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Colorado Fly Fishing � Bait Huckin’ vs. Fly Fishin’

January 3rd, 2008 Administrator No comments

It was one of those fishing trips. You know, everyone catches fish but you, you loose six or eight of your most expensive streamers, it rains buckets, and you sink the boat. That�s right; I got skunked at Steamboat Lake over Memorial weekend.

I was determined to show those meat huckers (worms and power bait) that a well chosen and strategically placed fly was as effective as anything a conventional fisherman could load on a hook and hang under a bobber. Well, no such luck, I got stomped.

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What Is Your Lure, Bait and Gear? An exercise to define

January 3rd, 2008 Administrator No comments

Fly fishing — it doesn’t work, does it? When I first
watched someone fly-fishing, I saw them release the line
that went out far in the water. No sooner had the fly hit
the water it was being jerked back and reeled in. Even
today, I still don’t understand how this method catches any
fish. Yet it does, so I am told. See, I have never been
fly-fishing.

It looks like so much more work too. I’m used to the worm,
bobber, sitting on a short foldable chair, having some great
conversation ever once in a while, sipping on a beer (okay
root beer so we don’t X factor this article), relaxing and
waiting for the nibble. Or, is it praying for that nibble.
Okay, either one.

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