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Be coachable

This is the ninth of my 10 commandments of fly fishing and you can apply it in which ever way it helps you.

9. Be coachable.

Be willing to accept that someone can teach you something, like tying a better knot, how to do a certain cast better.

10 fly-fishing commandments

I am by no means the world’s best fly fisher, or the best fly tyer, but I have taught many people to fish as well as hundreds of school kids. Up to a couple hundred have attended my Nymphing Master Classes.
I have heard so many times: "I cannot fish", "I cannot cast", "I do not know where to fish", "I wonder how that guy catches so many fish"
I developed my 10 commandments of fishing, that I normally try and share with people along the way.

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