[VFB] quote

[Richard Zieger]

"That fish are not much disturbed, if at all, by the flashing of a polished fly-rod per se, can be easily proven by any one who, being securely hid behind a clump of bushes, can wave his rod as 'wildly' as necessary without alarming them to an extend to frighten them away or prevent their biting; indeed, the unnatural shaking or disturbance of a bush near the brink, by the careless angler, will alarm the denizens of the stream more than the most highly-varnished and brightly-mounted rod ever made, when waved over the stream by an angler who keeps himself hid from view; and herein lies, to my mind, the key to this whole matter."   "Book of the Black Bass"  Dr. Hensahll   Rick