Curmudgeon definition: cur.mud.ge.on
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown 1 : a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old
male trout - cur.mud.geon.li.ness /-lE-n&s/ noun - curmudgeonly adjective
A typical life expectancy of a small stream trout varies. If a trout
finds a good stream or "home" and it has the necessary cover and
forage, a trout could live to an...
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September 7, 2008
The clock rang, six AM, it seemed as if I had just closed my eyes for
minute and now the sun was rising fast, burning the crisp morning fog
off the fields. I was tired and disgruntled at my lack of rest.
However, I did not hesitate to get up, for today is Monday, and that
means a day of stream fishing out on my favorite waters. Scrambling to
get into the car, I make sure that I have all the essentials, fly rod,
vest and waiters, it\'s all there.
I
drive almost in a coma state still trying to steal a few extra minutes
of sleep till I pass the first river on my journey the Wh
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If only.
If only I could have kept fish on that I hooked.
If only I had made a few different decisions.
If only the rotation I was in was a wee bit different.
If only I had more experience fly fishing the sorts of conditions that we all faced.
Shortly after the event had completed, I had a con...
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Quilters have their bees and bakers have their cookie exchanges. At
these events, the artists in their respective hobbies get together to
exchange patterns and recipes, adding a little more to each other’s
experience, each taking away something new to try. The equivalent for
fly anglers, the phenomenon that is fly-swapping, accomplishes the
same. The fly swap is beco...
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It wasnt about
catching BIG Brown Trout. It wasnt about the opportunity to catch a
lot of Brown Trout. It wasnt about even having a claim to catching
truly wild Brown Trout.
If anything, it was about.. a spiritual journey that can't be quite
explained. It was about going home - if you can call home as some
place you havent visited in 23 years....
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Selecting the correct tapered leader and tippet for the type of
fishing you are about to do is crucial. Nothing can spook fish quicker
than an oversized tippet for the particular situation. On the other
hand, and undersized tippet can result in the fly fisher losing their
trophy before they even get a photo opportunity. We will start at the
very basic of leader and tippet selection and the...
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For those of you who, like me, have memories of fishing that
pre-date memories of school, think back to as many fishing partners and
trips as you can. Even those people you only went fishing with once.
Then try to recall times where the success or failure of a fly
fisherman seemed to lie strictly on the fly fisherman\'s confidence. If
you think about it in these terms, I bet you can rememb...
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For many reasons, it is with some trepidation that I approach this
subject. As I have stated in previous articles about fly fishing gear,
you ask 15 people, and you get 15 different opinions. Choosing a fly
rod is no different. In fact it might be the epitome of that statement.
Fly anglers are picky about their fly rods, and they love their fly
rods. To many it is like comparing spouses, a...
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The ubiquitous Woolly Bugger, never quite spelled correctly to my
eyes, appeals to the eyes of every gamefish imaginable. If I had one
pattern to fish the rest of my life, no matter what the fish, no matter
what the conditions, this would be it. Steelhead, Trout, Salmon, Bass,
Shad, Pike, you name it, they will hit this pattern. And the best
thing? Usually the fish will be bigger than aver...
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For those of you who, like me, have memories of fishing that
pre-date memories of school, think back to as many fishing partners and
trips as you can. Even those people you only went fishing with once.
Then try to recall times where the success or failure of a fly
fisherman seemed to lie strictly on the fly fisherman\'s confidence. If
you think about it in these terms, I bet you can rememb...
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