07-11-2007, 01:45 PM
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[black][size 3]Sounds like you are making enough progress to keep you interested and happy. Don't let the usual surge of testosterone get the best of you. I remember when I worked very hard at casting distance. At the time, I was fishing a local water (Strawberry res.), and was wading the shoreline fishing for trout. It was about the time that the first graphite rods were coming out. I obtained a 10 foot 10 weight from Fenwick that I had to have. Would have traded kids for it.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]I could cast a mile, and had some great trips with it. I would rush to the lake after work, change from a suit to heavy rubber waders, and fish until dark. It would get me back home about midnight and I was making that trip a couple times a week. (I must have been mad)[/size]
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[size 3]I would make long cast, and then using different sink rate lines, would retrieve my flies (mostly variations and colors of a double renegade). The most fun that I had was hooking a 2-3 pound rainbow at the end of my cast. They would jump and fight like crazy. One of my most productive retrieves was one where I would cast, then put the rod under my arm, and make a fast hand over hand retrieve. The fish would hit the fly like a freight train.[/size]
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[size 3]At that time, my idea of fishing related to long casts. I didn't realize that when you walk up to a stream, you do it with stealth, first fishing the water close to you, slowly working the water farther out. (it's that testosterone thing)[/size]
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[size 3]I guess I still haven't lost the urge, cause now, even though I fish from a toon, I use two 10 foot custom Loomis rods, when really long casts are not necessary.[/size]
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[size 3]I hope that you get to a point where you are happy with your casting, and it becomes so second nature, that you concentrate on the fish more than the casting.[/size]
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I hope I get to a point where I can get out and just fish right now!
I just put my house on the market and am finally getting to the end of my to-do-list.. almost done. However, the little spare time I've had or made for myself lately has been in the form of casting only. Getting out on the water for a couple hours at a time hasn't been possible when I'm only able to take 30 minutes here and 15 there. I haven't lived ON waters edge for 4yrs and its been driving me nuts so I'm heading back to the water's edge. Miss it too much and the convienience of lowering the boats and shooting out for an hour or so is going to be a welcomed lifestyle again!
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[black][size 3]Sounds like you are making enough progress to keep you interested and happy. Don't let the usual surge of testosterone get the best of you. I remember when I worked very hard at casting distance. At the time, I was fishing a local water (Strawberry res.), and was wading the shoreline fishing for trout. It was about the time that the first graphite rods were coming out. I obtained a 10 foot 10 weight from Fenwick that I had to have. Would have traded kids for it.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]I could cast a mile, and had some great trips with it. I would rush to the lake after work, change from a suit to heavy rubber waders, and fish until dark. It would get me back home about midnight and I was making that trip a couple times a week. (I must have been mad)[/size]
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[size 3]I would make long cast, and then using different sink rate lines, would retrieve my flies (mostly variations and colors of a double renegade). The most fun that I had was hooking a 2-3 pound rainbow at the end of my cast. They would jump and fight like crazy. One of my most productive retrieves was one where I would cast, then put the rod under my arm, and make a fast hand over hand retrieve. The fish would hit the fly like a freight train.[/size]
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[size 3]At that time, my idea of fishing related to long casts. I didn't realize that when you walk up to a stream, you do it with stealth, first fishing the water close to you, slowly working the water farther out. (it's that testosterone thing)[/size]
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[size 3]I guess I still haven't lost the urge, cause now, even though I fish from a toon, I use two 10 foot custom Loomis rods, when really long casts are not necessary.[/size]
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[size 3]I hope that you get to a point where you are happy with your casting, and it becomes so second nature, that you concentrate on the fish more than the casting.[/size]
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I hope I get to a point where I can get out and just fish right now!
I just put my house on the market and am finally getting to the end of my to-do-list.. almost done. However, the little spare time I've had or made for myself lately has been in the form of casting only. Getting out on the water for a couple hours at a time hasn't been possible when I'm only able to take 30 minutes here and 15 there. I haven't lived ON waters edge for 4yrs and its been driving me nuts so I'm heading back to the water's edge. Miss it too much and the convienience of lowering the boats and shooting out for an hour or so is going to be a welcomed lifestyle again!
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