Just missed you Don. Went and did some IOFF swap flies instead. later, mark
From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [VFB] Anyone up for a chat? Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:50:08 -0600
I'll give it to 11:00pm my time -Mountain- and then call it a night.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Bombardier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Foul-hooked monster fish
> You'll probably be hearing from the Hemingway estate
> about a plagiarism suit....
>
> Mark Delaney
>
> --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What...no come-backs?
> >
> > The 'Quinn'-tisential fish-story and it baited no
> > one?
> >
> > Dr. D
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:19 AM
> > Subject: [VFB] Foul-hooked monster fish
> >
> >
> > > Funny you should ask...
> > >
> > > I caught a 65 pound (est.) brown trout,
> > foul-hooked on a fly. It took 3
> > > days to finally land him. It towed my
> > pontoon-boat all around the lake.
> > > While I was playing him, he had been attacked by a
> > school of killer
> > > orca-chubs (those little black ones with the white
> > markings). They had
> > > eaten away parts of him, which helped to wear him
> > down. I had to lash him
> > > to the side of my pontoon-boat and paddle my way
> > back to camp, constantly
> > > fighting off vicious chub attacks with my paddle.
> > By the time I got back
> > to
> > > camp, just the head and back-bone/tail were left,
> > so we had to estimate
> > the
> > > weight. So no record, mount, or dinner.
> > >
> > > Dontiago
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:08 AM
> > > Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY - FOR REAL THIS
> > TIME !!
> > >
> > >
> > > > Okay, gang. I've about worn everybody out with
> > the "You Might be a
> > > > Redneck" stuff, so I won't be sending anymore of
> > it. However, for you
> > > > diehard rednecks on the lists, I still have
> > nearly 300 more "you might
> > > > be a" that I'll be glad to send to you OFF
> > LIST. Just let me know OFF
> > > > LIST.
> > > >
> > > > Now for today's quote. Actually, it isn't a
> > quote, but a couple of
> > > > questions.
> > > >
> > > > If you foul hooked a 30 pound brown that had
> > just taken a swipe at your
> > > > fly, and was lucky enough to beach it, would you
> > have it mounted? When
> > > > you told your friends, would you neglect to say
> > that it was foul hooked?
> > > > Would you have your photo made with it? Just
> > so you won't feel bad
> > > > for even considering getting your fish mounted,
> > I'll admit that I would
> > > > certainly have mine mounted. And I wouldn't be
> > ashamed of it either.
> > > >
> > > > Hey, I know this probably wouldn't happen, cause
> > it would be harder than
> > > > H*** to land a 40 pound foul hooked brown anyway
> > with a regular trout
> > > > rod and trout tippet. It'd be like trying to
> > drag a refrigerator in.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tomorrow, I will return with Regular fishing
> > quotes.
> > > >
> > > > Have a Great Day !
> > > >
> > > > JIMMY D
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> *******************************************************************
> > > > Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA,
> > TF&G Contributor, GRTU
> > Past
> > > VP. Past Pres. McGregor Rotary. Freelance Outdoor
> > writer, humorist,
> > > half-assed Texan and collector of classic bamboo
> > fly rods and classic golf
> > > clubs
> > > >
> > > > Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting
> > Club", �
> > > >
> > > > JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website:
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html
> > > >
> > > > RAYADO CLASSIC GOLF: Classic Golf Clubs for the
> > discerning collector
> > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> ********************************************************************
> > > > "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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