Why do you fly fish?

Just finished reading Gink & Gasoline this morning and it was a very interesting read, why are you fly fishing? Well I do it because that's what I was introduced to 60 years ago, given that we might not have used flies all the time but our rod and reel of choice (it's all we had) was a fly rod and reel, remember that spinning gear did not really become available to the mass market till the 50's. I was also brought up around fly fishing and fly tying because my father did it, he tied the best clipped deer hair bugs for Fishermen's Paradise ( we never realized that they looked like cress bugs), fished them deep and did very well. I liked the idea of tying flies and he gave me a vice, hooks and some material and away I  went, OK maybe crude was accurate but I still loved doing it. During my teenage years at the Susquehanna River I fished with spinning gear for bass, carp and walleyes but every time we were at the cabin it was fly rod only. Both my father and grandfather were nuts about trout fishing or bass fishing with big deer hair bugs, so I guess it's about all that I know but it is what I love to do. I don't really care what people thing about fly fishers but understand that some think we are elitists, maybe it's they way we talk or for some how they dress but most times on the stream we all speak the same language. Yes you could say that I don't share well and that is very true if you appear to be someone who takes and never gives I'll not give you shit because you give us all a bad rap but if you really want help or are willing to share I'll be the first in line to help. Fly fishing give you the opportunity to do it all (tie flies and build rods) and let your creative side take over. I am always tying some thing new because I'm never satisfied with what I tied last year and always think of how to improve my tying skills, hell what other sport can you act like a pack rat and be considered normal? My wife tells me I have enough fur to have a nice coat made for her if I really loved her!
  I fly fish because I love the sheer beauty of it and the surroundings of it, mountains, birds, snakes, wildlife and the biggest reason is because it is dam cool to do. What other sport offers so much beauty and peace but also becomes a passion but one that never seems to come to an end. No wonder we keep looking for what it around the next river bend.