" When I first began trout fishing I carried a pocket fly-tying kit in
my jacket. Liz Greig had taught me how to tie "in the hand" and when a
fly came on the water that I couldn't match from my flybox, I'd whip out
the kit and with a fine dramatic flourish and cook up an imitation.
This monkey business impressed some of my more insouciant companions,
but the trout regarded it as sheer dam-foolishness, and gave most of my
ad-libbed creations the go-by. Now, in my dotage, I carry a reasonable
assortment of sizes and patterns in my flybox and I figure any trout
that doesn't like my selection can go patronize some other angler."
Ed Zern
"Take It Or Leave It"
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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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