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For this episode, we want to tackle a topic that’s been on our list for a long time — fly fishing myths and misunderstandings.
We’re not here to argue about stuff or complain. We just want to acknowledge things that we hear repeated or we see in print or shown in videos — stuff that’s almost assumed as fact, when it’s often not true at all.
We do think it’s important to try to clear the air about these myths and misunderstandings, because bad or incomplete information can really lead people down the wrong path. Or an angler might base many decisions about how they fish, where they fish, when they fish or what they fish for based, in part, upon these myths or these assumptions.
Most of what we bring up is well engrained into the fly fishing field of knowledge. Basically, most of you out there listening will have heard nearly everything we bring up. Maybe too, you’ll have a different take on things, and some of these won’t be myths to you at all. That’s good. Because you really should trust yourself and your own time on the water more than anyone else.
My friends, Bill Dell and Josh Darling join me for a great conversation.
Resources
PODCAST: Troutbitten | What To Trust – S5, Ep11
READ: Troutbitten | What To Trust
READ: Troutbitten | Who Knows Better Than You?
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Domenick Swentosky
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You guys missed a few things when discussing the myth of saving/spending more money tying your own flies.
Pattern discipline. I am a retard. I ended up tying 3 of every pattern ever conceived. Naturally this approach lead to me to spend $1000s on material I don’t actually use. Not to mention the countless hours spent on overly complicated patterns.
Stick Simple patterns with material overlap and for the love of god don’t get sucked into the madness of sexy streamers.
Also if you find a value hook lineup you like and stick with it. I have hundreds of dollars worth of hooks than will never get used. Embrace the U series.
Good stuff.