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2015-10-14 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
  "No fisherman ever fishes as ,much as he wants." Geoffre3y Norman   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

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2015-10-12 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"To fish or not to fish, What a stupid question." T shirt Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-10-06 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Someone just back of you while you are fishing is as bad a someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl." Ernest Hemmingway  "the Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to

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2015-10-13 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." Ralph Waldo Emerson   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-10-09 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"There was never a angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him." Zane Grey  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-11-18 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"For the angler, fishing produces a deep, unspoken joy, born of lingering for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred love of communing with nature." Thaddeus Norris   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" ick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

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2015-08-26 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
With appreciation for all the wonder of nature to be seen, or heard on any trip outdoors, the importance of the bag grows less.  Ted  Trueblood The Fisherman's Guide to Life Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group,

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2015-08-27 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
It is not the fish we catch that counts, for they van be had for mere  silver.  It is thebreakof the waves, the joyous rush of the brook, and the contemplation of the eternal rush of the stream. Herbert Hoover   The Fisherman's Guide to Life Rick -- -- You received this message because you

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2015-08-28 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
Now I think that most angler false cast too much when they are actually fishing( the fish, after all, are in the water),But I don't think you can false cast to much when practicing. David Lee    Fly Fishing Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail

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2015-08-25 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
  If you need a piece of equipment, make it as light as possible.  If yu don't need it leave it at home. Sparse Grey Hackle   The Fisherman's Guide to Life Rick PS  We were gone celebrating 42 years. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to

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2015-08-31 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
Yes The book title is in the quotes after the author. Rick   From: Neville Gosling To: Virtual Box Fly Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 2:52 PM Subject: [VFB] The Fisherman's Guide to Life Attn Rick: Is this from a book of quote by

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2015-08-31 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Ten percent of the water holds ninety percent of the fish." Dave Hughes    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this

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2015-09-04 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"There  is always an excitement in your first glimpse of new water, you look at it rather in the manner of the bishop who always found himself walking, as he went up a cathedral  isle, whether it would take spin." J R Hartley "J R Hartley Casts Again" Rick -- -- You received this

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2015-09-03 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Casting is not the end of learning.  In fact, it is only the beginning." Geoffrey Norman   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick PS  Had fun at a pond today. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-09-05 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Prepare your tackle. When you hook a big fish, it is impossible to retie a knot or change a leader." Jim Chapralis    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-09-07 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"The fisherman loves to row  out in the stillness of the mists of the morning when the lake is like polished black glass." Ernest Lyons   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email

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2015-09-08 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"A fish on the hook is better than ten in the brook." Fisherman's saying Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-09-02 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Perhaps fishing, is for me, only an excuse to be near rivers." Roderick Haig-Brown "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

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2015-09-14 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"The greatest fishing secret ever?   Patience. Donald Jack Anderson n    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

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2015-09-16 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"With appreciation of all the wonder of nature to be seen, smelled, or heard on any trip outdoors, the importance of the bag grown less." Ted Trueblood  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this

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2015-09-11 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"There is always something wonderful about a new fishing adventure trip.  Fishing is like Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece." Zane Grey  ?The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send

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2015-09-10 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air with the rush of a brook or with the shimmer of the sun on blue water." Herbert Hoover "The Fisherman's Guide t Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group,

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2015-09-15 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"All of our Concord waters have two colors at least, one when viewed at a distanced another, more proper, close at hand." Henry David Thoreau   "A Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send

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2015-09-12 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Persistence, for the fisherman, is a virtue that transcends patience" A. J. McClane   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

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2015-09-29 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"If you take your boat into the shallow waters, know where the stumps are." Fisherman's Saying Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-09-28 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
'Even the thousandth trip to the same old familiar fished-out stream begins with renewed hope, with unfailing faith." Zane Grey   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-10-01 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"It is a tried and true axiom that as a fisherman grown more specialized and refined in his pursuits, the equipment he needs becomes increasingly  complex and varied." William J Hjortsberg   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

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2015-10-03 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"A fish on the hook is better than tern in the brook" Fisherman's saying Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-10-02 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"A fisherman is always hopeful - nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to be." Roderick Haig-Brown   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-09-26 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"If a man fishes hard, what is he gong to do easy?" Ray Blount Jr.    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

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2015-09-30 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Lord, suffer me to catch a fish so large that even I in talking of it afterward shall have no need to lie." Suggest Motto:  Herbert Hoover's Fishing Lodge" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-09-09 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"As civilization, cement pavements, office building and radio have overwhelmed us, the need for regeneration has increased.  Fishing is a sound, valid reason to go away from here to somewhere else." Herbert Hoover    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick PS  Great fun on a pond today. -- --

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2015-09-23 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"The fish is not so much your quarry, but your partner." Arnold Gingrich  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group,

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2015-09-24 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Beyond every bend in a stream lies a new fishing challenge, for no pool, riffle or rapids is just like the previous one." Dick Sternberg "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to

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2015-09-22 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Surely on of the richest bounties of angling is to grow deeply intimate with the inner life of the world of nature, and in so doing, to come closer to your deepest self." Nick Lyons    " The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

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2015-09-18 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"A fisherman is always hopeful - nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to be." Roderick  Haig-Brown   "A Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send

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2015-09-19 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fishing he chance t wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of a brook of with the shimmer one the sun on blue water." Hebert Hoover   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send

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2015-09-21 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
    "A recent study in 'Fisheries' magazine reports on various studies of ibuprofen( a popular over the counter inflammatory drug).  Seventy to 80 percent of this drug is not used by our bodies and excreted.  It has been detected in surface waters as well as in various fish tissues. 

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2015-10-05 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"To be a successful angler, one must have a good knowledge of fish, for to understand the quarry is to defeat him" Tim Bennett   " The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-12-07 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
Persistence, for the fisherman, is a virtue that transcends patience." A. J. McClane "The  Fisherman's Guide to Loife" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-12-08 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
 "The angling fever is a very real disease and can only  be cured by the application of cold water and fresh, untainted air." Theodore Gordon    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post

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2015-12-02 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fisherman's luck means that the time, the place the fish and you are all together.  It does not happen very often." Zane Grey    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-12-04 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"It is not a fish until it is on the bank." Irish Proverb Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-12-05 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"No fisherman ever fishes as much as he wants to." Geoffrey Norman   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

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2015-12-08 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
hat fever. Better tell my boss I need the afternoon off to take curative measures :) On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:52 AM, 'Wayne C Blake Hedges' via VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: I really like this one!Wayne On December 8, 2015, at 9:05 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail <v

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2015-12-09 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing." Babylonian Proverb Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

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2015-12-03 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"For the true angler, fishing produces a deep, unspoken joy, born of longing  for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred love of communing with nature." Theodore Norris  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you

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2015-12-11 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"There is a distinct similarity between cattle and casters in that each regards the grass as being greener on the other side of the fence." Charles F. Fox    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB

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2015-12-15 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed but not bought.  It may be used by not owned,.  are tenants, not possessors, lover and not masters." Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings   "The Fisherman's Guide to life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail"

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2015-12-14 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"If a man fishes hard, what is he going to do easy?" Roy Blount Kr.   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group,

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2015-12-14 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
Congratulations. Rick   From: Reuven Segal To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Family News Congratulations Rene: (Good luck on the granny front :)  ) Reuven On 13/12/2015 11:58 AM, Rene Zillmann wrote: >

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2015-12-12 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fishing equipment is fun." Roderick Haig-Brown  "The 'fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To

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2015-12-17 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish." Ernest Hemmingway    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

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2015-12-16 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"I have experienced such simple hoy in the trivial matter of fishing and sort formerly as might6 inspire the most of Homer or Shakespeare." Henry David Thoreau   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail"

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2015-12-16 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
Can't type and miss mistakes.   "Joy" From: Woodenlegs <jmckaughan1...@gmail.com> To: Fly Box <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD what is hoy? On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:49 AM, 'Rick Zieger' v

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2015-12-10 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"To learn is a natural pleasure not confined to philosophers, but common to all men." Aristotle  "The Fisherman's Guide to life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To

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2016-01-04 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"But solar radiation is highly reflected by sow cover, especially white fresh snow, and snow and white ice can severely limit penetration of UV rays.  A snow removal experiment on Hudson Bay, Quebec, where the ice was about 3 feet thick with white ice at it surface and topped by 2 cm of snow,,

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2016-01-06 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"If you need a piece of equipment and don't by it, you pay for it even though you don't have it." Henry Ford    "The "Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2016-01-05 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"We must also factor in glow or phosphorescence, which like fluorescence is a for of luminescence.  Te primary difference is that unlike fluorescence, phosphorescent materials continue to emit light for a period after the energy, or light source that excited the substance, is removed.   Lures

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2016-01-07 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Luck affects everything, let your hook always be cast.  In the stream where you least expect it there will be fish." Ovid  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-12-31 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
low levels if it does. It’s different fishing a moonless night and a full moon. DonO From: 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 8:24 AMTo: Google Inc. Subject: [VFB] QFTD  "In a previous article on UV and walleyes, written when the UV lure phenomenon was gaining s

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2015-12-31 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"A fisherman is always hopeful - nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to." Roderick Hair-Brown    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-12-31 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Have a Happy and good New Year!! Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options,

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2016-01-09 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"You may be one of the many who discover that the pursuit of a gamefish with the fly becomes an obsession.  As I said earlier, there's never been better time to start." Silvio Calabi    "FlyFishing Forever" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail"

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2015-12-22 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
Our daughter was coming up for Christmas.  Her car broke down so we will be gone for a few days.No more quotes until Monday, from me. Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To

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2015-12-18 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"... current research which tells us that many of the fish we pursue -  bass, walleyes, sauger, pike, muskies, catfish, stripers, crappies and a variety of sunfish species - do not see UV light because they don't have UV receptors in their eyes.  Species such as trout, salmon, and goldfish do

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2015-12-18 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
of us that mostly fish warmwater species :) On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:49 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: "... current research which tells us that many of the fish we pursue -  bass, walleyes, sauger, pike, muskies, catfish, stripers, crappies and a variety

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2015-12-22 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"This brightness is what plays into the presentation process, and not he fish can see actual UV light (unless we talk trout and salmon).  Fluorescence adds to the contrast of the lure.  More contrast make a lure easier to detect in the environment, and fish may be more attentive to a brighter

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2015-12-21 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Certain fluorospheres may only fluoresce when excited  by 'invisible"  UV light.  In the case of a lure that's coated with UV brightener, it may appear pale and ordinary looking under room  lighting, but fluoresce under a blacklight, which is emitting UV as part6 of its emission spectrum. 

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2015-12-19 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Humans also do not have UV receptors and thus we can't see UV light.  But we've all seen baits marketed as "UV" brighten under black light./  This isn't UV light we're seeing emitting from these lures, however.  In this case, UV light is emitted by the blacklight is causing the lure to

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2015-12-30 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"In a previous article on UV and walleyes, written when the UV lure phenomenon was gaining steam, we reported that UV penetrated deeper than visible light.  While this is true in pure water,  we understand now that UV penetration in natural waters is affected by dissolved organics and other

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2015-11-26 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"When, I wonder, are folks going to learn that it is a dangerous thing to attempt to lay down hard and fast rules for fishing?" John Albert Knight   "The  Fisherman's Guide to life" ]Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this

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2015-11-25 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"There is a final moment of unyielding patience which, in Angling, so often makes the difference between fish and no fish." Sparse Grey Hackle    "The Fisherman's Guide to LifeRick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send

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2015-11-28 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Your outfit may be elaborate, or it may be a cane pole.  Fortunately, the size of you kit is no indication fo the pleasure you derive." John Randolph    "The ?Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail"

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2015-11-27 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Quiet places should be enjoyed.  Save the  quiet places first." Ernest Lyons  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To

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2015-11-24 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fishing keeps us - part of us anyway  -  boys forever." Geoffrey Norman "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group,

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2015-11-30 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"When there are no fish in one spot, cast your hook in another." Chinese Proverb Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-11-20 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"It is not a fish until it is on the bank." Irish Proverb Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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2015-11-21 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Love of nature is a common language that can transcend political and social boundaries," Jimmy Carter   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2015-11-23 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"The first principle of reading water is this.  Fish are found at he edges of things." Charles F Waterman    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com

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2015-11-19 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"I now believe fishing is far more important than fish." Arnold Gingrich "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

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2016-01-12 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fly fishing, with much of its emphasis on style rather than efficiency and on the experience rather than the reward, has  understandably been the leader in the 'catch and release' movement." Mel Krieger  "Fly Fishing Always" Rick -- -- You received this message

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2016-06-06 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"One final suggestion on lines: Experiment with a line one step lighter than that recommended by the rod manufacturer.  A lighter line won't always prove to be an advantage, since the light line may not draw the full power the rod.  Sometimes, however the light line will allow a slower casting

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2016-06-03 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
'What scares fish is not the line itself,  ten or twelve feet from the fly, but  the manner in which the line comes down  onto the water: whether it falls with a plat or lays out smoothly and quietly." George Almy "Tying & Fishing Terrestrials" Rick -- -- You received this message

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2016-05-25 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"From all this it should be clear that wading is a tactic that comes into play only after much fishing has been done." George Almy   "Tying and Fishing Terrestrials"' Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this

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2016-05-26 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"A good fishing trip, like  a well cooked meal or a well-lived life, always ends a little to soon." Criswell Freeman   "The Fisherman's guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2016-06-10 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Modern terrestrial imitations are an angling event of near-legendary stature.  The frustration of casting to terrrestrial-smutting has been ended." Ernest Schwiebert    "Remembrances of fivers Past" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To

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2016-06-13 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Man can learn a lot from fishing.  When the fish are biting, no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered." Oa Battisha  "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email

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2016-06-14 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"There are two basic reasons for dressing your own imitations: (1) to get exactly the type of fly you want whenever you need them, in the number sand sizes required, and (2) to save money.  In short, fly tying is convenient and cheap." George Almy   "Tying & Fishing

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2016-06-14 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
159419 div.yiv4623159419WordSection1 {}#yiv4623159419 I’d have to tie for a long time before all the supplies & gear I’ve purchased make it cheapJ     From: 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:50 AM To: Google Inc. mailto:vfb-mail@google

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2016-06-15 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
I would enjoy seeing either of the ways you do it.  You would probably gt more attention on You Tube. Rick From: J Balmer To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 9:08 AM Subject: RE: p.s.: Re: [VFB] QFTD, Why I tie... and new RD DVD#2 option?

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2016-06-04 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
'The man that goeth to the river for his pleasure must understand the Sun and the Wind, the Moon and the Stars, and set forth his tackle; accordingly." Thomas  Barker "The Fisherman's Guide to lLie" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group.

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2016-05-28 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Fishing restores perspective.  When we escape to the solitude of quiet water, the day's  fleeting troubles seem to evaporate into the mist; in the presence of Nature, spiritual order is restored." Criswell Freeman   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message

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2016-05-30 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"In many terrestrial feeding situations, the lateral line hearing-sensing system of the trout may be more important to him than his eyesight." Tom Almy    "Tying and Fishing terrestrials" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this

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2016-05-27 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"The fact is that few fishermen have the patience to wade as quietly and as stealthily as desired." Gerald Almy    "Tying and Fishing Terrestrials" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group,

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2016-06-02 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"But whenever we go down to the water and rediscover an important less about life - sure enough, that's a keeper." Criswell Freeman   "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email

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2016-06-01 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
seem to be stimulated by twitching the fly? Or is that just our perception?   On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:52 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: "But once on the water most terrestrials are incapable of making sufficient disturbance to warrant imitating.&

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2016-06-01 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"But once on the water most terrestrials are incapable of making sufficient disturbance to warrant imitating." Gerald Almy   "Tying and Fishing Terrestrials" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to

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2016-05-31 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Whether we visit the neighborhood pond, the bubbling  brook, or the open seas, the message of the water is the same: Be prepared, be patient, and enjoy the moment." Criswell Freeman    "The Fisherman's Guide to Life" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB

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2016-06-15 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"No one knows with undeniable certainty what a fish thinks wen it sees a fly, much less understands the logic train of how it thinks about it." Chuck & Sharon Tyson  "Figuring Out Flies" Rick -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To

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