[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

[Jimmy D. Moore]

"Well over a century ago, the classic British chalk streams were fished with live insects on gossamer silk, wind-carried "blow lines". So, the trees were cut back from the riverbank a hundred feet or more to give the wind full, even sweep. Today, the typical chalk stream bank has only a low occasional bush behind which the angler must kneel for cover; hence the kneepad. And since the angler may have to wait hours for a rise to develop, and no tree handy against which to lean his rod, the removable or collapsible butt- spear enables him to stand his rod upright and safe on the turf. It is not intended, as some light-minded American types insist, to repel the charge of an infuriated trout."

Sparse Grey Hackle in "Great Fishing Catalogs of the Golden Age" (1972)

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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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