11-14-2007, 02:26 AM
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DAVE STREGE
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One fly-fisher stripped his clothes off and swam naked into the river to retrieve his fly that got snagged. Another stood on the shoulders of the guide and used pruning shears to cut down the branch where his fly was lodged. A lucky one hooked a big fish that snapped his line, losing fish and fly, only to wait five minutes before the fly somehow dislodged from the trout's mouth and popped to the surface. He netted it — the fly, that is. What would lead a fly-fisher to go to such extremes to save a fly caught in a tree limb or a log in the river?
The annual Jackson Hole One Fly, a two-day fly-fishing event in which contestants can use only one fly for an entire day. Lose it in the first 10 minutes of fishing, like one contestant did, and he's finished for the day. Scott Sanchez, a guide and a renown fly-tier, has been around the famous event since its inception in 1986 and has seen or heard it all. He was the guide whose client perched precariously on his shoulders to save his fly, and who saw another lose his fly in the first 10 minutes. He was also the tier whose Double Bunny, shown above, was used by the winning angler in 1992-93-94. He also tied the winning fly, a Hairwing Adams variation, for Team Hollywood, featuring actress Heather Thomas, in 1991. Sanchez will be in the spotlight this weekend at the Educational Fly Fishing Fair at Bob Marriott's Flyfishing Store in Fullerton.
The One Fly was based on a one-shot antelope hunt legendary broadcaster/outdoorsman Curt Gowdy was involved in.
"And there is always a question in fly-fishing that if you only had one fly, what would it be?" Sanchez explained.
The catch-and-release contest on the Snake River began with local anglers. It has grown to international proportions with anglers coming from New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Sanchez of Jackson, Wyoming ties hundreds of flies for contestants each year, getting orders in January for the September event. "A bunch of people want a bunch of different flies" even though only one can be used, Sanchez said. "I've been tying flies for it from the very beginning. People know me. The more you tie flies, the more you become the go-to person." One year, Sanchez had so many orders he turned away contestants, one he had tied for before: Dick Cheney, before he was vice-president.
"Dick Cheney got ahold of me too late in the game so I had to tell him no," Sanchez said.
Fair hours:The Bob Marriott's Educational Fly Fishing Fair at the Fullerton store is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Sanchez will teach a fly-tying class for intermediate and advanced tiers Friday night from 6 to 10 p.m. for $75. He speaks at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. Call 800-535-6633 or visit [url "http://www.bobmarriottsflyfishingstore.com"]www.bobmarriottsflyfishingstore.com[/url]. The fly-fishing fair is free.
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DAVE STREGE
[/green][/size][/font][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Register columnist
OUTDOORS
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One fly-fisher stripped his clothes off and swam naked into the river to retrieve his fly that got snagged. Another stood on the shoulders of the guide and used pruning shears to cut down the branch where his fly was lodged. A lucky one hooked a big fish that snapped his line, losing fish and fly, only to wait five minutes before the fly somehow dislodged from the trout's mouth and popped to the surface. He netted it — the fly, that is. What would lead a fly-fisher to go to such extremes to save a fly caught in a tree limb or a log in the river?
The annual Jackson Hole One Fly, a two-day fly-fishing event in which contestants can use only one fly for an entire day. Lose it in the first 10 minutes of fishing, like one contestant did, and he's finished for the day. Scott Sanchez, a guide and a renown fly-tier, has been around the famous event since its inception in 1986 and has seen or heard it all. He was the guide whose client perched precariously on his shoulders to save his fly, and who saw another lose his fly in the first 10 minutes. He was also the tier whose Double Bunny, shown above, was used by the winning angler in 1992-93-94. He also tied the winning fly, a Hairwing Adams variation, for Team Hollywood, featuring actress Heather Thomas, in 1991. Sanchez will be in the spotlight this weekend at the Educational Fly Fishing Fair at Bob Marriott's Flyfishing Store in Fullerton.
The One Fly was based on a one-shot antelope hunt legendary broadcaster/outdoorsman Curt Gowdy was involved in.
"And there is always a question in fly-fishing that if you only had one fly, what would it be?" Sanchez explained.
The catch-and-release contest on the Snake River began with local anglers. It has grown to international proportions with anglers coming from New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Sanchez of Jackson, Wyoming ties hundreds of flies for contestants each year, getting orders in January for the September event. "A bunch of people want a bunch of different flies" even though only one can be used, Sanchez said. "I've been tying flies for it from the very beginning. People know me. The more you tie flies, the more you become the go-to person." One year, Sanchez had so many orders he turned away contestants, one he had tied for before: Dick Cheney, before he was vice-president.
"Dick Cheney got ahold of me too late in the game so I had to tell him no," Sanchez said.
Fair hours:The Bob Marriott's Educational Fly Fishing Fair at the Fullerton store is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Sanchez will teach a fly-tying class for intermediate and advanced tiers Friday night from 6 to 10 p.m. for $75. He speaks at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. Call 800-535-6633 or visit [url "http://www.bobmarriottsflyfishingstore.com"]www.bobmarriottsflyfishingstore.com[/url]. The fly-fishing fair is free.
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