"But if the salmon and trout must be classified as elite in this
mythical social structure then let the black bass be given permanent
status as the working class of American gamefish. He's tough and he
knows it. He's a bass sax grumbling get-down blues in the bayou. He's a
factory worker, truck driver, wild catter, lumberjack, barroom bouncer,
dock walloper, migrant farmhand, and bear wrassler. And if it's a fight
you're looking for, he'll oblige anytime, anywhere. Whether it's a
backwater at noon, a swamp at midnight, or dockside at dawn, he'll be
there waiting. He's a fierce-eyed, foul-mouthed, tobacco chewing
redneck who has traveled to every corner of the nation, paying his way
and giving no quarter."
Pat Smith
"Old Iron Jaw"
Lamar Underwood's Bass Almanac (1979)
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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, 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/
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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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