 Lefty Kreh: Can He Fish?
Posted by fliesandfinssouth on Monday, March 10 @ 09:07:11 PDT
Recently, I have been hearing the name Lefty Kreh more than I have in a while. Maybe it is his affiliation with Temple Fork Outfitters, or maybe because he has released a new book or something. I can honestly say that I have never read any of his work, but I do have some respect for the guy. He has made a name for himself and done a lot of good for the sport, I have heard.
With all the recent mentioning of his name, one question comes to mind, Is he a good fly fisherman, or just a casting guru? Has anyone ever seen him in action, actually fishing and not just casting? I did a Google image search, and all I saw were some pics of him talking, casting, and holding what looked like a pike and a smallmouth bass.
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Re: Lefty Kreh: Can He Fish?
by MarshallD (marshtd@adelphia.net) on Thursday, March 13 @ 13:41:41 PDT http://www.flyanglersguide.com | Lefty's fished all over the world and there's tons of pictures of him holding huge fish of all species...caught on all manner of gear, spin, and fly. I saw him at a sportsman's show. He's a real down to earth guy. Here's an excerpt from an interview...
"Q: You are considered in everything I've read about you and confirmed by this interview, as a very modest and unpretentious person. Yet, if fly fishing is a religion, you are the Pope. I know you've built your career over time, but was there anything that propelled you into the international limelight?
LK: Several things have helped me. The most important thing is that I have never accepted any kind of a problem. For example, if you wear hip boots and you cast with your right hand, you strip with your left hand. When you cast, the boot strap entangles in the line. Out of 30,000 hip boot wearers, all 30,000 will just put up with this. But as soon as I started having that problem , I said to myself, why am I having this problem? I thought about it and I took the strap out of the buckle, I reversed the buckle, I put the strap back in and it now went inside the boot. So now I eliminated the problem. Most people just accept the problem.
If you're going to be successful in the outdoor writing field and particularly if you're going to do a lot of teaching, there are two ways you can go about it. One way is destructive and other is very good. If you "share" knowledge, people accept it. If you "display" knowledge, people get ticked off. In fact one of the biggest problems with most of the fly-casting instructors I know is that they are really trying to impress their students with how good they are rather than being deeply concerned with how they can help this person become a better caster. If I saw somebody that needed help, I would never walk up to them and say, "Let me show you how to do that." Instead, even though I figured this out for myself, I would say, "Let me show you something somebody showed me."
Now, unconsciously, this person is saying, "Well, he's as dumb as I am. Maybe I'll learn something." Whereas if you just said, "Let me show you how to do that." What the reaction is, even if he wanted to learn, he's about half ticked off because in effect you're saying to him that you're smarter than he is and he should have figured this out a long time ago for himself. The most successful teachers and writers are those who share knowledge rather than display it. "
For the complete interview see...
ww.flyfisherman.com/skills/pblefty/
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