"It has been said that one's true character is determined by what they
do when no one is watching them. What would you do if you'd thrown every
last fly in your fly box, including your complete assortment of hoppers,
at a big rainbow to no avail? Then you see a juicy grasshopper jump off the
bank, only to be immediately inhaled by a big bow. Then several more hoppers
land on your arms and began crawling all over you. What would you do? Stand
there like an idiot, while muttering to yourself, "I don't use live bait",
or would you grab one of those naturals and impale it on a fresh hook from
your streamside kit? " No question what I'd do, and my character would not
be impuned, for I'd grab that grasshopper right off, no matter who was watching
me."
Jimmy D. Moore
"Character vs Catching" - 1999
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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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