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Im a thinker to!!! and I think you should go fishing and enjoy yourself.
Dont worry about the mags. and if theres any new concept the comp boys will find them.
Mike

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I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,9 bean rows will I have there and a hive for the honey bee.

objectivity in fly fishing is too rare a mindset indeed, it was once suggested to me that i was too analytical and that i should just go and enjoy fishing,
bit like reading a book without knowing the plot,

i think its the good old British method of learning solid basics then leaving the rest vaguely to experience,
unveiling the mysteries can also be seen as taking the fun out of it, which leads to a cultural incompetance, in some cultures, children are taught hunting as a skill.

I too like to think of myself as a "thinking" angler and my objective is simply to present the trout with a good imitation of what they are eating where they are eating it. This works in 90% of cases when I get it right. It's not often that "new" ideas are required, just better application of older ones although I'm perfectly willing to learn.

For some reason very many fail to do this and don't catch as many as they should however the good news is that they subsidise my ticket prices.

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“There is no more lovely country than Monmouthshire in early spring. Nowhere do the larks sing quite so passionately, as if somehow inspired by the Welsh themselves. There is a blackbird on every thorn and a cock chaffinch, a twink as they call him there, on every bush...... It moved me profoundly. I had been spared to see another spring, and I thank God for it.”

Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

I think I love fly-fishing (and sea fishing for that matter) because I adopt a scientific approach and occasionally have it all blown out of the water! To me its the combination of reasoning, gut feeling, experience and the downright stochastic that makes it so appealing.

I have noticed that a couple of my angling buds just grab their gear and go fishing without too much thought or change over the years and one does very well. I spend about twice the time he does on preparation and reading etc. and consistently return 10-20% more fish. Not the best return perhaps but it does prove to me that a bit of thought pays dividends, especially last weekend when I caught all the biggies ! (Na na nan nan naaahh)!

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Well done mate.I admire your dedication.Im sure that if I showed your level of
dedication the wife would have me in a washing up bowl filled with local pond water.keep up the good work.

Ahhhh,

Comprendez!

Well I am tying a fly for a particular pike in a particular location - a big fat one surrounded by water lilies. So working on a weedless popper that's very large and dives quick but still castable!

And just a wee word of caution from someone who has spent a lot of time studying and teaching about the life of bog pools . . . .the bowls of mud in your garden will contain a population of insects capable of living in a mud-filled bowl in your garden within hours of being removed from the original location, albeit one that is derived from the original sample. Plus anything that has dropped in subsequently, minus those that have been eaten by the predators. A bit frustrating I know. It happens quick!

The sex and violence I have seen below a microscope . . . .

Andy

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