Fly Fishing

There is something really cool about fly fishing. Something that teaches me much about life. Until you've experienced it you will not know to what I refer. My entire fasination with fly fishing is that it is part art, part science, part sport. The art come from the beauty in tying your own flies and the movement of the "cast" from the swing of the fisherperson. The science comes from the pure fact that you are attempting to fool nature into thinking that tied strands on a barbless hook actually look like (and act like) the very bug or insect that may be surfacing on the water based on the temperature, cloud cover and air movement (because it does change). The sport side of fishing comes from the mastery of the cast and providing perfect placement of your faux insect where fish maybe scanning for food (and there are so many differnet styles that can take a lifetime to master).

Catch and release is a must, because once you've caught...then released...that fish is so much more smarter and harder to catch the next time. I think that by the time my kids fish...it will be damn near impossible to catch anything because all the dumb ones will have been eaten and the smart ones will remain in the waters to fustrate future generations.

Image is from my Alaska Trip - Tangle Lakes 6/2005