JIMMY
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Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson wrote:
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Where did you find this quote?
I like it.
Was it written as a poem?
Thank you for posting it.
Ed
At 09:07 AM 9/28/02, you wrote:
"Mark well the various seasons of the year, How the succeeding insect race appear, In their revolving moon one color reigns, Which in the next the fickle trout disdains; Oft have I seen a skilful angler try The various colors of the treach'rous fly; When he with fruitless pain hath skimmed the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook. He shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a weaving forest throw; When if an insect fall (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide; Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, his size. Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, And on the back a speckled feather binds; So just the colors shine through every part, That nature seems to live again in art."
- John Gay, in Rural Sports 1720
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Jimmy D. Moore, "BIGTROUTMAN" I FISH BECAUSE I MUST!
More importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me!
Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU
Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info.
http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
-- Jimmy D. Moore, "BIGTROUTMAN" I FISH BECAUSE I MUST! More importantly, I fish because my Dad taught me! Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html
