Mine aren't all related to fishing.
One is, check your pocket for the car keys before you lock the door.
Two, don't get too far from your rifle while deer hunting (related to nature calls)
Three, check your hookpoint everytime you "tick" it on a rock or log.
Four, make sure your fishing partner doesn't snore louder than you do.
Five, move slow while dining to give your partner time to pick up the check.
Bill Warner
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:51 PM
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> Subject: Each day on the water yields new lessons
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> I have fly fished for 26 of my 33 years yet I still learn or re-learn new things
>almost everytime I am on the water. During a recent trip to the St. Joe I had two
>lessons really get hammered home and thought I would share them in hopes that others
>would also add their favorite fishing lessons for all of us to share.
>
> My father in law was working downstream in front of me and was having only minor
>success. I came into the hole behind him and worked farther out and across the river
>to cover more water. I had on a Stimulator and he had on an Elk Hair Caddis. Both
>were fine patterns for this river. He stopped to work a hole for a bit and I took
>two nice cutts out of the top of it. I worked in toward shore and came to join him.
>He had been working a spot between two rocks for about 15 casts. On my second cast
>through with a Stimulator, I caught a fish right in front of him. Next cast produced
>the same results. I gave him a stimulator and for the next 30 minutes we took fish
>or had a strike almost every cast. Lesson: Just because good cover looks dead
>doesn't mean it is. Try various patterns before you move on.
>
> The second lesso is one I am guilty of all the time. As the day wore on I found my
>attention starting to wander a bit. Especially on the first cast or two in a new
>hole. Now I know this is the time that you are most likely to get a strike so I have
>no idea why I let myself cast without being ready and focused but I missed the same
>nice cutt twice. Going down stream AND coming back up. The trip back up was more of
>a case of having too much slack in my line but it was still a mental error because I
>was not ready to catch a fish. Lesson learned: Never cast until you are focused,
>your gear is in good shape and you have an idea how you are going to fight a fish in
>that area should you get one on.
>
> So what are your favorite lessons?
>
> Mike
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