that poses an interesting thought Don since bass regularly make meals out of duck, humming birds ect is an imitation of those a true fly since they fly? What about frogs with all the jumping they do?
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] OK, Now for an "Etics" Question- revisited > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Marriner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > >
