[VFB] Quote

[Richard Zieger]

"Before entering the stream, I sit on the bank for a while to see what insects are swarming above the water. I turn over rocks in the streambed to see who's living there.  I am not a strict imitiationist, but if I can't approximate the size and shape, color and movement of something above, below or on the surface of the water, I might as well surrender my hopes for the day.  I have tried expressionist flies but they work only on expressionist fish, like bass, who will  leap for any gaudy bauble which they're in the mood.  Trout have more refined taste."   Le Ann Schreiber in "Fly Fishing Stories By Women"   Rick