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| Four Boys Holding Their Catch for the Day |
Kid’s
are pretty good fly fishers because they don’t have preconceived
ideas about fishing. They just want to go to an old pond and have
some fun and maybe catch a fish or two. To them, it’s not a high
tech game and they keep it simple by fishing with an old glass pole,
used fly line and a simple, buggy looking fly.
One
day, however, this simple philosophy was challenged in my fly shop
when a customer came in with an intricate, flashy new fly that he had
just invented. As he bragged about its superior qualities and
effectiveness a young boy entered and asked if I could identify a
fish he had just caught at Roger’s Pond. From the shop window I
could see a nice four or five pound bass hanging from the handlebars
of his bike. The customer took notice and said,
“Get
him on worms, son?”
“Nope, got him on a fly!”
“Nope, got him on a fly!”
As
I congratulated the young boy, this arrogant individual brandished his
flashy creation and said in a haughty tone, “Something like this, I
bet.”
The
young boy held up a well-used replica of a Brown Hackle Yellow and
responded, “Nah mister, it’s this one. I don’t use that bright
stuff ‘cause it scares’em away!”
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