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stripermaineiac · 11-14-2013, 08:58 PM

Fly fishing teaches you a lot about fishing. You have to use what you don't have.Can't horse a fish and your chasing fish that like hard current with loads of structure working agains you.The fish dictates what you can and can't do. Hard part is figuring out which is which. When they nose up against something I give them slack and pray they swim away from the structure.Slack also works when mending a fly line or dead drifting a plug or a bait.Control is what you don't have and sometimes understanding that while fighting a fish gives you a chance.

11-14-2013, 08:58 PM	#36
stripermaineiac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Buxton, Maine Posts: 1,727	Fly fishing teaches you a lot about fishing. You have to use what you don't have.Can't horse a fish and your chasing fish that like hard current with loads of structure working agains you.The fish dictates what you can and can't do. Hard part is figuring out which is which. When they nose up against something I give them slack and pray they swim away from the structure.Slack also works when mending a fly line or dead drifting a plug or a bait.Control is what you don't have and sometimes understanding that while fighting a fish gives you a chance.