10-23-2008, 09:04 PM
Ironic, Dryrod. The Catskill confluence region used to be my home waters.
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Just one correction. Gordon, as revered as he is as the "father" of American flyfishing, mostly fished the Beaverkill (for trout) and the Delaware (for smallmouth).
But he was mostly a copycat, slavishly trying to immitate British calk stream techniques, even though our conditions were radically different.
That's why anglers like Hewit, who said to heck with dry flies, and the boys down in PA, with their facination with terrestrials, made, IMO, greater contributions.
Another point I often raise (and boy, does it start fights) is that if the communications center of America had been Knoxville instead of New York, our whole flyfishing history would be different.
While the boys on the Beaverkill stood around waiting for hatches that never materialized, the boys in the Smokies were pioneering effective techniques like tight-line nymphing, and tying patterns---like the now illegal Yellar Hammer--- that met local conditions.
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Proving once again that there are only 200 people in the world, and pretty soon you meet everybody.
Just one correction. Gordon, as revered as he is as the "father" of American flyfishing, mostly fished the Beaverkill (for trout) and the Delaware (for smallmouth).
But he was mostly a copycat, slavishly trying to immitate British calk stream techniques, even though our conditions were radically different.
That's why anglers like Hewit, who said to heck with dry flies, and the boys down in PA, with their facination with terrestrials, made, IMO, greater contributions.
Another point I often raise (and boy, does it start fights) is that if the communications center of America had been Knoxville instead of New York, our whole flyfishing history would be different.
While the boys on the Beaverkill stood around waiting for hatches that never materialized, the boys in the Smokies were pioneering effective techniques like tight-line nymphing, and tying patterns---like the now illegal Yellar Hammer--- that met local conditions.
Brook
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