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To: Crocodile who wrote (34628)	6/21/2004 8:13:03 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) of 104167

The other thing I should have mentioned is that you might just drop in and visit the local bait and tackle shop where you'll be fishing. Many of the people who run those small shops know the local rivers and know what's popular in flies, lures, etc... I must have received your message telepathically. That is just what I did. The dude working there was a lot of help. I got more from him than anything I read on the internet. He set me up with 4-5 flies that are considered the main staples of a fly box. They all have cool names that I forgot already (except for the Wooly Bugger. How can ya forget a name like that). He also gave me a good lesson in entomology as he described how the flies lay their eggs in the streams, then hatch, rise up in the nymph stage, and then emerge as flies. He even told me to put back some of the stuff I was ready to buy because he knew of some home make tools/gadgets I could make myself. The nice guy saved me some money and gladly shared as many beginner secrets as he could remember. I took a large cup of coffee with me down to the dam and just watched the 3-4 anglers wading out and reeling in trout. I had a little bit of success fishing from the sidelines. I caught a few trees. Nice in size. One was a 30 footer. Big and fat. The other was a 20 foot Elm that put up a heck of a fight. It wasn't until I got home that I found out why the fish perferred the old timers' flies to mine. It's called presentation. I suppose I was presenting my flies/nymphs the same way I do with a worm on the hook. (ie: Letting the worm to all the hard work.) Things work out well when you are doing something you like. When I got home I went out on my lawn and began practicing casting. (Because I'm still embarrassingly bad at it.) A neighbor that I know turns out to be an avid fly fisherman. He even ties his own. He showed me about a hundred works of art with hooks in them. He gave me some pointers on casting and demonstrated some of the finer points other than me moving my arm back and forth like a spaz violently shaking a pole. Then he explained how I need to present the flies or nymphs in certain ways so it looks natural instead of a fake fly waterskiing through the rapids. He's going to show me some good spots right around town and invited me to take a 1/2 hour ride into Connecticut for some great fishing on a river there that has some big trout. Then he pointed out that we live only about an hour from some world class trout fishing in the Catskill Mountains. Looks like we both found a fishing partner. -ClappyTheBeadedStoneFlyNymph

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