Well I respectfully disagree. Rapalas are by far my favorite fishing lure.
Besides, I gave up fly-fishing. I found out I had to buy those really fancy wood handled nets, $200 dollar polarized sunglasses, and those funny Indian Jones Hats.
Oh, I also was told I had to buy a Toyota Tacoma…
Post: Well I respectfully disagree. Rapalas are by far my favorite fishing lure.
Besides, I gave up fly-fishing. I found out I had to buy those really fancy wood handled nets, $200 dollar polarized sunglasses, and those funny Indian Jones Hats.
Oh, I also was told I had to buy a Toyota Tacoma…
So whats wrong with that?
Those are the cheap parts of FF 
Doesn’t everybody own a pair of $200 polarized sunglasses?
Fish however makes you happy. I fly fish because the conditions and variables are ever changing. I was tidying up my boxes the other day and I have 7 fly boxes and 2 small hook boxes that I use for #20 and smaller flies. I haven’t counted them but there are several hundred flies, roughly half purchased and half (the ugly ones that catch the most fish) tied by yours truly. I’ll never have enough flies.
I can’t understand how anyone would give up fly fishing for spin fishing, but I’m sure some of you feel the same way about spinner fishing. I used to love it but I do it less and less. I bought a nice St. Croix travel spinning rod last winter and used it maybe 6 or 7 times for bass at Sand Hollow and some fishing down at Utah Lake. I fly fished over 100 days this year. I do, however, give up fly fishing for the winter to drill holes in the ice. That is FUN!!! Nice to be able to fish sitting down with a beer in hand after a long season of wading rivers.
Here is my life savings.[;)]
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I have to buy the cheap Wal-Mart glasses. You see I am absent minded and would lose or break them anyway.
I will admit, I do have a fly rod and really used to like going. I am not too sure what happened. Maybe its because I moved to the sticks and there aren’t to many places to go.
I will say this. I used to love going to Treasureton when I lived in Cache Valley. Heck, I even tied my own flies. However, I wouldn’t dare post any pic’s. I would probably get laughed off this board!!!
I think I will hit Bear Lake tomorrow (without the flyrod) and see if my rapalas still work!!!
I used to fly fish almost exclusively… Now I do about 75% spin to 25% fly… Not sure why, I guess it’s just that most of the people I fish with have never fly fished, and it’s kinda hard walking the stream with someone throwing a rapala or spinner.
Man this is turning into a barn burner, I don’t know where to begin…
I consider myself a well rounded fisherman. I’ve fished in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (Sugar Lake), saltwater estuaries, bays and sounds, freshwater ponds, lakes, great lakes, rivers streams and even canals. I’ve caught a number of species (or sub species) in every body of water I’ve ever fished. I don’t even come close to knowing everything about fishing, and am willing to learn whenever someone has the knoweledge to share.
Being able to successfully catch fish on a lure (Rapala or otherwise) takes a bit more than just pitching and hoping. You need to know what water holds fish, where the seams and pockets and pools are that will be fishable, and how to work a lure that makes it appealing to fish. I take a spinning rod with me about 50% of the time I fly fish, because I’d rather have some luck than no luck at all.
Flyfishing the green:
Most of those flies aren’t even for the green. Some are, some are junk flies, some are for the Provo or Weber or Uintas. Some were on clearance at walmart so I just bought ‘em for shits and grins. I’ve already called the lodge to see what’s working. I’m leaving home as soon as Tweedledee and Tweedledum (my fishing partners) get here.
By the way, I didn’t really learn to fly fish until moving to Utah 5 years ago. I love being able to present the fish food imitations and fighting big fish on the flyrod is a challenge (like hooking Cobia on 12lb line with a 6’ spinning rod)…
Your boxes are way! too neat. Just pile a bunch and I mean a bunch of flies in the middle of 8 boxes and that would be mine 
I do however have them separated in special piles. Box 1: Bunny leeches, Box 2: Gartside Softhackles, Box 3: Regular leeches,
BLAH BLAH BLAH you get the picture…I’m A Slob when it comes to my flie boxes. I have a couple of rust preventing boxes, I throw the wet ones in. And when I tie new flies, I put them in an empty hook container and add it to my pile. When the weather gets to where my guides are icing up every other cast…THEN and only then will I clean them up (gonna take all day[pirate])
Jamis Jockey, I sent you a PM. or maybe I didn’t.[;)]
Hey BLM will ya loan me yours? I left mine in my other boat.