I just read the article too and from a physics point of view it makes sense. The part I liked was that the author seemed to be implying that practicing before you have that big fish on is important. Going through the exercise of playing a scale from the tip or butt of the rod will help to build reflexes and add another tactic to my arsenal. Almost more so than the fish playing tactic described by the author, I liked his parting shot of casting, knot tying skills and the importance of checking the leader being probably the biggest areas I could concentrate on if I really want to improve my flyfishing skills. I'm guilty of not paying a lot of attention to knots in my leader when I out (especially those wind-induced-really-bad-casting type!)
Good article, it made me think of things I could do to conscientiously improve.
Tim
Moscow, Idaho
At 01:37 PM 9/3/03 -0400, you wrote:
In a message dated 8/12/03 4:33:23 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How many have read the "American Angler" article "Put on the Pressure" by Art Scheck in the Sept Oct issue?
Also what did you think about it?
Greetings Rick!
I read the above article. Made a lot of sense to me, and some of the things I do as part of my fish playing strategies.
I still think folks that think they can handle 2 to 5 pound fish with a rod like an Orvis One weight better than they can with a 5 or 6 weight are damn fools! Period!
I will continue to believe that flyrods are like golf clubs, you use different ones in different situations, gotta have one for, each type of shot, otherwise the PGA tour would be played entirely with a 7 iron...
Tom Tully, PA-C
