Why do we fish?

[caddisflyer]

I have a hard time saying exactly why I like it so much. It seems like a never ending learning experience I guess. Mostly it is just plain fun. I caught my first trout on a Royal Coachman wet fly from some variety pack of flies I bought at a discount store. I was using my super heavy duty South Bend fly rod with a piece of heavy mono knotted to the fly line. Remember feeding out line beacause I had no idea how to cast. I just got fly out there and twitched it back and it worked. I was 15 and had no one to teach me. I have been hooked ever since.

 

[wildtrout2]

I've heard this before, but it is exactly how I feel. Trout live in beautiful places and I enjoy the adventure in going to those places hoping to catch a few. Even if I don't succeed in catching any I have the surroundings to fall back on and still have an enjoyable time.

I'd say most wild trout do live in beautiful places, but stocked trout, not so much. 😉

 

[Swattie87]

I'd say most wild trout do live in beautiful places, but stocked trout, not so much. 😉

And the stocked ones that do live in beautiful places taste pretty good with lemons, onions, butter, and Cajun seasoning stuffed in their cavities.

 

[jifigz]

I'd say most wild trout do live in beautiful places, but stocked trout, not so much. 😉

Lots of stocked trout live in beautiful places. And lots of wild trout live in pretty mediocre/crappy places. And lots of wild trout live in beautiful places. And lots of stocked trout live in mediocre/crappy places.

Lots of great brown trout fisheries in rundown, urban industrial type of settings....

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Lots of stocked trout live in beautiful places. And lots of wild trout live in pretty mediocre/crappy places. And lots of wild trout live in beautiful places. And lots of stocked trout live in mediocre/crappy places.

Lots of great brown trout fisheries in rundown, urban industrial type of settings....

Very true.

It has to be the actual fishing not just the places or fishing isn't going to stick. I love to fish and catch fish. I have buddies out in the dark in the tidal Skuke (or AC Jetty or Seaside after dark) strapped in case they have visitors at the car when they return to the lot.

In my book, it's got to be the fishing itself if it's going to become a lifelong addiction like it has been for me. And the women, which was sagely mentioned early in the thread.

 

[wildtrout2]

Lots of stocked trout live in beautiful places.

I left room for that by saying "not so much".

And lots of wild trout live in pretty mediocre/crappy places.

I left room for that too, by saying "most". 😉
One of my best wild browns was caught in a very mediocre place.

Also, Elkhorn Creek in West Virginia, which is a crap hole (literally), has some excellent wild trout fishing! Both browns and rainbows.

 

[troutbert]

Lots of stocked trout live in beautiful places. And lots of wild trout live in pretty mediocre/crappy places. And lots of wild trout live in beautiful places. And lots of stocked trout live in mediocre/crappy places.

Lots of great brown trout fisheries in rundown, urban industrial type of settings....

Like alongside an old steel mill? 🙂

 

[Bamboozle]

Section 06 of the Bushkill in Easton and a few other sections of other streams in Northampton County always remind me of the pretty mediocre/crappy places wild trout live.