Miscast: With Practice, I Can Only Get Better at Flyfishing... Right?

Illustration by Jack Unruh

Bill Heavey wrote this very funny little ditty in the September issue of Field and Stream.

Flyfishing is like the knowledge that you’re going to die. No matter how good the party gets, it’s always there in the background to remind you what awaits: tangled line, wind knots, snagged vegetation, broken leaders, and the very real possibility that by the time you do make a decent cast, your own eyeball will be attached to the hook. I have been flyfishing on and off for 35 years, during which period I have progressed from beginner to advanced beginner. With continued practice, I fully expect to be an intermediate just three or four years following my death.

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