That's a classic Tony. Hope you smacked him, lmao. mark.....
From: Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] now fishing QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:57:07 -0600
Let me tell you a story about this.
I took a friend up to the C&R area at the Dam. He is a person that has everything done right.
We suited up and when he went to tie on a fly, he found that he had no fly boxes with him.
I dug deep in my vest where there had been no sunlight for a long time, pulled out a box that had not been opened for at least a year. Luther asked "what fly should I use". I picked out a "dirty yellow" looking fly of about a size 14 I think, and handed it to him. I really don't remember what it looked like. I placed Luther on a run and headed to a little cove I like to fish up there.
Luther was a beginning trout fly fisherman. He had been flyfishing for bass and brim when he lived in Florida. Before I got to my spot, he had a fish on. When I got to my spot, he had another one on. I tied on a Sowbug but was not doing well on it while Luther was catching several trout. I yelled back to him "don't loose that fly" I need it for a pattern.
I will cut it short here, when we were ready to leave, Luther had C&R 22 trout. I had only caught 4.
As I got to where Luther was, he started to wade towards me dragging the fly behind him as he was reeling in.
Well you guessed it, he had a hit that broke off the fly. To this day I have not been able to really remember for sure the size or how it was tied. I do remember it was kind of a dirty yellow color. That was two years ago.
Tony
mark romero wrote:
With your back turned, preparing to leave the water, but with a fly still dangling behind you. Has happened to me a few times. mark
From: Jeff Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:28:45 -0800 (PST)
My personal favorite is to put a really gnarly birdsnest in my leader and while trying to pick it out have the fish hit the fly dangling in the water near my feet. Gets the skunk off every time. The trick is to get proficient at creating the birdsnest.
--- "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A FISHERMAN'S PHILOSOPHY > > A sure way to get a bite on a slow day is: > Talk about changing spots > Prepare another rod while one is out > Lay your rod down unsecured > Go for a sandwich > Start to pull the boat anchor > Use the worst fly you own > Crack open your first beer > Crack open your last beer > Take notice of the chick on a passing boat, bank or > beach > Watch others fishing > Start reeling in your lines at going home time > Give your fishing rod to a female companion or child > to hold > When your landing net is out of reach > When you have cast your line over an obstruction > When you line has drifted into impossible weeds > When you turn to look at the sunrise or sunset > When your wife calls you on the cell phone > Decide that you need to take a WHIZ ! > > UNKNOWN - I'M SURE YOUR COULD ADD TO THIS LIST. :-P > > -- > ******************************************************************* > 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
> > ******************************************************************** > "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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