Motivation

Why post here at all? What price good, or even bad advice?
some do it for their egos, and some do it just because it´s nice.
One´s fellow anglers, beginner, quite advanced, some young, some old,
may be most grateful for the tip you give, may save frustration and expense
untold.
"But which advice to take?", you ask, I fear I can not really say,
some may be good, some may be bad, some may even work upon the day,
when almost skunked, despite your store of knowledge and fine skills,
you try some thing you heard on here, and lo, a goodly trout it kills.
Which line should you use then, which rod? Which reel, Which fly?
Only you can really know at last, what gear and patterns you must try.
You may of course ignore advice, and simply do the things you feel are
right,
this works as well, sometime sooner sometimes later, and may redress your
fishless plight.
advice is good, and so are books and dreams, and even longing hopeful
wishing,
but it really is quite easy to succeed, all you need to do, is go and do
some fishing.

TL
MC

Mike Connor wrote:

Why post here at all? What price good, or even bad advice?
snip

Kudos to you, Mr. Connor, for an enjoyable piece of prose doggerel.
And the moral of the story is right as rain, nobody has ever learned
to fly fish, or appreciate the difference between a weight forward
and a double taper, by reading a newsgroup.

--
Ken Fortenberry - (insert Nike ad here ;-)

"Ken Fortenberry" schrieb im
Newsbeitrag .. .
SNIP
Kudos to you, Mr. Connor, for an enjoyable piece of prose doggerel.
And the moral of the story is right as rain, nobody has ever learned
to fly fish, or appreciate the difference between a weight forward
and a double taper, by reading a newsgroup.

--
Ken Fortenberry - (insert Nike ad here ;-)


Why thank you sir!

TL
MC ( Adidas afficionado).

( Not really, I generally buy Woolworth´s best. This is because I am
basically a cheapskate!

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:01:49 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Mike Connor wrote:

Why post here at all? What price good, or even bad advice?
snip

Kudos to you, Mr. Connor, for an enjoyable piece of prose doggerel.
And the moral of the story is right as rain, nobody has ever learned
to fly fish, or appreciate the difference between a weight forward
and a double taper, by reading a newsgroup.


But by reading the newsgroup, I've managed to meet some of the other
posters in person. They've helped me learn a couple of things. Works
for me.
--

rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

Mike Connor wrote:

.......
"But which advice to take?", you ask, I fear I can not really say,
some may be good, some may be bad, some may even work upon the day,
......

Enjoyable.

On a related note,

http://www.westfly.com/feature/oldfe.../feature_2.htm

(see The First Two Never-Fail Rules)

JR

"JR" wrote in message ...
Mike Connor wrote:

.......
"But which advice to take?", you ask, I fear I can not really say,
some may be good, some may be bad, some may even work upon the day,
......

Enjoyable.

On a related note,

http://www.westfly.com/feature/oldfe.../feature_2.htm

(see The First Two Never-Fail Rules)

JR

Hi,

I would add a corollary to Rule Three, which read:
In any given body of water, on any given day, there exists one really dumb
fish that will confidently accept anything presented to it in any manner.
Furthermore, there is no relationship between the size of the fish and the
stupidity of the technique used to catch it.

The "Curry Corollary" actually refutes the second part of the rule - to wit
that there is no relationship between the size of the fish and the stupidity
of the technique. I suggest that there is indeed a connection and would
suggest:
"the size of the fish will be directly proportional to really stupid
techniques - the more improbable the technique, the bigger the fish"

I say this based on several observations, in particular one evening when
fishing with my Uncle Don - the one who always wades wet whether or not he
is attempting to do so. On this particular evening Don waded out into a very
calm, but very deep, section of a local river where several large fish were
showing on the far side. As he finally approached casting range, I heard a
"bloop" sound, and saw no more Uncle Don - except for his hat floating
peacefully in the growing concentric rings where once he stood. Momentarily,
Don arose from the water, back closer to the original point of entry. He was
soaked, his waders were full of water - and glommed onto the end of his line
was a very nice brook trout.
Now I ask you, how many of us would attempt to repeat this feat, even if it
means a nice trout.

Bill
http://www.tightlines.ca
Who now needs to go dry off - seems I went in over my waders....

"JR" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
SNIP On a related note,

http://www.westfly.com/feature/oldfe.../feature_2.htm

(see The First Two Never-Fail Rules)

JR

Very good. Never had a trout swim into my (dangling!) net yet, but hope
springs eternal! I have had one jump on to the bank, a big seatrout as
well!

TL
MC

Very good. Never had a trout swim into my (dangling!) net yet, but hope
springs eternal! I have had one jump on to the bank, a big seatrout as
well!

There was a gentleman on a "party boat" (20-50 folks on one ocean-going
boat to fish) a few years ago in California who had his collarbone
broken by an almost 30lb yellowfin tuna that jumped into the boat while
the boat was cruising. Always sounded like some weird Monty Python
routine to me.

--
Frank Reid
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"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
Very good. Never had a trout swim into my (dangling!) net yet, but hope
springs eternal! I have had one jump on to the bank, a big seatrout
as
well!

There was a gentleman on a "party boat" (20-50 folks on one ocean-going
boat to fish) a few years ago in California who had his collarbone
broken by an almost 30lb yellowfin tuna that jumped into the boat while
the boat was cruising. Always sounded like some weird Monty Python
routine to me.

--
Frank Reid
Reverse Email to reply


Hi,

And you know about the guy who got speared by a flying fish...
http://agrolink.moa.my/dof/dofnews/star170399.html

Bill
http://www.tightlines.ca

Bill Curry wrote:

Hi,

And you know about the guy who got speared by a flying fish...
http://agrolink.moa.my/dof/dofnews/star170399.html

http://www.boatus.com/news/fish_strike.htm

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.