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From: Paul Marriner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] OK, Now for an "Etics" Question


> we could now reserve "fly fishing" to
> refer to fishing the imitation of insects on or near the surface and
> call everything else "fishing with a fly-rod" ...
Cheers,
> Paul

Good comments Paul, as always.

Actually, I use the term 'caught it on a fly rod' much more comfortably that
'caught while fly fishing' when saltwater fishing, as I don't tend to think
of giant 12" streamers as 'true' flies, but as streamers, even if hand tied.
So a fine line from  a 'purist's' standpoint may be used to differentiate
the two and I would go along with that.

If I imitated a flying fish, though, would that qualify as a 'fly', since
they do?  Eh?  The plot thickens...

DonO


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