Back when the fly shop was still in Carnation, i had an interesting conversation with the owner (Jack Cook?). Anyway, pleasant sorta hippy guy that showed me his old techniques from years of fishing all over. I liked and respected him a lot so listened to him a bit and what he told me totally threw me a curveball. He said he loves to fish the dry fly only these days and cuts the hook off of his flies. He said he only fishes for the rise and called it fishing pointless. I have to admit, I absolutely agreed with him. Truth be told I do get my kicks off of the first take whether a tug or a float going down so I understand that aspect but man I couldn't bring myself to casting for days to see one rise. Anyway, this conversation reminded me of the story so I thought I'd share.