Re: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

[DonO]

Jimmy, This is a great QFTD.  My best flies are ones I've tied from specimens, not recipes.  It's actually a lot of fun collecting specimens, photographing them (for living colors), and then carefully studying them and comparing the real insect to the previous imitations.  Once in a while, when I eat a trout or two, the stomach contents always go into a jar for later scrutiny.   Thanks, DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy D. Moore To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:03 AM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY Today's quote comes from the FFF pamphlet "An Introduction To Aquatic Insects" written by Marvin Nolte with drawings by Rod Walinchus, and edited by Judy Lehmberg.  I'll certainly remember and reflect on this when one of my flies I'm tying becomes a big wad of nothing. Have a Great Day! JIMMY  D "Most fly-dressers fail to make really good flies because they put too much stuff on the hook rather than too little.  Many of them, and this applies especially to the producers of London flies, have no knowledge of the living insect of which they are presumed to be making something of an imitation.  An exact imitation of a fly, as every old fly-fisher knows, is quite unneccessary; but those who aim to dress flies accurately should certainly take the trouble to examine the living insect on the water, and learn something of its life-history." T.E. Pritt North-Country Flies [1886] -- ======================================================== Jimmy D. Moore - Retired Scout Exec. - BSA FFW Moderator Contributor - Texas Fish & Game Magazine. Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS" � Click URL below 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." Jimmy D. Moore - � [2004] ========================================================