[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

[Jimmy D. Moore]

"There are days and hours when the wet fly has not a chance against the 
dry fly, and there are days and hours when the dry fly has not a chance 
at the wet fly."

G.E.M. Skues (1858-1949)  
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George Edward MacKenzie Skues was, without any doubt, one of the greatest trout fishermen that ever lived. His achievement was the invention of fly fishing with the nymph, a discovery that put a full stop to half a century of stagnation in wet fly fishing for trout, and formed the bedrock for modern sunk fly fishing. Skues' achievement was not without controversy, and provoked what was perhaps the most bitter dispute in fly fishing history, between himself and F.M. Halford who was a dry fly fanatic. 

An interesting note is that the controversy between lovers of the wet and dry flies continues.



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Jimmy D. Moore - Retired Scout Executive, BSA,  Moderator Fly Fishing 
World Email List,Member VFB, HCFF, GRTU, FFF,NAFC - Life Member. 
Contributor - Texas Fish & Game Magazine. Outdoor Humor Writer. 
Author of "MOON HOLLER MISFITS" Click URL for info.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html

"Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a 
fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to a Quarterback."
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