Narrlybynature
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Man, I wish I could reach that level of trout fishing zen, unfortunately I live too far from the trout. Somewhere I read something about “The 7 Stages of Fishing”, it goes something like this-
Stage 1-You just want to catch a fish
Stage 2-You want to catch LOTS of fish
Stage 3-You want to catch particular species
Stage 4-You want to catch the BIGGEST fish
Stage 5-You want to catch fish the way you want to fish
Stage 6-
Stage 7-You just enjoy being in the presence of fish
While I’ve flyfished for about 30yrs now, I only get 10-20 days on the river each year. Due to my infrequent visits I do nymph a lot. In fact last year I tightened exclusively. It is what it is... I can count on one hand probably, the number of really fishable hatches that I have witnessed. The last one was the sulphuric hatch on Spring, 2 years ago. It was a day I’ll always remember, fishing dries and catching on 6 back to back casts. I walked out of the gorge with a gentleman, back to the cars, who cursed nymph fisherman, claiming dry flies were the only TRUE FLY FISHING. I smiled and nodded, but I silently disagreed. He obviously had beef with someone on the creek that day and needed to let off some steam. To live close enough to a stream that has loads of trout, and abundant fishable hatches, enables one to develope that attitude. Those perfect circumstances of location, habitat, free time, and opportunity are things I hope one day to have so I too can reach that level of ruination with trout.
As a counter balance, I live about 5 miles from excellent saltwater fishing. The mentality in saltwater can be quite different. There are times when certain fish just aren’t there or are only accessible for a brief time. The best way I can think of putting it is- The seasonality of saltwater fish does a good job of always keeping it fresh. It does however make it difficult to reach that I just want to be out there mentality, knowing you only have a few weeks each year to catch a certain fish.
Stage 1-You just want to catch a fish
Stage 2-You want to catch LOTS of fish
Stage 3-You want to catch particular species
Stage 4-You want to catch the BIGGEST fish
Stage 5-You want to catch fish the way you want to fish
Stage 6-
Stage 7-You just enjoy being in the presence of fish
While I’ve flyfished for about 30yrs now, I only get 10-20 days on the river each year. Due to my infrequent visits I do nymph a lot. In fact last year I tightened exclusively. It is what it is... I can count on one hand probably, the number of really fishable hatches that I have witnessed. The last one was the sulphuric hatch on Spring, 2 years ago. It was a day I’ll always remember, fishing dries and catching on 6 back to back casts. I walked out of the gorge with a gentleman, back to the cars, who cursed nymph fisherman, claiming dry flies were the only TRUE FLY FISHING. I smiled and nodded, but I silently disagreed. He obviously had beef with someone on the creek that day and needed to let off some steam. To live close enough to a stream that has loads of trout, and abundant fishable hatches, enables one to develope that attitude. Those perfect circumstances of location, habitat, free time, and opportunity are things I hope one day to have so I too can reach that level of ruination with trout.
As a counter balance, I live about 5 miles from excellent saltwater fishing. The mentality in saltwater can be quite different. There are times when certain fish just aren’t there or are only accessible for a brief time. The best way I can think of putting it is- The seasonality of saltwater fish does a good job of always keeping it fresh. It does however make it difficult to reach that I just want to be out there mentality, knowing you only have a few weeks each year to catch a certain fish.
