Exactly! I love the way you said that, Preston! Richard Embry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Preston Singletary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Washington Fly fishers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:46 PM Subject: Estuary question > I think the answer to "What stage of the tide is best to fish?", is > "Whatever the stage of the tide happens to be when you're there." Some > beaches fish best on an incoming tide, some over the high slack, some over > the low slack and some on the outgoing. I realize those are pretty broad > statements and that, on the whole, most of the beaches, most of the time, > will fish best on an incoming tide. Why all the qualifiers? Because I've > caught many cutts, coho, and even the odd blackmouth at what would be > considered the least propitious stage of the tide, at the worst time of the > day, and in bright, sunny weather. If you wait for just the right tide or > just the right river levels, you'll spend an awful lot of time not fishing. > Don't ever forget that the best time to go fishing is whenever you can. > Life's far too short to adopt any other sort of philosophy. > >
