RE: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

[mark romero]

Jimmy, as much as i love Sparse, i guess he never heard the one about "the 
cymbal doesn't make the drummer, the drummer makes the cymbal." The night 
that the Greatest Jazz Concert Ever was performed and recorded at Masey Hall 
in Toronto, Canada with Charlie Parker on alto, Dizzy Gillespi on trumpet, 
Max Roach on drums, Charlie Mingus on bass and Bud Powell on piano, "Bird" 
was playing a plastic alto. Not to mention, concertmasters don't play 
concertos, they lead the violin section of an orchestra. Concertos are left 
up to "special guest artist," even when it is, a violin concerto. mark.....

From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 08:39:30 -0600
"Alfred W. Miller, known to all as Sparse Grey Hackle, and known for the 
fine H.L. Leonard and Garrison split bamboo fly rods he fished, was not a 
fan of modern fly rod technology. Sparse, one fellow member joked recently 
at the Angler's Club, when are you going to fish fiberglass? The old man 
took a thoughtful swallow of straight Laphroaig, a special pot-still 
whiskey so strong it numbs the tongue. I'll fish fiberglass, Sparse 
muttered behind his steel rimmed spectacles, the morning after some 
concertmaster plays a concerto at Carnegie Hall on a plastic violin!"

- Ernest G. Schwiebert, "Trout" - 1975
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Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past 
VP. Past Pres. McGregor Rotary.  Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist and 
half-assed Texan.

Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", �  
http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html

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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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