I agree. Jim Teeny is a great guy. My Friend Guided him in Alaska two years ago. He
was blown away at how far Jim Teeny could roll cast and how great a sportsmen he was.
I don't know what it is about the Teeny nymph. It's simple to tie, Fairly cheap
material, and most of all it catches fish.
Justin
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 06:40:25 -0800 jcrosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I got to know Jim Teeny very well marketing his products at Eddie Bauer.
>Money, that evil stuff, was the motivation for getting to know Jim. I found
>Jim to be an incredible outdoorsman. His level of understanding in a
>fishing, or hunting, situation is unsurpassed. Many of the fly fishing
>fraternity distain the man. They can't except his patenting a fly and
>accuse him of "lining" fish in certain situations. I have asked Jim about
>this and he admits it. He definately has marketed his products at holding
>pools for salmon and steelhead; terminal destinations not unlike Hoodsport
>that many fly anglers frequent. In these situations you will leader hook
>fish. If there is something to learn from his success, however, it is to
>understand why his Teeny nymphs work so well in certain situations. Often,
>in rivers, salmon become very spooky and will not accept big flies. Small
>flies often are much more successful in clear water, for instance, and
>heavily fished waters as well. Size is the big key, IMO Fly anglers often
>go to the gaudy, big marabous and never drop down in size. I was interested
>to see that a lot of the flies that Justin used were small. I often think
>of the success that Les Johnson had, years ago, fishing with Denny Hannah on
>the Umpqua for Kings. The key, as he reported to me, was to go small; they
>would not take a big fly. Jere
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Justin Teegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:26 PM
>Subject: Re: My first Client for silvers
>
>
>> hehe.....that makes you what?.....3'10"
>>
>> Hey Jim Teeny is only like 5'...I saw him at the outdoor show over here
>and I realized why all his fish look so dang huge.
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:17:13 -0700 flyfisharker
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Come on Justin, I know you are lucky to reach 5'6"! Hee Hee Hee!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Justin Teegarden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:13 AM
>> >Subject: My first Client for silvers
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Well, Word of mouth travels pretty fast I guess. I took a CPA and a
>401k
>> >pension expert out on the water today to take a couple Silvers before I
>go
>> >to Canada. The only problem was, as Jere explained with one of his
>clients,
>> >one guy wasn't able to cast more than about 30 feet. The other guy
>could.
>> >We arrived at about 7:00 AM. At 7:10 fish on, and I lost him. 7:30 fish
>> >on, I gave the rod to one of them and he fought it for about 15 minutes
>and
>> >pulled in a nice 10 or so pound silver. ok forget the time. Next fish I
>> >handed him the rod and he tried to horse him in a little, and my 8 pound
>> >flourocarbon, "ping", By this time, the guy who could cast has hooked up
>> >with a nice fish and lands him. ok well you get the idea. We broke off
>> >and lost 6-7 fish. They took home 3. We would of stayed but they had
>> >appointments at 1:00 so by 11:00 they were wanting to go. I took some
>great
>> >pictures and am posting them now as we speak of just a couple I caught
>> >earlier this week. Fish !
>> >> are getting darker now and I assume the fishing will be ok to fair at
>> >months end.
>> >>
>> >> Keep in Mind when you see the pictures that I am 6'6" tall.
>> >>
>> >> Justin
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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