for mark May your GOD be your fishing partner.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: for the list Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:29:21 -0600 i forgot to tell ya........it was my rod in the ceiling fan..........and my rod in the tree..........but it was the guides rod when i had my fly stuck in a log underwater.............a 10 ft. noodle rod no less that he had built...........he was VERY cool about it though....... Told me not to worry bout it and that he'd fix it that night..........which he did.................we were fishin' for steekhead up on the Lake Ontario tribs., way upstate N.Y. He "was" a famous guide, Fran Vertileva.....no longer guiding. He's now the River Keeper for the Salmon River and works for the Department of Enviournmental Conservation. Needless to say, i tiped him WELL. > Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:00:10 -1000 > Subject: [VFB] Re: QFTD > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > If this is true confessions, several years back I moved from one place > on the river to another. I did not want to break down the rod > completely so I just took it apart enough to fit in the car. Jumped > in and went to the next spot. Just after starting up the car I heard > a loud crack. I did not know what it was but when I got to the next > site I found that the fly had come off the hook keeper and then the > wheel had been hooked as the wheel rotated - well you get the rest. > Really stupid. I am pretty careful now. > > Mike > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Rick Zieger<[email protected]> wrote: > > "Stupidity", he said, "you would not believe how many fly rods get slammed > > in car doors or snapped by a power window because the tip is hanging out or > > broken by trying to yank a fly off a log or a branch." > > > > Jim West Nov/Dec 2008 "American angler" > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
