Comments on: Fly Fishing the BWO Hatch When You Haven’t Fly Fished a BWO Hatch in a Year (or, Ouch)

By: Ice Fishing Man

Ice Fishing Man — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:20:29 +0000

Love the “other side”.

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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:39:34 +0000

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By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:08:09 +0000

Liar.

I never watched “appreciatively.”

Instead, I was hoping you’d get hit by lightning. Sometimes, the truth doesn’t set you free…

By: Chris Raine

Chris Raine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:56:07 +0000

Ok. Here is what really happened:
Tom and I had not actually fished together this season. So it was time.
Tom offered to drive. This was good. His gas.
We stopped at Amarattis, and each bought a breakfast burrito, and a drink. Came to 12 bucks. Tom bought. This was good. His money.
When we arrived at the selected site, fish were all ready working. This was good.
My rod was not in the rod tube. This was not good. Tom loaned me another rod. His rod. This was good.
Wading into the stream, Tom offered me the upstream spot, which he ALWAYS takes. This was unusual. But it was good.
The first fish I caught took me into the backing, and almost spooled me. This was unusual. When the fish was downstream some 50 yards, and in front of Tom, he reeled in and offered to net it. This was good. And he took a nice picture of its tail.

He then watched appreciatively as I hooked and landed (unaided) a slightly larger fish than the first.

BUT….while we fished for several hours, NOT ONCE did he offer me a sip of whiskey from his flask.

He is so selfish sometimes.

By: Kentucky Jim

Kentucky Jim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:53:08 +0000

Broken down through the complex levels of possible claims, a person could sit on a river bank and still claim a successful fishing trip~ (Quote)

Hmmm...I believe Rebecca is onto something here.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:40:36 +0000

I’m sure there is a scientific equation that applies to claiming the fish our friends (and foes) take on a river. 1/2 of a fish for a borrowed fly rod. 1/4 of a fish for borrowed tippet. 1/8 of a fish for a pirated fly etc, etc… Of course, we can expand the theory to any person who catches a fish in the spot we were just standing — 1/3 claim on those fish based on pure prior occupancy principle alone and so on…..

Broken down through the complex levels of possible claims, a person could sit on a river bank and still claim a successful fishing trip~

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:17:35 +0000

That we claim credit for our buddy’s fish is inevitable. The question revolves around how much of the fish we demand credit for.

It’s another of fly fishing’s philosophically significant questions.

By: professor

professor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:49:23 +0000

Great post. You speak for all fly anglers and our collective frustrations and successes. Well-written.

By: Guys Flies and Pies

Guys Flies and Pies — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:46:07 +0000

I sometimes claim 1/2 of the fish my buddy catches just because i drove his sorry butt to the water!

By: Turnip Truck Driver

Turnip Truck Driver — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:52:54 +0000

Newman!

By: Kentucky Jim

Kentucky Jim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:07:16 +0000

Ditto FishSkiCanoe and Don.

“Bad Karma from prior lifetime”? HoooooWheeeee, so there’s somebody else with this problem? I guess it’s a relief to know that I’m not alone…

Still, even though we know what they are saying about us, or at least I do (“Didja see what that fool was slamming into the water? Check out that ridiculous hat.”); I take solace in the fact that they will never report what a fool I am to my friends and neighbors. Not a word…

By: Don

Don — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:37:11 +0000

One should never let reality influence your fishing memories, unless, of course, it’s one of those rare epic days.

By: fishskicanoe

fishskicanoe — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:51 +0000

Sometimes you eat the trout and sometimes the trout eats you.

Or something like that.