Bob-
I figure I lose about 20% of my flies during the
season, usually my favorite ones, too. Go figure. It's
funny, though, I will go several outings without
losing any and then lose 5 or 6 per on the next couple
of outings. Most are lost to bottom snags or are
sacrificed to the shrubbery gods. Some are break offs
(usually knot failure rather than actual tippet
breaks). I have to say I don't lose as many as when I
first started, maybe with more experience I will lower
my attrition rate. One funny thing, though is I
usually find about 8 or 10 flies and/or lures over the
course of a season, some of them pretty nice, too.
-John
Oregon
--- RT M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got a sense from some of the responses that some
> of you don't lose as many
> flies as I do. I probably lose 8 or so flies per
> trip, on average, many of
> which meet a watery death, never to be seen again.
> I try to fetch the ones
> in the trees, when I can reach. Most annoying of
> all is dropping a size
> 20something and not being able to find it.
>
> How many flies do you folks lose per trip? How many
> flies do you go through
> per year?
>
> Bob
>
>
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