Desculpe por não ter traduzido, mas é que ando sem tempo e tinha medo que essa ótima mensagem fosse apagada pelo servidor....
I have been professionally involved in fly fishing travel for 10 years, guiding in both Alaska and Kamchatka. Running and owning camps in Kamchatka, now working at one of the leading destination travel companies setting up travel everywhere from the Rio Grande in Argentina to Alaska, Kamchatka, etc.
It seems to me that we as a group have not embraced the true nature of our sport. We have in our quest for perfection been brainwashed into thinking perfection is simply a count of how many fish we bring to the net. I talk to many anglers everyday and just finished a conversation with a gentleman, nice guy but in setting up his trip he stated, " I am going to catch all the trout I ever wanted." Now if by no fault of mine he does not catch a million fish then it is not a worth while destination and he moves on to the next panacea.
There are a few points that I want to make. First, all anglers both young and old must read Ray Bergman’s classic TROUT and pay close attention to pages 112-113" Especially the paragraph " It is a good rule always to ... ....". All to often I have seen anglers on destination trips not practice at all before the trip and then they cannot get the line out 10 feet but when they do not catch fish who do they blame, certainly not themselves. Now I know everyone on this forum can cast 90 feet with both hands, right? Everyday I hear people that went to a destination and were not pleased with the fishing when in fact what they are not pleased with is the catching. Maybe we need more pay ponds!
My other gripe is the fact that we have put tailwater fisheries on a pedestal. The Green, San Juan, Taylor, Blue.... ... are fake fisheries with unusually dense populations of fish that skew the entire sport. I want to puke every time I hear some guy compare Kamchatka to the Green. Sure tailwaters are fun and sometimes a good place to practice catching fish but they teach anglers bad habits, like sitting on a hole and not moving their feet. Wild fish are aggressive and behave much differently than the fish that have flies swept in front of their faces all day long everyday.
So what is the true nature of the sport...communing with nature and the cycle of the rivers or lakes or oceans....not counting the number of fish you catch and how that is the end all. Sit down, look around and we will take the sport back to what it used to be and how it should be enjoyed....quietly. Tell me what you feel the true nature of the sport is
