Is Don a "Prophet who MAKES a Profit"????? ROFL, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:02 AM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY
> As I return to doing the daily fishing quote for the fly fishing lists, > I want to thank Rick Zieger for the great job he did during my absence. > He included several days worth of instructional quotes, which all of us > who fish for the elusive trout can certainly use. My last few weeks > have been "harried" to say the least, but the birth of two new > grandaughters in a period of three days certainly replenished my psyche. > My first few quotes will be from Steelhead Fly Fishing by Trey Combs. > These come from his delightful book that was given to me by none other > than our resident "profit" and "chief inventor" Don Ordes. Thanks > again, Don for some very informative and enjoyable reading. TODAY"S > quote is below and comes from the book > > Good to be Back. > > JIMMY D > > "I hold the steelhead as firmly as I dare, a hand around the wrist of > her tail, my fingers, stiff with cold, free the Winter Orange of its > hold. Thickly silvered gill plates rise and fall as she gasps and > flushes the faint currents. Plainly, she is stressed, but shock does > not cloud her brilliance. I judge that in a minute her recovery will be > complete, and her focus will turn to escape. To restrain her then would > be a threat to her survival. I must hurry about my business as I wonder > where this beautiful fish has been during her wanderings from fresh to > salt water and then back again." > > Trey Combs > Steelhead Fly Fishing > Lyons & Burford > > -- > ******************************************************************* > 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] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > >
