[Iain Goolager]

Gent's,

Just a thought (which I've had for ages) but isn't it detrimental to a persons longevity to fish lures?

Typically ...only typically mind;
you strive for distance - strain
you retreive quickly (I know the figure of eight is a very effective way of fishing a lure but stay with me) - strain
you cast x amount of times more frequently than someone fishing say a dry - multiplied strain.

The reason I bring this up is that the club I fish for must have an average age of +/- 63 and the last 3 or four years have seen almost all using more traditional flies (mainly buzzers and nymphs) which they say helps them fish a considerable time longer without getting 'cream crackered'

as I said just a thought.

Iain

[Rob Brownfield]

Pick up a 10 weight single handed rod and spend a day punching 6 inch flies into the wind on a place like Venacher..then define cream crackered!..

Seriously though, i love buzzer fishing as its so relaking, or fishing a short "dibbled" line off the boat rather than long casts with a lure and sinking line.

[Irvine Ross]

Don't know about longevity of the whole body but it is definitely a lot easier on my slightly creaky shoulder to fish all day with a 5 weight, or better still a 3 weight, rather than a 7 weight so I haven't fished with lures for years.

Not quite 63 yet but getting closer every year

Irvine