" Choose your fly fishing friends wisely. They can have an effect on
how many and the size of trout you catch. Fly fishers who spend a lot
of time fishing together will unconciously adopt some of the other's
mannerisms, choice of flies and casting techniques, etc. over time.
Surrounding yourself with great fly fishers who catch a lot of trout
will help you catch more and larger trout. However, does that mean that
while you, as the poorer angler improve your fishing prowess, the better
angler's prowess deterioates? Could it be that as your fishing improves
and your friend's deterioriates, he reaches a point where his fishing
begins to improve by watching you the better angler. If this is the
case, somewhere along the line, both of you will become great anglers.
BUT, if both of you were piss poor anglers to begin with . . . . "
JIMMY D. MOORE
Character vs Catching (1998)
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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
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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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