OMG, Jimi... you're killing me... ROFLMAO.... Got me laughing so hard I couldn't see straight...
Rodney... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Swimming Jimmy > Todd Since Jimmy D and Don O wont fess up, here is the story (...;-0...) > behind the "Swimming Jimmy" fly. > > You see it was like this, > On a dark windy knight, (after being skunked all day), Jimmy D was > working on some Muddler Minnows in the cabin, near the south fork of the > west branch of the middle river feeding the Mississippi along the Chata > hoocie drainage. Buggs snuck in and slipped a few "Mickies" into Jimmy's > drink. After a while Jimmy D was using anything he could to tie these > muddlers, including Don O's beard. > Well, the next morning they hit the river, Buggs and Veronica leading, > Jimmy D in a stupor and Don O bringing up the rear. Jimmy D was slaying all > the fish in the river, small mouth, large mouth, speckled trout, sturgeon, > catfish, crappie, blue gill, orka's you name it they were hitting Jimmy D's > fly, ( the "special" muddler). > Don O got so discussed that he snucked up on Jimmy D. Just as Jimmy made > a world class cast up stream, Dr. D "Pushed", (so the story goes), Don O and > he half kicked- Punted Jimmy D for the extra point. At the same time the > fight started. > You see, when the fly hit the water, just before the "Push", "Mega-Fin, > (the blue cat/ sturgeon/ humpback), sucked in Jimmy D's fly. It yanked him > into the water as if he was on roller skates. Buggs pushed Dr. D inn and > Veronica was screaming. Don O only smiled and poored himself another Hybrid > scotch with Habinarero twist. > Well, Ol Jimmy D fight that humpback cat all the way down the > Mississippi to the Cuban coast. The Coast Guard saw him skiing like a pro > through hurricane Fernando, jumping 80 foot waves, with his wading staff > dangling behind him, (hence the term "Storm Chaser" was born). > President Taft demanded that the Guard rescue such a brave individual, > so they tried. 3 Weeks later, with a carrier task forfe they finely got > Jimmy D on a fast frigate. He was still fighting ol "Humpy". > Just off the coast of Newfoundland he landed the beast. But, it san the > aircraft carrier and half the fleet. The only photo showed him with a broken > rod, floating on a piece of driftwood in the bearing straights, old Humpy > got away. > After 3 years and countless miles, Don OF still denies that Bugs pushed > him in, stating that "Jimmy DO wanted to "Swim with the turtles"". Likely > story. > Jimmy was so tired and bewildered that when President Nixon ask him what > fly he was using he could only give a web site, > http://www.theflyshop.com/29.htm that's all he could say. > > Believe it or not, that is the story that Dr. Demento told me over cld brews > on the west bank. > > Harvey, (the Invisible Rabbit). > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/115 - Release Date: 9/29/05 >
