tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post5931187548991292053..comments2023-06-19T09:51:51.043+01:00Comments on Dry Fly 'Expert': Fainting Fit...Regular Rodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-62559736224435198442013-02-12T10:26:01.607+00:002013-02-12T10:26:01.607+00:00You are so right Midgeman! I was just this minute...You are so right Midgeman! I was just this minute remembering that little trout having wandered past that same willow in our winter conditions...<br /><br />RRRegular Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-57666457632386329062012-07-18T01:42:22.154+01:002012-07-18T01:42:22.154+01:00I can't help but get a smile on my face when I...I can't help but get a smile on my face when I see someone do something like this. I love the possibilities of fly fishing.cofisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288930899340581141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-74641075345530654392012-07-17T22:48:26.968+01:002012-07-17T22:48:26.968+01:00Like ^Like ^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-77370898130138755522012-07-17T22:04:10.370+01:002012-07-17T22:04:10.370+01:00A smug smile perhaps but no actual laughter. My v...A smug smile perhaps but no actual laughter. My voice was being used to keep Henry from "helping" me...<br />:)Regular Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-52230614065276761312012-07-17T21:23:28.852+01:002012-07-17T21:23:28.852+01:00I once had a group of friends who laughed at me fo...I once had a group of friends who laughed at me for becoming fixated on a little ten inch brown that had taken up residence in small channel that ran along the backside of a small island on the Big Thompson River a few miles from my home. He was a wild little stream born fish that had inherited all the instincts to pick a feeding lie that was in effect a soft open little run that ran beneath a tunnel of overhanging willows. He and I did battle for a whole summer with him coming to the net three times, but he cost me a dozen flies left in the willows and the utter humiliation of sensing my stalking him more times than I’d like to admit. In truth he was the fish of the season for me. There are a great many folks in our sport that have no idea that sometimes the duel between and angler and a trout far exceeds the number of inches in the net. You will remember your little adversary and the difficulty of collapsing that long leader long after you’ve forgotten bigger fish in your net! It’s the true nature of the sport!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-77645576061481148362012-07-17T20:49:57.118+01:002012-07-17T20:49:57.118+01:00Did you laugh to yourself when you hooked it?Did you laugh to yourself when you hooked it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-57765593405417408882012-07-17T19:47:48.961+01:002012-07-17T19:47:48.961+01:00Well done buddy, good thinking.Well done buddy, good thinking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941989069497229867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-27092006103822055452012-07-17T18:16:03.496+01:002012-07-17T18:16:03.496+01:00But you can just climb in the river, wade up to th...But you can just climb in the river, wade up to the easiest place to cast and catch the fish? What's drag btw?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-51142881926931721642012-07-17T17:59:39.942+01:002012-07-17T17:59:39.942+01:00Your persistence paid off. I would have had a fit ...Your persistence paid off. I would have had a fit of my own for sure. I can see it play out in my head.... I would have lost a half dozen flies in the thicket, gone through about ten yards of tippet, and scared away that fish. Great catch!Swamp Yankeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06309435890354760066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-64078051620991213932012-07-17T16:11:43.585+01:002012-07-17T16:11:43.585+01:00Nicely done.Nicely done.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759608831522681285noreply@blogger.com