Alan- If you use that Arizona fly fish clubs medicine you will soon see lots of snakes! Dail Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:35 PM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY - WHISKEY FISHING
> > And I can remember back in scouting days. The > scoutmaster would always say to us assitants, > "I'm bringing some snakebite medicine. Who's > bringing the snake?" > > >>Jimmy: >> >>I remember when I used to go fishing with the >>Arizona Flycasters Club on outings. we were all >>deathly afraid of getting bit by rattlesankes so >>we made a gallon of "Anti-snake Bite Juice" >>A fifth of Southern Comfort, a fifth of Vodka, a >>fifth of rye whiskey and if anyone brought >>scotch it would go in also. >> >>Must have worked just fine cause no one ever got bit by a rattler.....LOL >> >> >>---- "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 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] >>> 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))))))))>< ************* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > >> >> >> > > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1813 - Release Date: > 11/26/2008 8:53 AM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
