has always seemed to me like a gentleman’s sport, the fishing equivalent of driven pheasant hunting on British Moors, or shooting elephant with large doubles in India. <\/p>\n
Hunting require some skill, but durability is more desirable in a hunter than finesse. Flyfishing on the other hand..<\/p>\n
Reading John Venlet’s suggestions, and taking them to heart, I’ve purchased a beginner fly rod and reel, and begun practicing a bit. <\/p>\n
Since I never had anyone to teach me anything before, its always been an undiscovered country to me, but John has been extremely patient so far in answering my stupid questions. I’ve also watched some Youtube videos, and seen some other instructional stuff, but nothing prepared me for the horror of…. threading the liine through the eyes on the rod. <\/p>\n
Apparently the leader is composed primarily of a substance slightly superior to teflon coated with bacon grease, for just handling it is about as possible as canning snake farts. The first time I threaded it through the eyes, the transition where the leader met the line caught on one of the eyes and it shot back out like a rifle, puddling in a pile around my knees. The second time I managed to get the line all the way to the tip top before it snapped back through the eyes. <\/p>\n
For the effort it takes to get the damned thing through the eyes in one direction, you’d think it would never move in the opposite direction. Here I will enumerate Ogs First Law of flyfishing: <\/p>\n
1:The eyes on a fly rod are placed in the wrong direction; the line moves through of it’s own accord towards the reel, but away from the reel must be cajoled. Flipping the eyes would result in a self-threading rod, but the you’d never be able to reel the fish in. <\/p>\n