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Is there some underlying personality trait that makes for climbers and fly fishers?

Or are these pursuits attractive to different kinds of people, and it's just an accident if somebody happens to enjoy both?

I lean to the first hypothesis. How about you?

They both require intense patience, focus, dedication and a deep knowledge & awareness of the environment around them.

Both also deliver an incredible Spiritual peace.


Do you know the way of the Fly Rod Aurthur?

best situation ever: camped out in the high sierra's at some unnamed rock face alternating between climbing different routes and fishing the stream running 50yds below it.

Yes.

The two really do have many things in common ya know.....

I do both, but only because my dad is into more of the hunting/fly fishing thing and I'm into climbing.

Arthur Digbee wrote:Is there some underlying personality trait that makes for climbers and fly fishers?

Or are these pursuits attractive to different kinds of people, and it's just an accident if somebody happens to enjoy both?

I lean to the first hypothesis. How about you?

For me...I really like being outside, in nature. Both disciplines allow for that. Also, I really like problem solving....or, having a goal, and working hard to reach it. Both disciplines account for that too.

Cheers!

Joe White wrote:

Arthur Digbee wrote:Is there some underlying personality trait that makes for climbers and fly fishers?

Or are these pursuits attractive to different kinds of people, and it's just an accident if somebody happens to enjoy both?

I lean to the first hypothesis. How about you?

For me...I really like being outside, in nature. Both disciplines allow for that. Also, I really like problem solving....or, having a goal, and working hard to reach it. Both disciplines account for that too.

Cheers!

Joe hits it the nail pretty close to the head for me.
It would interesting to know how many SPers are also fly fishers. I think it would not be too many. Seems like most serious climbers don't have room in their packs, as one SPer told me, for fishing gear.

I enjoy both although I've never been able to combine the two into one trip. My favorite flyfishing has been on the Bitteroot River in Montana, Slough Creek in Yellowstone, and the Shenandoah River (for smallmouth) in Virginia. My favorite flyfishing trips have always included either long hikes in or canoe trips.

Grandfather got me into the Fishing- Hiking thing when I was five.......

He would spring me from school to go on weekday fishing trips.

"you can learn more in a day doing this than you can sitting on your rear end"

Words I still live by

Thanks grandpa

Fly fishing is one of my favorite things in the world, but I won't hesitate to throw in a sinker and colorado spinner if the occasion calls for it. But whether fly-fishing or standard fishing, the best I've ever experienced has been in and around the Greys River in Wyoming.

Joe White wrote:For me...I really like being outside, in nature. Both disciplines allow for that. Also, I really like problem solving....or, having a goal, and working hard to reach it. Both disciplines account for that too.

Cheers!

I've seen quite a few fly rods attached to overweight guys who would have nothing to do with dangling from a rope, scrambling or even a tough hike. I think Joe hit the nail on the head. The common thread here is a love and respect of the outdoors.

How did The Chief not author this thread?

From yesterdays local outing. The small wild Brownies and L-Cuts are hitting big time.
Back at it today and tomorrow and the day after and the day after....







I have pretty much replaced much of my climbing lately with what us locals here call "Combat FF'n".
We go out to obscure and hard to get to creeks and look for the indigenous native trout... L-Cuts, Paiute Cuts, L-Redbands etc. It aint easy stuff, let me tell ya! But it is a frkn blast and no one around but us Loco's.

Thus my new Profile pic...

I love to do both.

Climbing and fishing are both an excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.

Yvonne Chouinard is both a climber and avid fly fisherman too.

Kai wrote:I love to do both.

Climbing and fishing are both an excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.

me too..... they both keep me centered....