lol so to become a better fly fisherman with my grandfathers hardy rod i just need to use it more and i will become better with the rod as it will become better for me.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:26 AM To: *Hill Country Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY "Right here, may I inject a thought that may prevent the ruination of a good rod -- perhaps the loss of a treasured friendship at the same time. Many anglers, to be good fellows, loan their fly-fishing equipment to a friend. When this friend returns it after two or three weeks of use, the owner finds the rod just does not feel the same. So the friend is blamed for giving the rod improper use and thereby ruining it. He is generally right, too! However, both owner and friend are equally to blame. No man should ask the loan of another's fishing tackle, and no owner should grant the use of his equipment to anyone, no matter how close he may be as a friend. Why? Here we come back to "balance" again! Because of the difference in physical characteristics between individuals each and every angler exerts the pressure needed in casting in a different way. And this difference in leverage means that the rod action, or strain on the rod, whichever you call it, occurs in a different place on a rod. Therefore, when some man other than the owner uses it for a length of time he forces a "stress" at a different place on the rod and a change in action through the weakening of the bamboo cells at a new place." "With Fly, Plug and Bait" by Ray Bergman (1947 Morrow) quoting from a letter by Arthur Low -- Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html www.sportingtales.com This is the website of Sporting Tales magazine - No "how-to OR "where-to"! Just the "Why-to", with outstanding campfire type stories about hunting and fishing.
