Well, I had a totally different thought concerning the butt spear... _____
From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:15 AM To: Fly Fishing World; Virtual Fly Box; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY "Well over a century ago, the classic British chalk streams were fished with live insects on gossamer silk, wind-carried "blow lines". So, the trees were cut back from the riverbank a hundred feet or more to give the wind full, even sweep. Today, the typical chalk stream bank has only a low occasional bush behind which the angler must kneel for cover; hence the kneepad. And since the angler may have to wait hours for a rise to develop, and no tree handy against which to lean his rod, the removable or collapsible butt- spear enables him to stand his rod upright and safe on the turf. It is not intended, as some light-minded American types insist, to repel the charge of an infuriated trout." A note by Sparse Grey Hackle in "Great Fishing Catalogs of the Golden **************** ><((((((((º> ************** JIMMY D. MOORE jdmo...@fishgame.com 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))))))))>< ************* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
