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Adam,.... I thought we were friends.... I wouldn't wish running for public office on my worst enemy....
One of the issues surrounding all of this topic is the fact that as fly fishing has evolved since the early Greeks, the line between what is defined as a fly and the construction of same has been blurred (in some cases, eliminated). Altho, that's as it should be, it presents a dilema for fisherman (myself included) who like to be able to define things in black/white terms. Just look at the trouble we have defining what is a fly (other than the legal definition). Even the construction of flies has evolved from the use of threads, wax and varnish to epoxy and Zap-A-Gap. Synthetics rule nowadays. Monofilament threads, etc.
Medieval history reflects that life/death duels were fought over whether a specific Atlantic Salmon pattern could be tied with certain materials or not.
Traditionalists may have a very specific view of what a fly is. For example, to some use of a dry fly on a floating line is the only true fly fishing. All else is excluded. On the other side, there's a bunch of guys trying to define things loosely (myself included) so that most anything/everything is OK. That leaves a lot of room for debate. As most of you know, by now, I'm down with that.
I'd still like to hear from anyone who's read the article cited in my prior note.
"America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote."
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