"The truth is that live-bait fishing has a long and noble history. Live
bait was totally unknown to the early caveman, who had to make do with a
rather limited assortment of dry flies, nymphs, and a few streamers. One
day, whether out of exasperation or simple impatience, a caveman made a
backcast with a gray hackle he had not bothered to remove from a sage
hen. Instantly, it was taken by a brontosaurus. The caveman was elated
by his discovery, even though it was several centuries before anyone
learned how to take the brontosaurus off the hook." :-P
Patrick McManus "They Shoot Canoes Don't They"
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Jimmy D's Fly Fishing site http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/
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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 - 2003
"I knew my tippet was too large when the willow tree I hooked on my back cast came
flying over my head."
Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004]
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