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Sunday July 22nd, 2007 Matt said on Wednesday that he didn't have much to say on shooting heads, and to that I say, 'me too'. I've used them, of course, especially when I lived on the west coast and did a lot of steelheading. I hated them then and I still do. They serve a purpose, it must be said, which is to either get a fly way out there, or way down there, but for me they occupy only a tiny space in my fly fishing repertoire. I have always regarded heads as bringing fly fishing a little too close to spinning for my liking. In cold weather, I know I often used to just pick up my drift rod with the old Silex centre-pin than going through all the business of using a lead core head just to tell myself I was still fly fishing. Playing the fish was the same with the single action reel and long rod, and the terminal tackle was identical anyway - yarn flies. These days, the specialized line profiles are so good I just don't have much of a need for a head. The extra few feet of distance just isn't worth the line handling hassle. And wearing a plastic shopping basket on your belly is just too crap for words. Forget about it. A big part of the appeal of fly fishing is its elegance and simplicity. The only thing worse than a belly basket is walking around backwards in a float tube and fins. Sell that look to your fashion-conscious youth. Anyway, the topic that Paul set for us this week is the airodynamics of shooting heads. So, here goes. It's like slinging a spark plug. OK? But, hey, I've had some good fly fishing lately. Not big fish, but lots of 'em up to two pounds or so. Classic western stuff. Cutts and Bows. Walking and wading. Dry fly. Paul and I even fished Alberta's Oldman together one afternoon. You have to keep in mind Paul's diurnal habits, so to have actually been fishing with him is a big thing for me. You can be living right next to Paul for days and seldom lay eyes on him. At one point, Paul attempted a brave amphibious attack by kayak on some nice rising fish on the lower Crowsnest but was driven back by a mozzie banzai counter-attack, in force. We barely escaped with our lives. Eric is arriving on Saturday, so we'll all hook up and have a fish on some of those southern streams. It's all happening out west, 'loopers! Bob
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