Sage Advice SundayPosted by admin on March 14th, 2010
Alright, there is a lot of information out there on how to be a great fly caster, fly fisherman, fly tier, trout whisperer etc. I also know I am one of those know it all guides that always has an opinion on how to be successful in this sport. I do know that the information that I am passing on is helpful, and will add to any willing anglers success, however, sometimes you just need to go with your natural instincts. After all isn’t that the most basic drive for us as anglers and fisherman. It is to be able to fool the trout or fish into taking the bate so to speak. Once we arrive to the conservation aspect of the the sport of catch and release, it is still not as rewarding unless you land the fish. Get it to the net. So in your mind you can say “If I had to I could eat that fish” then you let it go. The hunter in you prevailed. Sometimes you can’t tell someone how to be a good fisherman, they just are. They know how to get the job done. They follow their own ideas on how to present a fly to a fish and they break the rules so to speak when it comes to all of the aspects of the sport that we, (I) exploit to draw attention and to market certain aspects of the “Business of Fly Fishing”. I know several fisherman who seam to do everything wrong, but are very successful at catching fish. So my advice today is to occasionally, when your instincts take over, throw away the rule book and the advice columns and just fish!
Royce Klingler
