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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)
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Now I expect to get all sorts of insulting comments on this thread, but what matter - here goes:
It has been said that fly fishing attracts older people amongst us, and judging by the average age of the anglers on my local reservoir yesterday, this seems to be true.
Certainly young anglers are not inclined to take to fly fishing like they did years ago. It is the one style of fishing where you cannot become an instant, like you can with carp or barbel fishing for example.The reason for this is that manual dexterity has to be learned!
Oh I know that you have to learn to cast a 4 oz lead and bolt rig, or even a feeder, but most canacquire those sorts of skills a day. Not so with casting a fly. It can take years to become really skilled and proficient and young anglers taking up the sport want none of that!
As a man grows older, he acquires certain skills. He also learns to be more patient with himself and certainly doesn't mind if he blanks a few times. But with young anglers, out soon comes the dummy and the tantrums -I've seen it.
But it's a shame in a way, we need more people to take up fly fishing because if they don't there will be few waters for us fly fishing enthusiasts to fish in the future.
And one thing that is attractive to most older anglers about fly fishing is that you don't have to carry loads of gear around with you.
It has been said that fly fishing attracts older people amongst us, and judging by the average age of the anglers on my local reservoir yesterday, this seems to be true.
Certainly young anglers are not inclined to take to fly fishing like they did years ago. It is the one style of fishing where you cannot become an instant, like you can with carp or barbel fishing for example.The reason for this is that manual dexterity has to be learned!
Oh I know that you have to learn to cast a 4 oz lead and bolt rig, or even a feeder, but most canacquire those sorts of skills a day. Not so with casting a fly. It can take years to become really skilled and proficient and young anglers taking up the sport want none of that!
As a man grows older, he acquires certain skills. He also learns to be more patient with himself and certainly doesn't mind if he blanks a few times. But with young anglers, out soon comes the dummy and the tantrums -I've seen it.
But it's a shame in a way, we need more people to take up fly fishing because if they don't there will be few waters for us fly fishing enthusiasts to fish in the future.
And one thing that is attractive to most older anglers about fly fishing is that you don't have to carry loads of gear around with you.