Trout

27.0%

Salmon

10.6%

Carp

47.1%

Pike

5.3%

Catfish

10.1%

Always -- They're great!

13.6%

Usually -- I prefer to use them.

18.4%

Ocasionally -- Only when I have to.

29.1%

Never -- I don't like them.

16.5%

I prefer stripping women (or men).

22.3%

Isaac Walton

16.7%

Mahatma Ghandi

0.9%

Winston Churchill

16.7%

Ernest Hemingway

39.8%

Anna Nicole Smith

25.9%

A good thing: It's a nice way to meet people.

29.4%

A mixed blessing - Kind of fun but not serious fishing.

11.1%

A bad thing - Flyfishing is not a group sport.

7.9%

Don't care: But I'll go if women and liquor are provided.

51.6%

I go ice fishing.

6.0%

I feverishly tie flies and prepare tackle for next season.

46.3%

I plan and take trips to warmer climates.

16.1%

I sit on the couch drinking beer and eating Dinty Moore beef stew out of the can.

31.5%

Locating fish/reading the water

42.3%

Wariness/fighting qualities of the fish

1.4%

Understanding effects of tides/moon/wind

28.2%

Understanding feeding habits/bait movement

7.0%

The environment (surf/currents/wind/rocks)

21.1%

The size of fish caught

30.0%

The number of fish caught

16.2%

Where they caught a fish

13.8%

What fly or lure they were using

2.3%

I never believe anything another angler tells me. They all lie like rugs.

37.7%

Hardly ever...lying isn't my style.

27.4%

Hardly ever...but only because I don't have to.

31.5%

Occasionally, if it'll prevent an argument.

17.1%

Kinda often. Fishing time is important.

9.6%

Dear honey or boss: Once again my car has broken down...

14.4%

4 hours with a good book

12.2%

8 hours of uninterrupted sleep

14.9%

Dinner with a ravishing woman (or man)

18.8%

Discovering the perfect leader formula

36.5%

The Red Sox winning the World Series

17.7%

Poaching/Lack of Enforcement

14.7%

Overfishing (legal)

30.7%

Pollution/Destruction of Habitat

42.7%

Lack of Access

10.7%

Overregulation

1.3%

Old Ironsides

16.0%

The Weiny Roaster

20.0%

Dribbles

20.0%

Mr. Stinky

30.0%

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

14.0%

Challenge

30.8%

Artistry

8.7%

Sanctuary

22.6%

Connection to the past

1.0%

Connection to the natural world

37.0%

Fishing a hatch on my favorite stream

22.2%

Wading a tropical flat

29.1%

Curled up in bed with a good book

1.2%

Casting flies into a stormy surf

5.9%

Under a big pile of Playboy Bunnies

41.6%

Angelfish

27.5%

Trout

23.5%

Largemouth Bass

14.8%

Lamprey Eel

8.1%

Barracuda

26.2%

Saltwater fly tying

36.1%

Freshwater fly tying

27.7%

How-To articles on tactics and tackle

17.6%

Fishing reports or articles on fishing destinations

10.9%

Stories, informative or otherwise

7.6%

...excited for them

23.8%

...hoping they don't get a hook in their eye.

3.4%

...hoping they don't get a hook in MY eye.

9.5%

...pretending I know what I'm talking about.

56.5%

...wondering, "If this turns him into a fisherman, is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

6.8%

Wisdom.

12.0%

My fly rod.

23.2%

A full head of hair.

0.7%

Jessica Alba.

61.3%

A Sicilian sub from Milano's.

2.8%

Improve my casting

12.5%

Travel some place I've never been

13.0%

Devise an ingenious way to combine flyfishing with sex

49.5%

Catch something really, really big

5.0%

Quit my job and hang up a gone fishing sign

20.0%

Do my best to teach her

13.0%

Make sure she falls in

40.9%

Violate her parole

19.3%

Bring a camera

12.2%

Take the jail time instead

14.6%

Provided I can afford it, I don't really have reservations about hiring a guide. You just have to do

51.8%

The cost. Fair or not, it's just too expensive.

34.1%

Distrust: too many of these guys aren't qualified or willling to work hard.

4.7%

The scrutiny: I feel like I'm paying the guy $800 a day to roll his eyes at my casting.

3.5%

Pride: I feel like it's a cop out, like conceding I can't find my own fish.

5.9%

...a buxom beauty with the curves it takes to put a bend in my rod. Face unimportant.

16.2%

...a jockette: someone who's who's lean, toned, and fast. Lets make waves together.

44.6%

...a romantic who enjoys candlelit dinners, fine wine, and being smothered in bernaise sauce.

10.8%

...someone who accepts me for who I am. A sense of humor is important. Be my love muffin.

28.4%

Clinch knot

19.5%

Improved Clinch knot

26.4%

A mess o' granny knots

0.0%

Homer Rhodes knot

6.9%

Trilene knot

6.9%

Bimini Twist (I'm insane)

1.1%

Palomar knot

2.3%

Wind knot

3.4%

Loop knot

28.7%

Guaranteed to fail, whatever it is

4.6%

A landing net, lip-lock, or gaff

5.9%

A pair of nippers/clippers

34.9%

A wee nip of Kentucky's finest

5.3%

A good knife

5.9%

A pair of pliers or hemostats

15.1%

A wee nip of Columbia's finest

5.9%

A knot tying tool

5.3%

A pair of binoculars (which I sometimes also use to tie knots)

2.0%

A compass, GPS, or other directional device

0.7%

A hook sharpener

3.3%

My Zorro mask and dueling sword

15.8%

It hasn't.. I fish as I always have.

30.2%

Increasingly I fish closer to home to save on gas.

21.9%

I've put off or scaled down vacations to far away places.

7.3%

I've cut back my purchases on tackle and gear.

3.1%

I don't use my boat as much or run it as far.

6.2%

I'm keeping more fish for food.

1.0%

A little bit of everything. I've tried to scale back spending across the board.

30.2%

Hell yes!

35.6%

Shit no!

20.0%

Depends. Would he be running against Sarah Palin?

44.4%

None. I use a 20/0 Beastmaster General tied to a length of steel cable.

6.0%

A few

18.7%

A fair amount

25.4%

A lot

15.7%

A whole lot

14.6%

OMG this is killing me!

2.2%

I don't lose flies--I donate them.

17.5%

The BeastMaster/Soft Hackle Deceiver

5.9%

The BeastMaster General

3.7%

The Corsair Minnow

0.5%

The CPF Caddis/Mayfly

0.5%

The FishHead

0.0%

The Gurgler

49.2%

The Pheasant Hopper

2.7%

The Secret Minnow (or variations)

1.1%

The Soft Hackle Streamer

15.0%

The Sparrow

20.3%

Something Else

1.1%

Angelina Jolie

3.3%

Seatoad

15.0%

Beastmaster General

26.7%

Nina Hartley

8.3%

Gurgler

46.7%

Let it be nameless

0.0%

More time on the water.

29.8%

Less time IN the water.

1.8%

To be able to cast 80 feet.

10.5%

To be able to walk 80 feet.

5.3%

To catch a fish that weighs more than I do.

5.3%

To catch a fish that weighs less than I do.

8.8%

A merry Christmas to all.

24.6%

And to all a good bite.

14.0%