Post by Robert Burton on Jan 1, 2004 11:09:04 GMT -6
Yes say hello to a new number on your date book.
Rick already started a fishing in the new year thing so i won't do that. But i will say that my purpose in starting this board/club/internet support group for us weirdo manitobans who own fly rods, was for learning and promoting the sport.
I am not sure how much impact we have had in promoting the sport but boy has there been some learning going on!
With the possiblities of tying nights or casting clinics we can learn amongst ourselves and maybe some promoting too.
One thing is for sure the whole is greater than the sum of our parts. Although we do have a few members who could just hold court here (with their knowlege of fly fishing/tying/Manitoba) it has been (and will always be) a group effort. One guy asks, a few answer and everyone learns a little about a lot of different things.
The things i have learned
Well this is multi- tiered.
How to build web sites
To be more (a little
) tolerant of those who don't fly fish (yet!) or think of fly fishing as "just another way to catch fish"
That almost any fish in almost any kind of water can and do fall for "flys"
I have re-leraned that people who fly fish or are on their way to fly fishing are moral and ethical people as well as anglers.
Here's to a short winter with lots of snow, an slow but early thaw, decent water levels all year and a loooong fall.
rb
Rick already started a fishing in the new year thing so i won't do that. But i will say that my purpose in starting this board/club/internet support group for us weirdo manitobans who own fly rods, was for learning and promoting the sport.
I am not sure how much impact we have had in promoting the sport but boy has there been some learning going on!
With the possiblities of tying nights or casting clinics we can learn amongst ourselves and maybe some promoting too.
One thing is for sure the whole is greater than the sum of our parts. Although we do have a few members who could just hold court here (with their knowlege of fly fishing/tying/Manitoba) it has been (and will always be) a group effort. One guy asks, a few answer and everyone learns a little about a lot of different things.
The things i have learned
Well this is multi- tiered.
How to build web sites
To be more (a little
) tolerant of those who don't fly fish (yet!) or think of fly fishing as "just another way to catch fish" That almost any fish in almost any kind of water can and do fall for "flys"
I have re-leraned that people who fly fish or are on their way to fly fishing are moral and ethical people as well as anglers.
Here's to a short winter with lots of snow, an slow but early thaw, decent water levels all year and a loooong fall.
rb
