Far too many fellow flyfishers love, even thrive on complicating an age old pastime. It,s always what kind of knots, what kind of leader, how long, what length, hooks, gadgets,flies, even where a person bys it,bla bla bla. Tell me, when did presentation become "tackle"?
I fish Flat Creek in Jackson every year and listen to the so-called pro's talk about how frustrating Flat Creek is selling tons of designer micro flies, talking about super long leaders and so on and so on. While other guys are changing flies every other cast, vests boldging with crap and not catching fish, i got away from the pack of LL Bean anglers and caught over 10 fish in 3 hours all over 14" 3 over 20", dropping #10 hoppers in seams at bends and floating them to undercut banks. What a dissapointment that would be to some guys who want everything fun to be complicated. I just want to stand in a river and catch fish. Trout are smart considering the size of thier brains, but I dont think they or flyfishing has to be super complicating to be succsessful at it.
Keep air in your spare, and your dry flies dry.
------ Original Message -----
From: Kent Lufkin
Sent: Thu, Sep 6, 2001 9:17am
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Loop to loop connections (was: Re: Most important tackle detail?Leader splice and Orvis knot)
>I prefer loop-to-loop connections for ease of changing out leaders. I
>get a lot of flack for it, though!
Here's a dumb question: why would anyone give you flack about a loop
to loop connection between leader and tippet?
IMHO, the Perfection Loop knot is strong and easy to tie, plus the
loop to loop technique doesn't reduce the length of one's leader with
each new tippet thus attached.
I'm out on the water to catch fish (or at least try), not for the
dubious challenge of tying complicated knots in trying conditions
like wind, rain or low light levels.
Kent Lufkin
