Great quote, Jimmy... Almost a philosophical debate on this board :)
7am at Bear Canyon Lake this summer, as the trail from the parking lot hit the water, right there... no extra effort applied.. sits a fisherman with his cooler, lawn chair, and 6 trout(so far) on a "Gold Cast Master" (or something like that) ... So as I hike along another half mile to my favorite (isolated) spot, I'm thinking... "geez... I haven't caught a thing yet, and this is my 4th day, if I had a 'Gold Cast Master', maybe I could catch some fish too". Then that morning I took back 2, and one was not a stocker... and both on flies I tied :) The next day was 3! The fun of catching a single fish on 4-lb test with a fly you tied less than 12 hours ago beats six fish on a Gold Cast Master any day in my book! And yes, when my father introduced me to fishing it was worms and minnows and crawdads... but that was a different kind of fishing, as we all know... As the first real fly-fisherman I ever met told me... "I suppose I could catch fish with bait, but why would I want to?" -Dave On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:05:46 -0600, Jimmy D. Moore wrote: >�" But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! �To >�fail with a fly is no disgrace: �your art may have been impeccable, >�your patience faultless to the end. �But the philosophy of worm- >�fishing is that of results, of having something tangible in your >�basket when the day's work is done." > >�Bliss Perry >�Fishing With A Worm (1904) > >�P.S. �How many of you have fished with a worm. �Come on now Fess up! >�! >�I have! >�-- ======================================================== Jimmy >�D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.) Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS >�Fishing &�Hunting Club", � >�http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/inde >�x.html Humorist, half-assed poet, and sometimes red-neck Texan. **** >�**************************************************************** >�"Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly >�fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL >�Quarterback." Jimmy D. Moore - ��[2004] >�========================================================
