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2019-10-04 Thread Allan Fish
Great definition! af On 10/4/19 11:46 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail wrote: "Land of Wolves"  by Craig Johnson "Fishing- precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of  questionable knowledge." Rick

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2019-10-04 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
"Land of Wolves"  by Craig Johnson "Fishing- precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of  questionable knowledge." Rick | | Virus-free. www.avg.com | -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this

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2015-11-19 Thread Neville Gosling
"I now believe fishing is far more important than fish life” Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver BC Canada -- -- 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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2015-08-17 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Fishing too large a rod on a small stream is like driving a Greyhound bus down a deer trail JimmyD -- -- 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

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2015-08-06 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Thanks, Rick. If you'd like to hsndle the JFTD, QUFD, You have my Git Er Done.. JIMMYD 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail wrote: These are good times to get involved in fly-fishing. Silvio Calabi in FlyFishing Always Rick -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

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2015-08-05 Thread Neville Gosling
I normally stagger from the stream not to it. Neville (Nev) Gosling On Aug 5, 2015, at 6:59 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail vfb-mail@googlegroups.com wrote: Fly fishers have argued the merits of sparsely versus fully dressed flies for centuries, and likely will carry it on for as long ss

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2015-08-05 Thread Jack Harford
I resemble that comment Nev :) On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca wrote: I normally stagger *from* the stream not to it. Neville (Nev) Gosling On Aug 5, 2015, at 6:59 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail vfb-mail@googlegroups.com wrote: Fly fishers have

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2015-08-05 Thread Allan Fish
On 8/5/15 11:34 AM, Neville Gosling wrote: I normally stagger *from* the stream not to it. Neville (Nev) Gosling At my age, I just stagger! :-( af -- -- 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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2015-08-05 Thread 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail
I met Chuck and Sharon over 20 years ago when Chuck was tying here at the FFF Conclave in Arkansas.I have one of Chucks Flies in my collection. I also had his signed book before I sold my book collection.Tony On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 11:32 AM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

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2015-08-04 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
But to be honest, there are no beginners in fly fishing - just those who are finding for the first time what they have missed. David Lee  Fly Fishing, a Beginners  Guide 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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2015-08-03 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
These are good times to get involved in fly-fishing. Silvio Calabi  in  FlyFishing Always 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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2012-12-04 Thread Webb, Gary
Nothing but creative people in the VFB family. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better. -- John Updike -- 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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2012-02-26 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
The ancients wrote of the three ages of man, I propose to write of the three ages of the fisherman. When he wants to catch all the fish he can. When he strives to catch the largest fish. When he studies to catch the most difficult fish he can find, requiring the greatest skill and most refined

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2012-02-26 Thread Allan Fish
The ancients wrote of the three ages of man, I propose to write of the three ages of the fisherman. When he wants to catch all the fish he can. When he strives to catch the largest fish. When he studies to catch the most difficult fish he can find, requiring the greatest skill and most refined

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2012-02-26 Thread Rene Zillmann
I'm still in stage 1 Rene On 02/26/2012 10:17 PM, Allan Fish wrote: The ancients wrote of the three ages of man, I propose to write of the three ages of the fisherman. When he wants to catch all the fish he can. When he strives to catch the largest fish. When he studies to catch the most

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2012-02-14 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
To thoroughly enjoy fly fishing you need to get totally immersed every once in a while.© Jimmy D Moore -- 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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2012-02-13 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Hard-hitting flashing fellows these, bred and reared in no protected pond, but in the cold crystal mountain waters. Any angler who has matched his skill with one of Nature's trout and then with the pampered stall-fed darlings of the intensively stocked preserve, need not be told the difference

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2012-02-13 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Fly fishing is like sex, everyone thinks there is more than there is, and that everyone is getting more than their share. Henry Kanemoto -- 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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2012-02-01 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it. Ed Zern -- 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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2012-01-29 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
When the going gets rough, go out and buy yourself a really nice fly rod. When it gets rougher, buy a nice reel to go with it. Rougher still ? Buy yourself a pontoon boat or drift boat. Still rougher? Book a trip to Kamchatka without telling your wife. Now, my good buddy, you're FIXIN to find

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2012-01-28 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Fish are, of course, indispensable to the angler. They give him an excuse for fishing and justify the fly rod without which he would be a mere vagrant. But the average fisherman's average catch doesn't even begin to justify, as fish, its cost in work, time, and money. The true worth of

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2012-01-27 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
By the time I had turned thirty, I'd realized two important things. One, I had to fish. Two, I had to work for a living. Mallory Burton -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club,

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2012-01-27 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Handling a big trout in swift water is akin to flying a kite on a blustery day. The more line you let out, the more trouble you're going to have getting it back. © Jimmy D Moore -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon

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2012-01-27 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Looks like De Somma is the only VFB'er to receive the Quote for the day this morning? I sent two different quotes so as to make up for not ending one earlier.Neither of them have yet hit my mailbox.If you get the quote, please let me know. Twilight Zone, again. Thanks, JIM -- You

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2012-01-27 Thread Charles Haase
agree with it, Thank you -Original Message- From: Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 10:25 AM To: Virtual Fly Box Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY 1/27/12 Looks like De Somma is the only VFB'er to receive the Quote for the day this morning? I sent two different quotes so

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2012-01-27 Thread J Balmer
I got them both. J -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 11:26 AM To: Virtual Fly Box Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY 1/27/12 Looks like De Somma is the only VFB'er to receive

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2012-01-27 Thread Michael Bliss
I got them both as well On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.netwrote: Looks like De Somma is the only VFB'er to receive the Quote for the day this morning? I sent two different quotes so as to make up for not ending one earlier.Neither of them have yet hit my

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2012-01-27 Thread The Smiths
got both - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:25 PM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY 1/27/12 Looks like De Somma is the only VFB'er to receive the Quote for the day this morning

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2012-01-27 Thread Rodger Oleson
On 1/27/2012 11:25 AM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote: Looks like De Somma is the only VFB'er to receive the Quote for the day this morning? I sent two different quotes so as to make up for not ending one earlier.Neither of them have yet hit my mailbox.If you get the quote, please let me know. Twilight

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2012-01-23 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
When your fly rod breaks and your fly box is bare, it's time to quit fishing. Go sit in your chair. Light up your pipe. Pour some JD and drink till you're ripe. Don't worry about your rod and your flies. Just sit with your buddies and tell fishing lies. Jimmy D. Moore The End of the Day

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2012-01-22 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Jimmy D. Moore 1. You wade in your brogans and do it bare legged. 2. Your flies are made from corn silk. If you don't catch anything, you can at least smoke them. 3. You've mounted your Orvis Battenkill on a cane pole. 4. You wear a Hawaiian flower-de shirt on the

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2012-01-18 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
He slept with his fly rod standing in the corner next to his bed. He didn't bother taking off his shirt and pants. His vest on the bed post and his wading boots were placed where he could swing off the bed, and like a fireman ram his feet into them. His fishing hat was by his pillow. The only

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2012-01-17 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Put backing on your line; even if you never use it. It helps you dream. Jimmy D Moore º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,

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2012-01-13 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap stories with fishermen to get the taste of it out of my mouth. Ed Zern º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler

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2012-01-10 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Ordinarily the man accustomed to a 9-foot fly rod would reduce to one about 7 feet long and feel that he was equipped for working a small brook. This, I beg to point out, is only the palest concession to that kind of angling. If we chop 4 feet off that, however, the remaining 3 foot length

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2012-01-09 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
The farther you travel to fish, the worse the fishing will be. However, it will improve immediately after you leave to return home, thus the old saying: The fishing is always better the day before you get there and the day after you leave. Will Rogers º

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2012-01-08 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
This is one of my more popular poems. It can also be used as a quote. If you'd like me to post more of my fly fishing poems, let me know. All are 10 guaranteed to make you laugh. Have a Goodun. JIMMYD A FLY TYING FANATIC ! Cotton balls, wine corks, tow sacks, I save'em all. Craft beads,

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2012-01-08 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Contrary to common belief, it is not true that if you cut a worm-fishrman in half, each half will grow into a complete fisherman. For which we should all be eternally grateful. Ed Zern How To Tell Fish From Fishermen (1947) º

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2012-01-05 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
I fished a little while ago with a man, not in his first youth, who had wasted the flower of his life on business and golf and gardening and motoring and marriage, and had in his way postponed his intiation to trout fishing far too long! Arthur Ransome On Giving Advice To Beginners [1929 . .

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2012-01-05 Thread Neville Gosling
Jimmy: Love those quotes from Arthur Ransome! Neville (Nev) Gosling -- 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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2012-01-05 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
MORE TO COME. Neville Gosling wrote: Jimmy: Love those quotes from Arthur Ransome! Neville (Nev) Gosling -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP

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2012-01-02 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method. . . . No sportsman however, will use anything but the fly, except when he happens to be alone. Charles Dudley

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2012-01-01 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
The recollection of what has been and the anticipation of what is to be; the quiet discourse of men with like tastes, of past successes and of anticipated triumphs; reminiscences of river and lake and forest and camp-fire, make up a series of prospective and retrospective pleasures akin to those

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY XTRA

2012-01-01 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
From time to time, when I miss a day or two, I'll throw in some extra quotes. Hope you don't mind. Fishing books, lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. We do not think of them as books but as people. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they

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2011-12-29 Thread Chuck Alexander
Probably more so cause I think trout are probably smarter than a lot of NFL defensive linemen for example LOLOL, Chuck - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:49 AM Subject: [VFB

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2011-12-24 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Handling a big trout in swift water is akin to flying a kite on a blustery day. The more line you let out, the more trouble you're going to have getting it back. Jimmy D Moore -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon

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2011-12-22 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
These brook trout will strike any fly you present, provided you don't get close enough to present it. Dick Blaylock -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP

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2011-12-20 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Fish are, of course, indispensable to the angler. They give him an excuse for fishing and justify the fly rod without which he would be a mere vagrant. But the average fisherman's average catch doesn't even begin to justify, as fish, its cost in work, time, and money. The true worth of

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2011-12-18 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Hard-hitting flashing fellows these, bred and reared in no protected pond, but in the cold crystal mountain waters. Any angler who has matched his skill with one of Nature's trout and then with the pampered stall-fed darlings of the intensively stocked preserve, need not be told the difference

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2011-12-17 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught, not even how he has caught them, but what he has caught when he has caught no fish. Unknown º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits

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2011-12-16 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2011-12-07 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
When if chance or hunger's powerful sway directs the roving trout this fatal way, He greedily sucks in the twining bait, And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat. Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line! How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine! John Gay -- You received

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2011-12-03 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
If all the fish in the world suddenly disappeared, I know of many fly tyers who would go right on tying flies as if nothing had happened, myself included! Jimmy D. Moore, Feb. 2004 SORRY TO BE SO LATE. LOW ON BRAIN CELLS. :-P º

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2011-11-29 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Last Sunday I fished up a certain river most of the day and through my supernal skill and encyclopedic knowledge of angling was able to take a dozen brook trout. If I had kept them I would have had the makings of a nice can of sardines. Sparse Grey Hackle -- You received this message

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2011-11-28 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
An outboard motor is a handy thing for a long trip to the fishing grounds, but what one needs for propelling a boat noislessly along the shoreline of a bass lake at one-half to two-thirds of a mile an hour - the proper speed for fly-rod fishing with bass bugs - is not an outboard motor, but a

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2011-11-28 Thread David Masson
cute jimmy d cute dave -Original Message- From: Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:29 AM To: Virtual Fly Box Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY An outboard motor is a handy thing for a long trip to the fishing grounds, but what one needs for propelling a boat noislessly

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2011-11-28 Thread Allan Fish
An outboard motor is a handy thing for a long trip to the fishing grounds, but what one needs for propelling a boat noislessly along the shoreline of a bass lake at one-half to two-thirds of a mile an hour - the proper speed for fly-rod fishing with bass bugs - is not an outboard motor, but a

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2011-11-28 Thread Michael Bliss
You are braver than me. I would fear not only for the pan but for future reminders that would hurt worse. Mike On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: An outboard motor is a handy thing for a long trip to the fishing grounds, but what one needs for propelling

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2011-11-28 Thread Peggy Brenner
I can relate to this personally, for years I paddled the canoe while my husband Jerry fly fished. I took up tying in '95 to save $$ as he like to fish the Rangley streamers that sold for a whole 1.95 at the time. Then one day in 1997 I sold 3 houses in Lowell,MA called a Triple hat trick,

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2011-11-26 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Fishing books, lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetryWe do not think of them as books but as friends. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are. Arthur Ransome The Fisherman's Library [1959]

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2011-11-25 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
The one great ingredient in successful fly fishing is patience. The man whose fly is always on the water has the best chance. There is always a chance of a fish or two, no matter how hopeless it looks. You never know what may happen in fly fishing. Francis Francis (1862)

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2011-11-22 Thread Webb, Gary
: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY Trout fishing is always the best in the hardest to reach places, those with the steepest, crookedest, bumpiest, narrowest roads, or no roads at all. That's also where the bugs are thickest, but who cares about roads or bugs when you can catch big trout all day! Rough roads

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2011-11-22 Thread rayado
My wife said I have so many fly rods and reels that I cannot possibly use them all. My reply was that I had rods and reels to fish, rods and reels to tinker with and then my fine crafted rods and reels to fondle and admire, while dreaming of trout fishing during the cold winter months. You

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2011-11-21 Thread rayado
Choose your fly fishing friends wisely. They can have an effect on how many and the size of the trout you catch. Fly fishers who spend a lot of time fishing together will unconciously adopt some of the other's mannerisms, choice of flies and casting techniques over time. Surrounding yourself

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2011-11-20 Thread rayado
Trout fishing is always the best in the hardest to reach places, those with the steepest, crookedest, bumpiest, narrowest roads, or no roads at all. That's also where the bugs are thickest, but who cares about roads or bugs when you can catch big trout all day! Rough roads, bugs and good

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2011-11-20 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Trout fishing is always the best in the hardest to reach places, those with the steepest, crookedest, bumpiest, narrowest roads, or no roads at all. That's also where the bugs are thickest, but who cares about roads or bugs when you can catch big trout all day! Rough roads, bugs and good fishing

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2011-11-19 Thread rayado
They say that to catch brown trout you have to be near invisible. I tried that on the Cimarron in 1999. It worked so well that a large brown bear never saw me as he snatched my fish from the end of my tippet. Jimmy D. Moore, 1999 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

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2011-11-19 Thread Don Ordes
Oh he saw you, just wasn't into junk food. DR, DonO - Original Message - From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:06 AM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY They say that to catch brown trout you have to be near invisible. I tried

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2011-11-18 Thread rayado
Handling a big trout in swift water is akin to flying a kite on a blustery day. The more line you let out, the more trouble you're going to have getting it back. Jimmy D Moore -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email

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2011-11-17 Thread rayado
There are eight species of rabbits in the MONTANA the Eastern Cottontail, Mountain Cottontail, Desert Cottontail, Snowshoe Hare, White-tailed Jack Rabbit, Black-tailed Jack Rabbit, Pygmy Rabbit, and the American Pika. However, I've been told that during trout season, fly fishermen outnumber

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2011-11-16 Thread rayado
The response was great. All positive. So - here's the first one. Hope you enjoy it. LOL “Fishing too light a fly line is like trying to cram a wet noodle up a wildcat’s ass.” Jimmy D. Moore 2000 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this

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2011-11-16 Thread J Balmer
You gotta hold the tail just right... -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ray...@earthlink.net Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:39 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Quote for the Day The response was great

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2011-04-21 Thread Michael Bliss
All good fisherman stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of youth that doth not grow stale with age. J.W. Muller -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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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2011-04-20 Thread J Mck
Greek Philosopher for every day a man fishes, he adds a day to his life. from Phil Springer's blog Jerry McKaughan, President  CADDIS Fly Fishers P.O. Box 9104 Russellville, AR 72811 www.caddisflyfishers.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To

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2011-04-17 Thread Michael Bliss
As line spins off the reel of life, the years weave a crazy quilt pattern. And it is strange how the seemingly great things become small and the small things become great. Ralph Bandini -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail

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2011-04-15 Thread Michael Bliss
There are always greater fish than you have caught, always the lure of greater task and achievement, always the inspiration to seek, to endure, to find. Zane Grey -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this

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2011-04-14 Thread Michael Bliss
In any sport, the anticipation of what might happen is almost as important as what actually happens. Bob Costas -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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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2011-04-13 Thread Michael Bliss
The artificial fly is far the best thing now known to fish trout with. Wilford Woodruff circa 1850 -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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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2011-04-13 Thread J Balmer
, 2011 4:18 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] quote 041211 The artificial fly is far the best thing now known to fish trout with. Wilford Woodruff circa 1850 -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group

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2011-04-11 Thread Michael Bliss
The one great ingredient in successful fly-fishing is patience. The mans whose fly is always on the water has the best chance. There is always a chance of a fish or two, no matter how hopeless it looks. You never know what may happen in fly-fishing. Francis Francis -- Mike Bliss Aloha from

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2011-04-10 Thread Michael Bliss
Unless one can enjoy himself fishing with the fly, even when his efforts are unrewarded, he loses much real pleasure. More than half the intense enjoyment of fly-fishing is derived from the beautiful surroundings, the satisfaction felt from being in the open air, the new lease of life secured

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2011-04-10 Thread J Balmer
, April 10, 2011 1:26 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Quote 040911 Unless one can enjoy himself fishing with the fly, even when his efforts are unrewarded, he loses much real pleasure. More than half the intense enjoyment of fly-fishing is derived from the beautiful surroundings

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2011-04-09 Thread J Balmer
I try to keep my flies out of my hat. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Bliss Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:12 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Quote 040811 When the beginner can cast his fly into his hat eight times

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2011-04-09 Thread Don Ordes
I can cast my fly into my hat about 6 times out of 10. The other 4 hook up in my ear, the back of my head, or the trees. Dr. D - Original Message - From: Michael Bliss To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:12 PM Subject: [VFB] Quote 040811 When

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2011-04-08 Thread Michael Bliss
When the beginner can cast his fly into his hat eight times out of ten, at forty feet, he is a fly fisher, and so far as casting is concerned a good one. James A. Henshall -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to

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2011-04-07 Thread Michael Bliss
It is not difficult to learn how to cast; but it is difficult to learn not to snap the flies off at every throw Charles Dudley Warner -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [VFB] Quote 040611

2011-04-07 Thread J Mck
3:41:02 AM Subject: [VFB] Quote 040611 It is not difficult to learn how to cast; but it is difficult to learn not to snap the flies off at every throw Charles Dudley Warner -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group.   To post

[VFB] quote 040211

2011-04-03 Thread Michael Bliss
Stranger: Any luck? Catch any fish? Fisherman: Did I! I took thirty out of this stream this morning. Stranger: Do you know who I am? I am the game warden. Fisherman: Do you know who I am? I'm the biggest liar in the country. -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message

[VFB] quote 033111

2011-04-01 Thread Michael Bliss
This one make a net, this one stands and wishes. Would you like to bet which one gets the fishes. Author Unknown -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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

[VFB] quote 033011

2011-03-31 Thread Michael Bliss
Man can learn a lot from fishing. When the fish are biting, no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered. O. A. Battista -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to

[VFB] Quote 032911

2011-03-30 Thread Michael Bliss
Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley. Author Unknown -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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

[VFB] quote 032711

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Bliss
Well, this will be long. I was going to do these over the next bunch of days but I think they will be more fun if they are together. We have all heard the quote; Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Ancient Proverb Well here are some

Re: [VFB] quote 032711

2011-03-28 Thread J Mck
very good Micheal  Jerry McKaughan, President CADDIS Fly Fishers P.O. Box 9104 Russellville, AR 72811 www.caddisflyfishers.org From: Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 4:16:38 AM Subject: [VFB] quote

[VFB] quote 032811

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Bliss
Luck affects everything: let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish. Ovid -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to

[VFB] quote 032611

2011-03-27 Thread Michael Bliss
Since it is Sunday tomorrow, here is one from the Old Testament. The fishers also shall mourn, all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Isaiah 19:8 I have had those kind of days. -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- You

[VFB] quote 032511

2011-03-26 Thread Michael Bliss
A fish on the hook is better than ten in the brook. Fisherman's Saying -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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] quote 032411

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Bliss
There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him. Zane Grey -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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

[VFB] quote 032211

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Bliss
No matter how good a man gets at fishing, he'll never land every fish he hooks. A.J. McClane -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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

[VFB] quote 032311

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Bliss
When there is no fish in one spot, cast you hook in another. Chinese Proverb -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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

[VFB] quote 032111

2011-03-22 Thread Michael Bliss
I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret. Roderick Haig-Brown -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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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