Bob- I figure I lose about 20-25% 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 10 or 12 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 failures 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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN > > Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for > all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at > http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
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