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Ron Troversial Clay
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Many years ago I happened to spend a day fishing with this particular bass angler.
I spent the day on his boat, took aboard my tackle, including my selection of lures and motored off into the depths of Morganstond Dam.
He knew the water far more than me so I was happy to let him take the lead.
He had three rods made up with three lures on the end. And each lure was covered up with a dear little plastic bag so you couldn't see what he was using! He was quite successful in bass tournaments.
I few years ago I happened to be in the company of a fly fisherman who again was quite successful in matches. One day he and I sat by the reservoir talking tactics. His fishing bag was open and there were a couple of fly boxes in view, one half open. I opened the box and perused the flies.
He became EXTREMELY agressive.
As I myself, had my two fly boxes fully open on the bank for all to see I thought nothing of it. But this guy was extremely angry that I had looked in his fly box.
I wonder why?
Perhaps because he was primarily a competition angler.
I have fished with some of the finest anglers in the world in my time. I don't want to mention all the names here but I think you can guess them. Never has one of them been worried if you examine the contents of their fly/lure box. In fact they often go to the troubel of giving you a fly, or even a lure if you are struggling.
These are great anglers.
But this pratt was not prepared to give any of his expertise away.
Winning competitions was the most important thing in his life you see.
He should have packed up fishing and played darts instead. Angling is all about sharing. **** Walker, the greatest angler of our time, taught me that.
That's why I think it might be a very good idea to ban all fly fishing competitions. The concept of fly fishing matches is totally against the true philosopy of what the sport is all about.
I spent the day on his boat, took aboard my tackle, including my selection of lures and motored off into the depths of Morganstond Dam.
He knew the water far more than me so I was happy to let him take the lead.
He had three rods made up with three lures on the end. And each lure was covered up with a dear little plastic bag so you couldn't see what he was using! He was quite successful in bass tournaments.
I few years ago I happened to be in the company of a fly fisherman who again was quite successful in matches. One day he and I sat by the reservoir talking tactics. His fishing bag was open and there were a couple of fly boxes in view, one half open. I opened the box and perused the flies.
He became EXTREMELY agressive.
As I myself, had my two fly boxes fully open on the bank for all to see I thought nothing of it. But this guy was extremely angry that I had looked in his fly box.
I wonder why?
Perhaps because he was primarily a competition angler.
I have fished with some of the finest anglers in the world in my time. I don't want to mention all the names here but I think you can guess them. Never has one of them been worried if you examine the contents of their fly/lure box. In fact they often go to the troubel of giving you a fly, or even a lure if you are struggling.
These are great anglers.
But this pratt was not prepared to give any of his expertise away.
Winning competitions was the most important thing in his life you see.
He should have packed up fishing and played darts instead. Angling is all about sharing. **** Walker, the greatest angler of our time, taught me that.
That's why I think it might be a very good idea to ban all fly fishing competitions. The concept of fly fishing matches is totally against the true philosopy of what the sport is all about.