jasonvilly

A new fishermans persepective: I truly appreciate all of the advice I have recieved in my 2 months of fly fishing. It all began with the course at Country Pleasures, and continued on from there. It seems I have run into many more people (on the river or in a shop) who are willing to take 5 minutes to help a guy out. I agree with the position that telling someone like me what fly you are using is helpful. But as I have learned it has more to do with presentation. Case in point I was trying my hand at nymphing with a copper john (who i was directed to use by a fellow across the river from me) He was consistently pulling fish while I only managed to hook and land 2. Did I impede his fish count, I don't think so, did I become an instantly better fisherman? Nope. Was I extremely excited to catch those two small rainbows. Hells yes. Now as for telling me your secret spot, I don't think you need to be so liberal with that (ie go around the corner look for the big tree sticking out and fish that hole). But telling me where to park, or which parts of the river are good and which are bad is helpful. But in some aspect getting out to new spots and finding my own holes is half the fun. I have had a few days where my fishing trip turned into a great hike because I couldn't catch a fish. In some regards this challange is what keeps me going out. But agian thank you to all of those who do offer advice. I never knew the ammount of stuff you have to learn when taking up this sport. There is a lot more to it than just going to a river with a rod. And it would have been 100% more daunting if all of the advice wasn't given. With that being said I found the course to be highly helpful with the beginning type stuff, but now tryin to learn the more specific things such as nymphing has added more challenges, which keeps me engaged in the sport.

Hey Just wanted to see if I met someone on this board today. I was on the bow this morning, gave you a wave across the water. Then I asked for some advice on how to properly nymph with an indicator. You gave me some awesome advice. Thank you so much. I am just learning the ropes and you helped a ton. Landed two little rainbows after that. I yelled tight lines to you before I went walking....and you replied broken reel. The one thing that I have noticed about this sport is the camaraderie. Whether it be in a fly shop or on the river most people are always willing to give advice or just shoot the *hit. I love this about the sport, most tell me it is a solitary sport, but outside of actual fishing I don't believe this is so. A couple of other questions that came about while I was fishing. When I was tossing my nymph rig I had a fish attack my pink indicator twice in 5 seconds (I know I know PINK, I can see this color the best). So I switched over hopper dropper in case they were deciding to rise. Was this the correct move? Second, the second rainbow, I caught him by the tail, yes the actual tail, why did this happen? Did he miss my copper john and then get hooked? It was funny to me anyhow. Before I switched over tot he hopper dropper, I had two fish get away from me pretty quickly. I think in my excitement I forget to set the hook. How hard should I be pulling when I set the hook in the future? Have a great day.