11-15-2014, 07:27 PM
I'm a spoiled, washed-up fisherman. A sight fisherman. See the fish first. Decide and move to where I need to be, or make a presentation from where I stand. Present the fly/lure. See the take (the best part!) Set the hook. See the fish react to the hook. Get the fish in and get it back. I no longer enjoy blind casting for anything, anywhere.
Fly or lure choice is usually pretty simple. I'll change up here and there, but not much. Its simple guess work. Size of fish isn't important, but I do prefer challenging fish in a location that's hard to get to, and the larger fish in rivers seem to live and hold in such places. Fish that are wary and spooky. Fish that don't just jump on the hook or chase after the offering. I want to earn them.
But sometimes, they just go off and I get in the zone, and its just catching one after the other. That's ok too, once in a while to spice things up. I can always find one that's a challenge though. Never will catch them all, thankfully. Not even close.
I've done the bait fishing, blind nymph fishing, trolling, cast-and-pray, cast-to-structure, blind fishing with every kind of lure there is kind-of-fishing. Even went ice fishing 3 times. Lots of different species, some in prime locations of North America.
Give me surface, near-surface, clear water, shallow water, sight fishing. Bass, trout, salmon, tarpon, snook, pike, . . . I like most any fish that will regularly eat "up", and doesnt' have sucker lips (No carp, bonefish, white fish, catfish, walleye, etc.) If I can fish my fly or lure on top, presented to a fish I can see, call me Happy!
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Fly or lure choice is usually pretty simple. I'll change up here and there, but not much. Its simple guess work. Size of fish isn't important, but I do prefer challenging fish in a location that's hard to get to, and the larger fish in rivers seem to live and hold in such places. Fish that are wary and spooky. Fish that don't just jump on the hook or chase after the offering. I want to earn them.
But sometimes, they just go off and I get in the zone, and its just catching one after the other. That's ok too, once in a while to spice things up. I can always find one that's a challenge though. Never will catch them all, thankfully. Not even close.
I've done the bait fishing, blind nymph fishing, trolling, cast-and-pray, cast-to-structure, blind fishing with every kind of lure there is kind-of-fishing. Even went ice fishing 3 times. Lots of different species, some in prime locations of North America.
Give me surface, near-surface, clear water, shallow water, sight fishing. Bass, trout, salmon, tarpon, snook, pike, . . . I like most any fish that will regularly eat "up", and doesnt' have sucker lips (No carp, bonefish, white fish, catfish, walleye, etc.) If I can fish my fly or lure on top, presented to a fish I can see, call me Happy!
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