Comments on: It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Anglers

By: Papa

Papa — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:48:03 +0000

My partner (Mama in my blogs) is my favorite person to be fishing with….she’s just so awesome across the board…

But, Diana Rudolph is pretty cool too….

http://www.midcurrent.com/articles/people/cutchin_rudolph.aspx

By: John Salamon

John Salamon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:27:25 +0000

Great site, witty, informative, entertaining, but most important it has huge fish! Fresh Water Lures

By: JustFlyBob

JustFlyBob — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:19:34 +0000

What a great website! Your posts are funny, insightful and inspired. Yeah, and even though I’m a guy, I know what you mean by the brute force stuff. I liken it to fly fishing vs. hard core baitcasters. I primarily fish the upper stretches of the McKenzie River now in Central Oregon, and the lack of courtesy on the river can surely get my dander up. I can be wading 60 yds downstream from some guys sitting on a bank and STILL have them hook me or my line on a constant basis. I mean, really. Do you need to troll a 20lb rig 60 yds downstream when the fish are right in front of your nose?

But then I watch an couple of Opsrey dive for their dinner (and the nest’s) and all is well with the world.

Besides, I always catch the bigger and fatter fish!

Keep up the good work and maybe I’ll see you in Montana sometime. I’ll be the guy with the Filson hat, wraparound shades and a sh*t eatin’ grin

By: courtneyw

courtneyw — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:50:18 +0000

oooooohhhhhh the spoon cast – what a guide fantasy i had/have…so precious…and it helped my cast so double benefits as I have hooked many since – what a hottie

By: The Fly Fish Chick

The Fly Fish Chick — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:22:55 +0000

Thanks Court! love you too doll. my next post is dedicated to you, the original spoon casting vixen. Oh you know what I’m talking about…

By: courtneyw

courtneyw — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:17:22 +0000

as a fellow (albeit very very novice)angler…i can attest to proposals on the river/creek in NC and other places, and find it funny and strange at the same time. having sung those very songs with you in MT – I have to say this post made me love you even more…what a gift you are. keep up the wonderful writing – it makes my day. love court

By: The Fly Fish Chick

The Fly Fish Chick — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:58:20 +0000

thx for all the great comments! the feedback is so appreciated.

jim ffo — especially love your term “freakin’ Zen”…and I will definitely continue to let the “freak flag fly”…classic

adolfo — you’ll love the grtu program!! good group, nice crowd and very helpful

glista — I’m with you, joan wulff is a goddess. when my cast starts deteriorating the first thing I do is start muscling it as hard as I can. result is utter disaster. then I have to channel my Inner Joan…picture her screen door analogy…slow things down. it’s a constant process for me. she breaks it down better than anyone

ijsouth– keep those girls fishing! that’s awesome. my dad had me hunting at age 9. am more into the fishing now but certainly had early appreciation/love for the outdoors.

By: ijsouth

ijsouth — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:17:52 +0000

This post really got me thinking, because I’m approaching it from the other side of the fence. I’m a single father of three daughters, one 13 and the other two will be 8 in a few weeks. While I have been fishing all my life, I became addicted to small-stream trout fishing, particularly for brookies, a few years ago. Now, we routinely make 700 mile trips up to the Smokies to feed our addictions…notice I said OUR. My girls like it as much, or perhaps more, than I do. My oldest has really taken to it, and handles casting quite well. Her siblings are still a bit young, but they seem to handle mine fine when I give them a chance – this next trip, they’ll try it solo. From what I’ve seen, I actually think they do better with fly fishing than other forms of casting…maybe it is a manual dexterity issue – I’ve read where women have superior manual dexterity to men. What has really surprised me is the fact that they really enjoy this sort of fishing – we go after wild fish, in brutal casting conditions (tight canopies, etc). This isn’t jerking perch down at your local pond, but they’ve really taken to it. Perhaps our kids are capable of a lot more than we think.

By: Glista

Glista — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:01:48 +0000

Great read FFC! Perhaps I am looking at this from a mans perspective but one of the differences I see between men and women, especially in fly fishing, is that men will use brute force to solve a problem were women will use skill. For proof of this go ask Joan Wulff, one of the worlds greatest fly casters.

By: Adolfo

Adolfo — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:31 +0000

Hello FlyFishChick,I really enjoyed your post.The reason I’m addicted to fly fishing is that I can feel every run a fish makes dowm my arm.The fight of any fish on a flyrod is priceless!I fish for bass and perch alot with a 3wt.But this year I’m going to join GRTU and fish hard for trout this winter!I’m not the best caster by any means,but I catch my share of fish.More people need to give flyfishing a try and not be intimidated by others.I’m happy for you and your daughter that you fly fish as a family.Continue being the mother you are and have fun in Montana in June!Fish hard or stay home!