What is the Most Important Question in Fly Fishing?

Photograph: Earl Harper

Your entire sport of fly fishing relies on questions: The place are the trout holding? What bugs are hatching? What stage are the trout consuming? And on and on. Writing in Hatch Journal, Todd Tanner tries to establish an important query any angler can ask:

“What fly ought to I fish this night?” “What’s your favourite rod?” “Are you able to clarify leaders and tippets?” “Why do I maintain getting wind knots?” “Do you continue to information or have you ever given it up?” “Do I have to know the scientific names for all these bugs?” “What’s higher, a blood knot or surgeon’s knot?” “Are you able to assist me with my double haul?” . . . I may go on, and on, and on. There’s one very important query, although, that hardly ever comes up. It’s massively vital, although — and undoubtedly value asking your self.

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