Here's a suggestion for a survey (please participate!)
Just jott down your own list of Bests for the 2003 season.
Mine would be:
BEST OF 2003
new fly discovery: McCarty's GT (General Terrestrial)
new flytying material: bronze or imitation pheasant tail lite brite
flyfishing connected experience: light plane flight over Trinity Alps, Marble and Salmon Mountains in n. California
misc: participation for the first year in VFB and Westfly.com Oregon forums
gear buy: new 8-9wt Ozuma ML magnesium wide arbor reel off eBay at $65
goal: participate in a tying expo this coming year
other possibilities: biggest (or most memorable) fish: most memorable fishing day and place: most valuable ff lesson learned: new and helpful flytying tool: most helpful ff or flytying publication/book: favorite new CD to tye to:
and so on...
I won't have time to compile these ala Jimmy D., but for those participating and the VFB list, the answers and tips should be entertaining and helpful.
Wes Wada Bend, Oregon
B"If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music in which he hears, however measured, or far away."
~ Henry David Thoreau
