Just a “few” of the things to love about fly fishing …
1. The tug
2. The pursuit of the tug
3. Driving to the pursuit
4. Packing for the pursuit
5. A nice cast
6. The feel of the line when casting
7. A jumping fish
8. The sound of line coming off the reel
9. Getting into your backing
10. The exciting/nervous feeling of getting into your backing when a fish isn’t slowing
11. Getting line back on the reel after number 10
12. New gear
13. Old gear
14. Fishing new water
15. Reconnaissance on new water
16. Camping on the river or lake
17. A hand smelly from fish slime
18. Releasing a fish
19. Catching a fish on a fly you tied
20. The feeling of wet wading
21. The tight feeling of water around your waders
22. The beauty of a wild fish
23. The solitude of winter angling
24. Traveling to fly fish
25. Dawn patrol
26. Hiking to prime water
27. Big hatches
28. Rising fish
29. Your favorite fly fishing hat
30. The stoke of watching fly fishing videos
31. Planning trips
32. Looking at maps
33. Adipose fins
34. Great fly fishing photography
35. Dam-free rivers
36. The smell of salmon rotting after spawning
37. Seeing wildlife on the water
38. Seeing signs of bears on the water
39. Blasting tunes on the way to fish
40. Getting in a drift boat
41. Tearing through the flats on a flats boat
42. Carrying a big landing net and a lot of hope
43. Locking the car and getting on the move after (finally) gearing up
44. The look of a tight loop
45. A perfect drift over prime water
46. A grab on the swing
47. Secret spots
48. Casting to tailing fish in the salt
49. Chasing birds in the bluewater
50. The feeling of cork on the hand
Tying a fly just for the beauty of it.
Summer mornings.
Releasing that fish and watching it casually swimming away.
Nice post. You covered a lot of the great reasons to fly fish but what about sharing and getting to spend time with friends and family?
Getting a beloved rod back from repair.