Bart, Good to see your name on the list again. Tony --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yesterday was opening day of trout season here in > North Carolina. Hatchery > supported waters with no lure or bait restrictions > that is. Well, I decided I > would go and do some spinner fishing (GASP!) Anyway, > after about 2 hours of > losing every fish that hit my spinner I realized > something, finally. I AM A > FLYFISHER! How did I realize that? Well, the short > spincasting rod felt heavy > and awkward in my hands like it didn't belong. > Before every cast I would check > the general proximity of trees and bushes behind me > so I would not get > snagged on my backcast. As the lure hit the water > with a big loud splash I would > think it put down every fish within 100 feet. Of > course it didn't, these are > hatchery fish and they are use to seeing people and > a loud splash usually meant > "time to eat." When a fish did hit my lure I found > myself raising the rod > tip to set the hook, let me tell you that does not > work while you are spinner > fishing. And my drift was never correct...that's > right I said drift. I don't > know why it took me a little over 2 hours to figure > out I am a Flyfisher but > it did. Also, it may have had something to do with > the fact I had just lost > my last spinner due to it becoming snagged on the > bottom. I finally broke out > the fly rod which, by the way, felt like and > extension of my arm. The comfort > made me smile. My cast was smooth and the loops > small. The fly landed > perfectly in the seam and within a few seconds a > chubby brown rose to meet my fly > in a swirl of floating vegetation. As I set the > hook, by raising my rod tip, > and feeling the fight of the brown down into the > grip of my fly rod it was at > that moment that I realized exactly what I was. > > Bart Fitzpatrick > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
