WET OR DRY ?
Halford argued dry and Skues argued wet
and that age old arguement isn't over yet!
Some of us fish both wet and dry and
never bother to understand "why".
Some fish only wet and some only dry and
some don't care as long as it's a pretty little fly.
“Might as well fish a worm”, said the dry fly
man as he shifted his feet in the burning hot sand.
“To catch big browns you must fish wet my friend”,
said the wet fly man as he slowly sipped his Gin.
“I’ll catch’em on top”, said the dry fly man and
and if I try long enough that I can.
“Why waste your time with that pretty little fly”,
when you could go deep with something really sly.”
countered the wet fly guy,
“But I must see the take”, said the dry fly man,
as he slowly cast his dry fly again and again.
“I’ll fish my wet while you watch your dry”,
quipped the wet fly guy, as his fresh hooked brown
rocketed toward the sky!
Alas, be they wet or be they dry.
I'll fish them both til the day I die!
By
Jimmy D. Moore
Copyright November 2, 2002
-- Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
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