Jim I think you have a point there.
Talking about playing it over and over, I find myself sometimes thinking (or at least imagining) about how I'll catch the next fish. Without going into the detail of my successes (or not) it usually happens the way I imagined it, eventually. Mind over fish? David ----- Original Message ----- From: "J&A Burbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Catch and release. > David, > I think that the reason we remember the LDRs so well is because we play > them over and over again in our mind to figure out how not to lose it the > next time we are presented with the same situation (which never happens > quite the same). > > Just my thoughts > > Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Colyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Catch and release. > > > > Steve > > > > Sometimes those LDR (long distance releases) ARE better than landing the > > fish. Not often, but sometimes. > > It's very much a matter of the memory growing with the re-telling. Funny > how > > we seem to remember the ones that got away, far better and in more detail > > than the fishes we landed. Wonder how that works? > > > > We are waiting for the weather to stabilise in these parts. Cold fronts > have > > been pushing through like a herd of cats. Just heard that the Drakesburg > had > > snow again this morning and we are due for a 1-2 degree (Centigrade) week > > again, after a super weekend, I took my daughters out for a bit of stockie > > bashing (they are 5 and 6 yrs old). > > > > Come on the spring. > > > > Bye for now > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:09 PM > > Subject: [VFB] Catch and release. > > > > > > 2nd attempt > > > > > > I went out to lake Perris on Friday morning, > > At about 6:30 AM it was still a bright Sunday, > > And out of now where a thick fog moved in > > you couldn't see your hand in from of you face. > > > > You could but you know what I mean. > > I was so beautiful; it was kind-of eerie to say the least. > > I had fished with SoCalfeff in Sail Cove next to the dam, > > I didn't do as well as I thought I should have as it gets a lot of > pressure. > > Excuses every body's got one. > > So this time I kicked my float tube down along the dam, metering fish as I > > went. > > I was picking up a few here and there but nothing of size one ponders > > I was over half way a mile or two and it must have been 10 or 11 AM buy > now, > > > > So it is time to head back. > > The fog had burned off and I still wasn't fooling any Bass. > > I had tried most of my bass flies. > > And couldn't find one they liked. > > I turned the corned by the last buoy and was headed in, when out of now > > where a giant Bass > > Hit my new muddler I got in the Bass fly swap. > > the bass danced on the water then ran for deep cover of the thick aquatic > > plants > > so I pulled as hard as I could without busing my fly rod or tippet, > > the bass then came two feet out of the water nearly gave me a > heart-a-tack. > > I would say he was ten pounds, about two feet long, ok a foot and half. > > He spat my hook; > > > > I stayed until dark trying to catch him. > > Picked up a few small bass and a few Blue Gills, > > > > I think they way it happened was better than catching him > > something so beautiful shouldn't be handled. > > > > Ya that's it, > > > > No wait I hit the release button on my fly Rod, > > Because I practice Catch and release. > > That's my story and I am sticking to it. > > > > > > Steve Clark > > Moreno Valley, Ca. > > http://www.deepcreekflyfishers.org/ > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > E-mail Disclaimer and Company Information > > > > http://www.absa.co.za/ABSA/EMail_Disclaimer > > > > > > ______________________________________________ E-mail Disclaimer and Company Information http://www.absa.co.za/ABSA/EMail_Disclaimer
