Do artificial smells on your fly turn fish off?

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[black][size 3]Just an opinion, but the fun of fly fishing is fooling fish rather than feeding them.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]I don't see much difference between smearing oily attractant on a fly, and hanging a piece of worm on it.[/size]
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[size 3]For years, my saying of "anyone can feed fish, the real challenge is fooling them", has been my justification to those who don't fly fish.[/size]
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