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An epiphany on the road to Whitemans

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:07:57 -0400, Peter Charles
wrote:

You ****in' pussy! It's MY custom to go stark nekkid, with no gear
whatsoever. I use my large, always-rock-hard dick as a flyrod,

Ya, but I hear that you're only interested in suckers . . .

Peter

Naw...but I DO catch my share of suckers...hell, some, like the Masked
Man from Ketchum, Jr. just jump in the boat...

Brian K.
BTW...anyone else wonder where Ernestine keeps his cape when astream a
la mode Wonder Woman...

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"Peter Charles" wrote...
. . . but it *does* seem a bit odd that such a gear whore can also be a
minister
of the minimalist approach. :)

Well, if you saw the Diamondback Classic Trout . . .

Isn't that a SWEET rod?! I picked one up from Walt when they were on sale and am
really glad I did.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 01:01:15 GMT, "Tim J."
wrote:

"Peter Charles" wrote...
. . . but it *does* seem a bit odd that such a gear whore can also be a
minister
of the minimalist approach. :)

Well, if you saw the Diamondback Classic Trout . . .

Isn't that a SWEET rod?! I picked one up from Walt when they were on sale and am
really glad I did.

Well, I came by mine sorta the same way, via uncle Wally, only he
didn't wanna give it up, and the Pirate had to concoct that story of
Waldo hitting his face on the wall, and well, I did pay for it 'n'
all. Waldo still sells me stuff though . . .

Nice guy that Waldo . . . even when he bitches about me havin' his
favourite rod . . . I don't tell him how many fish In catch with it
though . . . that'll be puttin' salt into all those wounds. They
should be healed by now, you'd think . . . I now make it a policy to
use only dressed lumber in rod purchase negotiations. . . bark makes
for some really nasty looking scabs . . .

Peter

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Every time I have had an epiphany, I soon got a come-uppence. Just when I
thought I had things figured out, whammo the trout prove me wrong again. So,
after 50 years of flyfishing, I just take the good times with bad and enjoy
it all, cause the bad aren't bad at all. But, I have taken a minimalist
approach to the number of flies I carry. I'm a firm believer in general
shape and size with proper presentation. I carry goddard and elk-hair
caddis, a "gray thing" dry fly (similar to an adams) all in sizes 14-20 and
a few midge flies (mostly my own designs) in 22-26. I don't always get
them, but rarely is anyone else either, when I'm not.

Gene

"Peter Charles" wrote in message
om...
A fishing life offers all sorts of opportunities for mini-epiphanies
and I've recently tripped over one that's worth mentioning.

"Why do we fish?" For all of us, it's more than just catching fish,
but the "catching" is always required somewhere in the mix. The
social aspects plus the opportunity to innovate has always been much
higher than "catching", on my priority list. As is obvious with such
priorities, my "catching" suffers. Frankly, I don't put nearly as
much effort into it as I should. But when I ask this hard question
again, am I ordering my priorities this way because they suit me or in
part because I don't want to make the effort to move beyond an average
level of "catching"? In other words, am I hiding behind my priorities
to save myself the bother of doing the "catching" right?

Enter the minimalist angler as a highly effective angler. I've always
loaded myself up with bulging vest, stuffed pockets, spare spools,
spare rods in the car, all precautions against not having the right
thing to satisfy picky trout. But this load of gear is really a
recognition that I haven't taken the time, haven't made the effort to
know what I'm doing. I have burdened myself physically with armloads
of gear to avoid having to take on the mental burden of selecting just
what is necessary and no more -- to avoid having to know what I'm
doing.

So here I am on Whitemans, wet wading, one small fly box, one spool of
tippet, one rod, one reel, and thinking about what I am actually doing
instead of just chucking the contents of multiple flyboxes at
unimpressed fish. Before I left the house, I had decided where I
would fish using the right bug for that water, time of day, and at
that point in the season. Bingo, epiphany time. By forcing a
minimalist approach, I have to really know what I'm doing as there's
no margin for error. I've stripped away the excuses, the multiple
flybox crutches, and faced the fish armed with a handful of flies and
my wits. Stripped of the superfluous gear, I'm reading water,
examining bugs, search bankside bushes, catching fish, and in the
process, discover that there's an amazing mental clarity to the
minimalist approach.

Is it more fun? You betchya.

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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 02:36:27 GMT, "Gene Cottrell"
wrote:

Every time I have had an epiphany, I soon got a come-uppence. Just when I
thought I had things figured out, whammo the trout prove me wrong again. So,
after 50 years of flyfishing, I just take the good times with bad and enjoy
it all, cause the bad aren't bad at all. But, I have taken a minimalist
approach to the number of flies I carry. I'm a firm believer in general
shape and size with proper presentation. I carry goddard and elk-hair
caddis, a "gray thing" dry fly (similar to an adams) all in sizes 14-20 and
a few midge flies (mostly my own designs) in 22-26. I don't always get
them, but rarely is anyone else either, when I'm not.

Gene

No illusiopns, no illusions at all. I figure if I get it right more
than half the time, I'm doin' OK.

Peter

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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:21:10 -0600, rw
wrote:

You ****in' pussy! It's MY custom to go stark nekkid, with no gear
whatsoever.

That's an unwise choice, because you need some clothes to cover up your
tiny little pecker and your bitch tits.

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