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What Did You Learn - 2009?

NJpatbee

NJpatbee

Can be found on NJ/NY/PA waters!
Fly-fishing is a never ending learning experience, and each season I seem to discover (or re-discover) a technique, fly, or trout stream that makes a positive impression and becomes part of my approach to fly fishing.

For 2009, I learned (or re-learned) the following:

- The Streamer Fishing Technique of Joe Humphries (re-learn)
- The effectiveness of the Copper BH Copper-Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph (that I call a Copperhead)
- Using a turkey biot quill body for a great looking larger mayfly pattern
- The mid and lower portions of the Musconetcong River in NJ have the potential to be a top 25 stream in the Northeast

What have you learned in 2009?
 
There are some HUGE leeches in the Ausable River.

Landlock salmon seem to be making a come back in Lake Champlain

Osprey are still a better fisherman than I am.

lead sinks better tan tin

Czech nymphs kick ass on the right day

Most clients are AWESOME

The Battenkill is still my favorite river, even after 30 years

I can't wait to retire & guide full time

Fighting salmon & steelhead makes my blood pump more than a rack buck in the crosshairs.

Respectfully, DH
 
I learned how to skip around the traffic jams on 17 in Liberty and Middletown. I also figured NJ backroads out pretty good.
 
Despite lots of rain that forced more yak than wade time, I had an excellent, informative year.
I more stumbled over than learned:
Habits are meant to be broken- that after years of same old, I can try new things. Necessity is the mother of invention. Frank Zappa?
Seeking out new water where few go has big payoffs.
Fishing deep structure has applications throughout the year. Big fish like big houses.
If high and turbid water conditions become the norm, fishing can actually be fairly good. Fish eat, or die. They adapt, we have to, too.
I allways wanted to smack people who said " it ain't no use if it ain't chartreuse". I guess this year I learned I'm more violent than smart.

Charlie
 
I figured out how to escape my wife to go fishing without a good excuse.

I also have become much much better and creative with my fly tying. My catch rate has gotten a lot better and my loss to land ratio also seems to be better. So i guess that falls into the hook set catogorie.

Other than that i think ive learned to become a better person with much less anger running through my veins.

Good topic by the way

Jamie
 
afishinado said:
Can you share that bit of knowledge, skill, or deception?!?
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A nice present preferably cash that does the trick in my case or some work around the house. If that doesnt seem to work a swift smack of a shovel or 6 tylenol pm's in her tea LoL im just kidding by the way...:smiley-sniffer:
 
To tie, and catching fish on your own flies kicks ass.

Buying flies is cheaper than tying. A good,solid coke habit is a marginally more expensive habit.

Most fisherman are lazy, which is a good thing.

Good tequilla is an appropriate substitute for good scotch.

I do not float, and waterproof fly boxes are good.

Caddis larva kick ass most of the time.

Dry flies are still more fun.
 
I've learned that test casting a flyrod in some parking lot behind a flyshop for 10 minutes using a dirty flyline tells you very little about the rod.

You really need to spend a day actually fishing with a rod to be able to make an informed decision on whether to purchase one.

Case in point was that I test casted the Scott G2 several years ago at the Somerset show. Thought it was just barely OK. This year I had the chance to fish one rather extensively. Loved it so much that the Scott G2 has become my rod of choice.

Zonk
 
This was my first year fly fishing and that it is very expencive.
Everything i no about fly fishing i learned this year.

And i would like to thank all the people on this forum helped me out a lot.
 
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