ripped wader

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So what if it's barbless? It still hurts, man.

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Flyfishing. It's a graceful sport...for the most part. But just because someone can whip a 5-weight rod and raise a trout in a pool 50 yards away doesn't mean he can do it every time. It doesn't mean his fancy felt-soled wading boots won't lose traction in 20-degree water. It doesn't mean his custom rod won't snap. So we decided to take a look at the uglier side of fly fishing with a little photo support from Denver Bryan.

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And speaking of gear letting you down, remember that regardless of the time of year, rods can only take so much abuse. So go easy on them. No one has invented the SUV proof rod just yet.

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Float boats don't always offer much in the way of sure footing.

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Waders don't offer much in the way of padding.

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The difference between losing your last wooly bugger - yeah, the only flies that's worked all day - and losing your last pumpkin-seed crankbait is that the crankbait will mostly likely be at the bottom of a lake, but the bugger you can see. It taunts you from high above. It dares you to try and get it back. Sometimes you accept the challenge.

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Think you'd rather float than wade in the winter? It could work out, but Mother Nature might also tell you to try again later.

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Fly fishing will eventually cause you to go legally blind.

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Differentiating between sips and rain drops ain't easy.

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After all that hard work, drift after drift in that run, your victory shot ends up sucking because your trophy won't cooperate.