"Walking back to his car he met a party of three local fishermen, all
over eight feet tall ( he claimed ), who asked him what luck. He showed
them the five keepers, and they asked what kind of bait he had taken
them on. When he showed them the tiny fly they became moody, and one of
them picked him up by the scruff of the neck and threatened him with
multiple contusions. ' In these parts, stranger,' the petulent
westerner said, 'When a man asks us what we caught our fish on, we don't
try to kid him. Now git.' My friend got, but before he could reach the
car he ran into another party, who looked equally large and choleric.
They asked to see his basket, and after admiring the trout, asked what
he had caught them on. 'A great big glob of salmon eggs, ' said my
friend, and while the tall-timber boys were digging their salmon-egg
jars out of their packs, he snuck off to his car and drove back to the
city like a bat out of hell."
ED ZERN - From A to Zern.
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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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