Further Thoughts on Fly Fishing

[Graham Marsden]

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[preston96]

Originally Posted by Graham Marsden

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Nice one Ron.....my own little bit of fly fishing heaven is a small brook and my mega light set up.....7ft rod, a small reel loaded with a number 5 floating cow dung coloured (dyed) line.

Whilst it is always nice to catch a decent sized fish i can honestly say it really doesn't matter......it is just being out with such light gear in such intimate places that do it for me.......much more than stillwaters.

My hand made " leaded shrimps" are an abortion, but they actually catch fish! lol

[Ron The Hat Clay]

Yes Brummie, one most important aspect of fly fishing is that the size of the fish doesn't really matter, its the quality of the fish and whether it is "grown-on" or not.

And HOW the fish was caught.

Some of the most enjoyable trout fishing I ever experienced was in a tiny stream which cascaded down from the Eastern Cape Drakensberg. It was full of wild browns up to 2 lbs. And I can tell you that to hook a brown of this size in such a stream on a 4 or 5 weight outfit is twice as exciting as hooking a 20lb Trevally in the surf.