[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

[Jimmy D. Moore]

"As to glass or bamboo, I have always preferred bamboo over glass and am still considered a holdout. True, I've fished with many glass rods that I've designed myself for the manufacturers, so one would think that I've arrived at the perfect rod at least for myself. This is not the case. When I think of glass, I unconsciously begin to push hard and slash at the water, fighting the elements. Bamboo, on the other hand, sets me calm and quiet, and I find that if I "feel" the rod and almost go along with what it wants to do with the particular rig that I have attached to the line at the moment, my efforts are more than rewarded." 

"Tactics on Trout" by Ray Ovington (1969 - Knopf)

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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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