[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

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

RE: [VFB] Other types of fishing besides fly fishing and how much gear do you still have?

2012-01-28 Thread George Vincent
Wayne, why keep the bait casting gear? when you can always put garden hackle or a minnow on a hook using a fly rod and have the best of both worlds! George V. _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:16 AM To: Digest

Re: [VFB] RE: Other types of fishing besides fly fishing and how much gear do you still have?

2012-01-28 Thread phxflytyer
Neville: I prefer to fish for bass here in Arizona. Both the largemouth, that we have down in Phoenix and the smallmouth up north on the Indian Reservation, because they fight so much harder. I only use FF rods and reels to fish for bass. If you haven’t used FF gear for them , you are missing

Re: [VFB] Dangit - VFB posts not coming through. See below

2012-01-28 Thread Michael Drew
Got it On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: I got it, Chuck - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 10:03 AM Subject: [VFB] Dangit

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2012-01-28 Thread rx4fishing
got it... Ron Michael Drew mike.dre...@gmail.com wrote: Got it On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: I got it, Chuck - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box

Re: [VFB] RE: Other types of fishing besides fly fishing and how much gear do you still have?

2012-01-28 Thread phxflytyer
Neville: Yes only 10and that is too much. I work for Bass Pro Shops and see many different anglers come in the store. Some of them must have a different rod and reel for this type of fish or that type of water etc.etc.etc. I will be happy to keep them supplied with ALL the equipment that

Re: [VFB] Dangit - VFB posts not coming through. See below

2012-01-28 Thread Scott Bearden
Got it. On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.netwrote: If any of you receive this post from me via the VFB email list, please let me know. Thanks, JIMMY D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to

Re: [VFB] RE: Other types of fishing besides fly fishing and how much gear do you still have?

2012-01-28 Thread Rick Zieger
I keep some as it is used by folks I take out fishing at times.   Rick From: Wayne Blake-Hedges wayneb22...@yahoo.com To: virtual flybox vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 6:28 PM Subject: [VFB] RE: Other types of fishing besides fly

Re: [VFB] Other types of fishing besides fly fishing and how much gear do you still have?

2012-01-28 Thread Wayne Blake-Hedges
Nostalgia, I built most of the rods from blanks and all the rest of the gear has memories associated with it. I've had some of the gear for over thirty years, I'll probably sell some of the newer stuff that I never got around to using.    Besides it was quite fun collecting all the lures.