On 5/30/2010 6:19 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 30 May 2010, Andy Pugh wrote: > >> On 30 May 2010 19:51, Gene Heskett<gene.hesk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Firstly, I fully understand why you would do it, I just find the >> contrast between the technologies fascinating. >> I built my CNC machine because I want to make a mechanical clock. It >> is much the same thing. >> After watching some Youtube videos to get a feel for what Mark was >> doing I was almost tempted to have a go at making a rod myself, they >> >> are lovely things but: >> >>> You I take it, Andy, have never used a bamboo fly rod, or maybe do not >>> even fish, which is even sadder. >>> >> You are quite right that I don't fish. I see folk sat by rivers >> drowning worms and it baffles me. I can see slightly more attraction >> in fly-fishing as it is more skilled and active, and there is all the >> fly tying to obsess about, but I would hate to actually catch >> anything, I am a vegetarian :-) >> > That explains that then. > > But you miss out on catching a little 10" wild brown trout out of the San > Juan River (yeah that's the one that Sports Afield has orgasms about > occasionally), on a barb-less hook about #14 size. Its mid July, at least > 114 degrees in the air, the water you are standing hip deep in might be 34 > degrees, but your hand swears its 30 below while hanging onto that trout > long enough to tease your hook out without hurting him any more. Its a > bottom discharge from Navajo Dam about 2.5 miles upstream, and the water is > pretty rowdy upstream as it roils about picking up enough oxygen to support > the fish. From 600 feet deep in Navajo Lake, there isn't any oxygen, ever. > A legendary piece of water, and anyone who likes to fish and can afford the > trip should make it. Standing there in hip waders, you just might look down > and see a 3 foot brownie bump you as he drifts by. But if you get lucky, he > has to be released too, so someone else can tell the fishing story of their > life too. About a 45 mile drive from Farmington, I didn't get there near > often enough. > >
I have some very positive memories also of fly fishing (with my father's bamboo rod btw) in Yellowstone National Park when I was a kid. I have an antique bamboo fly rod and reel I keep in my office.. bought it from a local estate sale. It pre-dates anything I have ever used. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
