Five stages of fishing
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My .02 = do what you like. I have 0 fucks to give for other's opinions. I've spent summers/falls fishing skaters because I was fascinated with all the techniques (scoppering, holding a skating fly over a lie, etc) and liked the visual aspect of it. Then one winter I got hooked on swinging spoons with my Pin rod. I also fish a switch rod off the beach for Silvers and plan to try it with deeply sunken flies in the salt this year. I like variety and trying odd things. I've gotten plenty of looks or comments - usually I just laugh.
HauntedByWaters
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I don’t agree with the diagram at all. I really don’t care if I catch or not and think I never have. Although I have been catching salmon and steelhead for 30+ years now so maybe I’m just fulfilled. Ironically the only time I lost my mind and was sucked into the shit show was when I was exclusively targeting steelhead on a fly rod. I think obsessing over a method of catching should be near the bottom of the fishing evolution. So IMO, this chart was made by a fly fisherman because it supposed fly fishing is somehow this special step. It isn’t. It’s marketing. In the end though, I spend most of my time in an office working, so any time on the water is a luxury.
For me, I have always been a fish nerd. I had 7 aquariums at one time 20 years ago. I just love fish and seeing them closely. Every one is different! They are amazing creatures to me.
Last summer, my favorite fishery was catching panfish and perch with my 3 year old son and filling up a (water filled) bucket with the fish so that my son could admire them and release them when he was done. It was lovely.
For me, I have always been a fish nerd. I had 7 aquariums at one time 20 years ago. I just love fish and seeing them closely. Every one is different! They are amazing creatures to me.
Last summer, my favorite fishery was catching panfish and perch with my 3 year old son and filling up a (water filled) bucket with the fish so that my son could admire them and release them when he was done. It was lovely.
Realistically...none of this means jackshit.
Ha! Yep smallest is for bragging rights!
HauntedByWaters
Life of the Party
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
The older I get, the more I appreciate Shakespeare. When we read him in high school I was too young and dumb to get it. I’m still pretty dumb, but at least I am smart enough to know that men like Shakespeare only come along maybe once every 500 years. How could someone understand humans so well in just a single lifetime? He had the observance of a God, as if he had lived countless lifetimes. One of the most extraordinary humans ever.
I don’t ever think I’ll get to master. It’s stuck in my head that I have to catch fish. Sometimes it’s the numbers, some times the size, some times the method,… but I like to catch fish.
My dad, on the other hand, just enjoyed the fishing…. He was the Master.
My dad, on the other hand, just enjoyed the fishing…. He was the Master.
edited to add, we've got nothin' on these folks though...
Fishing Crazy: In Pursuit of the Smallest Catch - 15 Minutes - TV | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs
Catching tiny fish only a couple of centimeters in size called Tanago, or Japanese bitterling, is a passion shared by some fanatical Japanese anglers. Fumihiko Nagatani, a sushi chef with 40 years of experience catching the so-called "underwater jewels," uses a microscope to file down fishing...
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Having spent the last three summers targeting large Browns three inches from the bank from a moving boat with giant bushy salmon flies for a three second drag free drift, I have a new appreciation for skills.
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
What's wrong with being elite?
That’s actually a big shiner there! Very healthy specimen!View attachment 102694
edited to add, we've got nothin' on these folks though...
Fishing Crazy: In Pursuit of the Smallest Catch - 15 Minutes - TV | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs
Catching tiny fish only a couple of centimeters in size called Tanago, or Japanese bitterling, is a passion shared by some fanatical Japanese anglers. Fumihiko Nagatani, a sushi chef with 40 years of experience catching the so-called "underwater jewels," uses a microscope to file down fishing...www3.nhk.or.jp
I may or may not have been tempted to file down some hooks. I do have some 9X
How do you prevent pithing the little things? Or do you ikejime and release?
I have met many elitists, I have met very few people who are elite. There is a big difference IMO.
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
It's impossible to be elite without standards.
Bass-O-Matic
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Fishing… it’s an often over-thought endeavor.
I know a very well known person with no standards who considers himself Yugely elite, just saying.
