"rb608" wrote in message
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message news:es9fdk$cj0
Don't get me wrong, I not one who catches fish every time I go out, I
really have to work at it, but I try to give myself the best opportunity
to catch a fish.

Like Tim, I'm in agreement with you all the way, except that I do enjoy a
good cigar from time to time. As for the approach (and I'm anything but a
great fisherman),

As one of my friends at the casting pond says, "We're always learning."
And enjoying the sport as well.

I am usually very patient and stealthy as you descibe.

Yes, I'm a firm believer that patients is the key in fly-fishing.

(and for that I owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Miller's company on
Wilson's Creek a while back.) Not only to scout out the river, but also
because all of the aspects of the experience are as valuable as the actual
fishing. I'm not there to catch fish, and I'm in no hurry to do so. I'm
there to go fishing, and the streamside observations and approach are part
of that; to be enjoyed, not rushed through. And frankly, if the trout
don't like the smell of a good Montecristo, it doesn't lessen my enjoyment
of either.
Joe F.

I have a friend who really gets ****ed when he doesn't catch fish. Sort of
ruins the whole trip if he's dwelling on it the whole time. Me, I could care
less, I'm still going to eat good. I don't mind how my friends fish, or what
they smoke, or how many fish they catch, or how big the fish is. I sort of
do my own thing and enjoy the sport.

I just met another angler at the Pleasanton show last week, found out we
live near by. We're going to hook up on the Yuba river next week if it isn't
blown out.
fwiw,
-tom