"The trout fly does not resemble any known species of insect.
It is a "conventionalized" creation, as we say of ornamentation. The
theory is, that, fly-fishing being a high art, the fly must not be a
tame imitation of nature, but an artistic suggestion of it. It requires
an artist to construct one; and not every bungler can take a bit of red
flannel, a peacocks feather, a flash of tinsel thread, a cock's plume, a section
of hen's wing, and fabricate a tiny object that will not look like any fly,
but will still suggest the universal conventional fly. "
- Charles Dudley Warner, 1862
Have A Great Day !
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Jimmy D. Moore, "BIGTROUTMAN" I FISH BECAUSE I MUST!
More importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me!
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