Fly-fishing, or flea flicking as I like to refer to it, gets a ton of good press. In my humble opinion, too much. I moved out west about 7 years ago, and brought with me my deeply ingrained love for trout fishing. I found a great little river that's perfect for my methods of fishing, and have been fishing that river quite heavily for most of the time I've lived here. Yet invariably, every time I mention fishing or how much I love fishing, someone says to me, "So where do you fly-fish?" Why is this? I have to correct them by saying, "No-no. I don't fly fish". Then they look at me like I'm some sort of alien, from another planet!

Just as I was born with a deeply ingrained love for trout and trout fishing, I was born with the same deeply ingrained hatred for fly-fishing. My fishing mentor called the practice "flea flicking", which is good, but I prefer to refer to it as waving feathers in the air. The "zipping" sound of that colorful line being pulled off of a reel, the fact that flea flickers don't use their reel ½ the time, most of all the holier than thou attitude that most of these freaks posses is enough to drive me crazy.

I had an old friend tell me the other day that she was going to learn how to fish. I said, "That's cool." Then she proceeded to tell me that her boyfriend was going to teach her how to fly fish. I remarked about how that was too bad, and then thought to myself, "Yea right, this dink just wants to get in her pants." I'm sure if I talk to her again in a year, the act of fly-fishing will be long forgotten, other than to say something like, "Yea I've done that."

My point to this article is to say simply that fly-fishing is not for everyone. No matter how "hip" or "cool" it's made out to be, not everyone likes it. Fly-fishing is more of a production, than the "art form" it professes itself to be. The art form is in the ability to catch, land, and subsequently release fish using gear that gives the fish as much of a chance to escape, as to be caught. The art form is in the act of fishing in the right way, not by fishing with a certain method.

If there's anyone reading this who assumes that if you fish, you must fly fish, hopefully you understand now that fly fishing is not for everyone. And if you're one of those pompous, holier than thou, fleas flickers, just go to your "special regulation" areas of the river and be quiet! Your methods of fishing are no better or worse than my methods of fishing, they're just different. Remeber what Steven Wrighty said of all of us, "There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the bank looking like an idiot".

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of http://www.JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!

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