Now I feel better about all those times I lost a fish, was skunked, got one close only to have him flip away. I thought I caught a glimpse of a smirk on several occasions. It is now confirmed. They were just playing me.
Mike On 8/24/07, Jimmy D. Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PC's & Mac's, be damned. Let's talk fishing! > > HOW SMART IS A TROUT ? A satire on brain power of a Trout By JIMMY D. > MOORE > > I used to think I really knew a lot about trout, but the more I fish, > the more I realize that trout know a lot more about me than I do them. > If you disagree with that then tell me this: How come you don t catch a > bunch of them every time you go out? > > I think the intelligence quotient of a trout compared to ours is a lot > closer than biologist think. They are always talking about the tiny > brain of the trout. Fish Biologists tell us that with a brain that small > a trout does most things by instinct and if they learn anything at all, > it takes repetitive action and even then, it only stays with them a > short time. > > I totally disagree. Take the average trout of 12 and his brain. A > twelve inch trout will do good to weigh a half a pound 8 oz. Take the > average fly fisherman at 5 feet 11 inches (71 ) and weighing around 185 > pounds ( 2960 oz. ) > > Dividing 12 inches into 71 inches tells us that the average fly fisher > is 5.9 times as long as the trout. Dividing the ½ pound, (8 oz), into > the 185 pounds, (2960 oz), tells us that the average fly fisher is 370 > times heavier than the average trout. > > Going farther, a trout s brain weighs somewhere around 1 ounce. The > brain of the average fly fisherman weighs somewhere around 3 pounds or > 48 ounces. Dividing 1 ounce into 48 ounces tells us that our brain is 48 > times as heavy as that of a trout. > > Now, using the formula below, which I invented, not Don Ordes, and which > is assuredly better than any formula a biologist could come up with, I > developed a very precise Smartness Scale. > NOTE: I use the same three variables in my formula for both the average > Trout and Fly Fisher. > > For Trout intelligence compared to that of a Fly Fisher, I offer the > scientific results below: > > Length X Brain Weight % by Body Weight = Smartness Scale Number > > Trout - 12 X 1 oz % by 8 oz = 1.50 > > Average fly fisher - 71 X 48 oz % by 2960 oz = 1.15 > > 1.50 1.15 = .35 points higher for the Trout. > > With the resultant .35 advantage on the Smartness Scale, for TROUT, it > appears that trout are a smarter than us. I agree wholeheartedly because > they usually fool the hell out of me at least 90 % of the time. > > You can argue all you want, but with the small size and weight of a > trout, it doesn t require a large brain to be smarter than the average > fly fisher. Heaven forbid a 12 trout ever developing a 3 pound brain. > > > > > > >
