, > pipe smoking, creel carrying and snobbish angler is completely off base. > Many of us fly fishers perceive this to be the way we are viewed by > others who prefer to catch their quary by a different means. Sure, some > of the bearded "chunking & winding" good ole boy bass hunters in their > $30,000 bass boats feel that way about us, but I don't think the average > C&W guy is all that different from us fly fishers. I have many friends > who are among that fishing fraternity, and have found them more "curious" > about my fly fishing and how I do it, than looking down their nose at me. > Maybe it's because I still own my big bass boat, have a beard, drink a few > beers and still chunk and wind on occasion. > > I've converted more than one "good ole boy" bass fisherman to fly > fishing. All it takes is a good size bass on a 4 wt. or a bull > bluegill an a 2 wt. Their first remark after is,"When are you going to > take me trout fishing?" Each September for the last 12 years, I've > taken a few close friends to New Mexico for a week-long trout expedition. > Some of them still do a lot of C&W, but the highlight of their fishing > year is the NM trip for browns, bows and cutts using little "flea rods" > that I built for them. You recon that we fly fishers have been looking > down our collective noses at the C&W guy. Kind of like the Pheasant hunter > looking down his nose at the Coon hunter. ;~)) Two completely different > types of hunting, but hunting just the same. > > How many of you still do some C&W? Awww, comon - fess up! > > Have A Great Day > > JIMMY D. Moore > "I FISH BECAUSE I MUST! More importantly, I fish because > my Dad taught me!" > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
