I would also be in. I always carry a flask with me on the river for those cold days when you step out of the river and you can't feel your legs. It helps bring them back to life. I don't take whiskey with me but I'll have to refill the flask with it when I finish off the rum I have in it now.
John Bennett Engineer Tech W-(801)513-9001 F-(801)728-1970 E- [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:56 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY - WHISKEY FISHING I thought a little levity was in order for the day, since all we hear and see is how bad things are. Yep, I wrote this, so if you take issue with any part of it or don't get even a tiny laugh, just E-mail me. . . . . . . Oh never mind. Me, I don't give a damn. Have a Good Un! JIMMY D " In my younger days, some of my buds and I played in a Twi-Light golf tournament each Wednesday evening during the summer. Entry fee was $10. Cheap enough. At each Tee Box was a garbage can of iced down Lone Star Beer. Seemed that the more we drank, the better we played and whether or not we won the pot, we didn't care. Most of us got our $10 back in the beer we drank. That was the most fun I ever had playing golf. I remember putting out on the 18th with onlooker's cars parked in the grass and their headlights shining on the green so we could see how to putt, those of us who could still stand up. :-P I'm sure we could work something similar with trout fishing and whiskey. ( I chose whiskey instead of beer, since that's our stereotype image - pipe smoking, fancy whiskey drinking, tweedy, hoite toite Abercrombie & Fitch appearance.) 18 garbage cans of cold whiskey would be a little 'over the top', so we could use small buckets filled with miniatures of our favorite whiskeys, placing them in the cold water at the edge of selected pools, riffles and runs. Total cost would be minimal as would the entry fee. It would be understood that we'd each down a bottle of our preference at each placement of the whiskey. It'd be great fun and we wouldn't give a damn who won or if we caught any trout. This being a whiskey drinking contest, fish caught wouldn't count anyway. ;-) Those still standing at the end would be declared the winner(s) and would receive a 'Texas Fifth' of McKendric Mesquite Mellowed whiskey - McKendric Longhorn Creek or McKendric Western. Each of us would probably need a 'designated caster' after downing dozen or so bottles. His job would also entail keeping us from drowning and seeing us home safely. Why would Abercrombie & Fitch types stoop so low as to enter an event like this? Why indeed? Most folk of this type boast of how much whiskey they can drink and still be standing. I think it's called PRIDE. In this case, PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL ! :-P My money would be on the bourbon drinkers, since we're not quite as tweedy, and therefore tougher than the A&F bunch. **************** ><((((((((º> ************** JIMMY D. MOORE [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag, Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. ***************** <º))))))))>< ************* ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been proactively scanned for all known and unknown viruses. This message is now certified Virus-free. ________________________________________________________________________ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
