On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:08:10 +0100, "Flycatcher"
wrote:

" Yeah, but the public can walk right in. Eventually, they, too, can be
part of the private party. If they care to, after observing it... "

I see! - not sure if I want to do too much politics though . Life's too
short and there's enough crap out there without the need for me to go
looking for/creating ill feeling here as well (imho).

You don't even have to read the political threads, much less
participate in them. Killfile the whole thread once you realize where
it's headed.

re. starting off spinning, ditto - I used to take hundreds of trout (quite
literally - 117 on one occasion!)on a little black and gold abu toby. I
created a fly based upon it, but Brian (the fishery owner)wouldn't let me
use it :-

http://www.harelaw.net/johnstobyfly.htm .

I'm not sure it would have casted too well anyway.

Snicker. You'd probably want to use a bait chucker with that thing.
How big is it?

By the way, what's a clave?

Conclave. Meet people, drive around, fish various spots. Camping or
hoteling / moteling. Evening gatherings where people talk about their
day. The two biggest are the Penn's Creek one in May and the out west
one in June or July. There are some small ones and people just
meeting up to fish for a day. I think the biggest one I attended
(from this group, the Wisconsin Fly Fishing Board has them, too) was
about 5, though I picked up a stranger in the campground who joined us
for a day. There's nothing like a rod with a fly line leaning against
your picnic table to attract any other fly fishermen around.


Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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