" Once upon a time fishermen used to tie flies in winter to pass the time and help preserve a smidgin of sanity between seasons, but today more and more of them write books. And as this curious literary trend continues, all across the land I envision more and more littered tying benches being turned into writing desks as more and more of Mr. Mustad's hooks are foresaken for books. Things have reached such a pretty pass, my runners inform me, that some old tyers who turned from the dangling thread to the dangling participle have even stooped to buying their own flies. " (NOT ON THE VFB THEY HAVEN'T !)
Robert Traver Trout Magic (1974)
-- ======================================================== Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.)
Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", � http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html
Humorist, half-assed poet, and sometimes red-neck Texan.
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"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]
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