posted by Dan on Apr 30
The English Fly fisherman wore a tweed jacket, usually a tan colored shirt, vest, tie and twill pants. He sat onshore on a combination walking stick and seat in silver usually. Now this was a site and very gentle, just like England.
I must have been a site in a t-shirt and jeans, and catching fish, and usually more than they did. Wet flies for Rainbows and dry for the brown trout. Each day you bought a permit for the number of fish you could keep. I chose one fish, since this was the cheapest permit, and I always released them anyway. Now the funny thing is I always used a small row boat rather than fish from shore.
England is a wonderful country, no Fourth of July picnics, no Halloween, no Thanksgiving either, but whew, the fishing and the people are all first class. You realize the Brits like things a little slower and calmer than us but that suits fishing just fine.
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