# Any flyfisher/tyers out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flyfisher-tyers-out-there/98091 "2002-03-13T18:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flyfisher-tyers-out-there/98091/1 "2002-03-13T18:32:44Z")
I have recently returned to fly fishing and tying as my main hobby. After a layoff of close to ten years, I’d forgotten how beneficial it is to be outdoors in a beautiful natural setting, focusing solely on finding and fooling a trout into taking an aquatic insect imitation that I tied myself. All worldly cares disappear for a while, and I find the resulting inner peace akin to benefits achieved by meditation, only vastly improved; there is the occasional adrenalin rush of hooking, landing, and releasing a fish, followed by renewed focus and concentration. I find the intellectual challenge of understanding fish biology and habitat, as well as that of aquatic insects, to also be very stimulating. Anyone else addicted or even mildly interested? ---
**Author:** ![Spiratu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Spiratu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiratu)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flyfisher-tyers-out-there/98091/2 "2002-03-13T20:18:41Z")
I started to get into it last summer, and really enjoyed it for a while. However, in mid-August I began to get really tired of never catching anything, threw my rod into the back of the car, and drove home.:mad: That feeling has ever-so-slowly worn off. I resisted my dad’s constant talk about steelhead fishing this winter…but I’m pretty sure I’ll be out there again this year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flyfisher-tyers-out-there/98091/3 "2002-03-13T22:06:13Z")
Not ketcheninny? It can sometimes take a while to get the techniques down (of which there are many), but once you do, I can almost guarantee you’ll have success. If you can afford it, enroll in a hands-on course, where you actually get to spend time on the water with an expert, you’ll gain years of experience in just a few hours. We all know, of course that “actually catching fish” is just a small part of the experience… yeah, right…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flyfisher-tyers-out-there/98091/4 "2002-03-14T00:59:20Z")
Hmmm…maybe I should’a made this “NEKKID” fly fishing…