Paul Dinice talks “The Six Stages of Fly Fishing” Tuesday
If you’ve heard the saying, “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after”. Paul Dinice will examine the idiom during a Zoom meeting Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., hosted by Nutmeg Trout Unlimited. The talk is open to all, free of charge.
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“By far this is my favorite presentation,” Paul, 67, of Derby, said. “This is a very different program. Instead of a program on catching more fish, or a fly fishing destination, the primary focus is on the fly fisherman. What is it that drives us to be so passionate about the ‘Quiet Sport’?'”
The program examines the various ‘stages’ in a fly fishers life, including the initial ‘discovery’ of the sport, the need to learn and educate ourselves more about it, it’s addictive powers, the friendships it has helped us form, the spirituality it has given us, and how it has provided us with a better understanding about where we fit in the world and universe.
Paul began spin fishing and fly fishing at a very early age, all thanks to an uncle who took all the family kids fishing on his one day off a week. In 1980 his fishing focus turned exclusively to fly fishing. In 1985 I made my first foray into salt water fly fishing.
He lives a stone’s throw from the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers. Paul is a member of virtually every fly fishing club and organization in CT. He is also very much involved in numerous environmentally based organizations such as Trout Unlimited, Connecticut Audubon Society, and the Coastal Conservation Association.
For the past 36 years Paul has written “Fly of the Month” section of the HFFA news letter and website. He has also done the “Fly of the Month” for a host of other Fly Fishing organizations in CT. He contributed to a book entitled “Over-Winter Striper Secrets” by Captain Al Anderson. The contributions included photographs and writings which were incorporated in the section on fishing the Housatonic. His ‘closer crab” pattern appeared in the 2012 Winter edition Fly Tyer Magazine.