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Unless you stop harrassing me per e-mail, I will take steps to prevent
you from doing so; Dumb oakiesInbox Reply to all Forward Reply by chat Filter messages like this Add to Contacts list Delete this message Report phishing Report not phishing Show original Message text garbled? Why is this spam/nonspam? BJ Conner to me show details 12:54 AM (36 minutes ago) Reply On Nov 14, 1:22 pm, Mike wrote: As of now, I will post every single mail you post to me to this group; BJ Conner hat geschrieben show details 10:07 PM (12 minutes ago) Reply On Nov 14, 11:14 am, Mike wrote: On 14 Nov, 11:13, "Dinac" wrote: Basic Trout Fishing Tactics For those of you who are new to trout fishing I figured I'd write an article on some basic trout fishing tactics. Quite a few people beat you to it................... this guy had a completely different spin on things.............. This is the only other piece that William Clouston Stewart wrote on fishing that was published. Some of you might enjoy it. It is from "Fishing Gossip" by H.Cholmondely Pennell H. (Henry), 1837-1915 Which you can find here; http://www.archive.org/details/fishi...pors00choliala FLY-FISHING, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. FLY-FISHING has always been, and we believe always will be, the favourite method of angling ; and deservedly so. Few who have once owned its sway are capable of resisting its attractions. What golden memories of the past it recalls ! What bright visions of the future it portrays ! And when May comes, that month pre-eminently the fly- fisher's, with its bright sunny mornings and soft southern breezes, once more, unencumbered with anything save a light rod and small box of flies, the angler wends his way to some favourite stream. Once more with elastic tread he climbs the mountain's brow, and having gained the summit, what a prospect meets his gaze ! There, far as the eye can reach, rises into the blue sky summit after summit of the heath-clad hills, while underneath lie the grassy slope and luxuriant meadow, the green cornfield and waving wood, and, glittering and circling among all like a silver thread, winds the far-stretching stream in its beauty. There is nothing to break the solitude save the plaintive bleating of the sheep or the cry of the moorcock. As the angler descends, the music of the song-bird meets his ear from every bush, and the groves resound with the cooing of the wood-pigeon or the soft notes of the cuckoo. And now he approaches the scene of his anticipated triumph. There is the deep rocky pool and racing shallow, the whirling eddy and rippling stream now foaming over rocks, and now meandering slowly between green banks. Now it pauses as if to enjoy the glory of the pro spect, then rushes impetuously forward, eager to drink in the grandeur of some new scene. Everything seems endowed with life to welcome the return of summer, and the very river is alive with leaping trout. No wonder that with Sir Henry Watton he finds "fly-fishing" a "cheerer of the spirits, a tranquilliser of the mind, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a diverter of sadness." And then the art itself is lively and graceful. Look at the angler as he approaches some favourite spot. See him as he observes the monarch of the pool regaling himself on the incautious insect that sports in fancied security upon the surface. Inwardly he vows that it shall be avenged. Cautiously he approaches, concealing himself by kneeling, or keeping behind some bush, lest by any chance his expected prey should discover him and so be warned. Gracefully wheeling his long line behind, he lays his flies down softly as a snow-flake just above the desired spot. A moment of expectancy succeeds ; the flies approach the very place where the trout was last seen. Look at the angler how with keen eye he watches, to strike with alert hand the moment he either feels or sees the least movement. There is a stoppage of the line and an instantaneous movement of the angler's wrist, and the trout is fast. At first he shakes his head as if surprised and bewildered at the unwonted interference with his liberty, but gradually awakening to a sense of the danger of his position, he collects his scattered energies, and makes a gallant fight for liberty. Frequently he will leap in the air several times as if to ascertain the character of his opponent, and then make a frantic rush ; but the figure on the bank follows him like a shadow, and at last, strength and hope both exhausted, he turns on his side and becomes an easy prey, leaving the angler to congratulate himself on having achieved such a feat with a tiny hook and tackle like a gossamer. The victory, however, is not always with the angler more frequently the other way. Often at the last moment, just as he is putting out his hand to secure his prize, the trout makes a bolt, and is gone, leaving the disappointed artist the picture of blank dismay, and in a very unenviable frame of mind ; indeed, of all the trials of the temper which occur in the ordinary course of life, there is none to compare with that of losing a good trout at the last moment, and anglers have various ways of giving vent to their pent-up feelings, depending upon their peculiar idiosyncrasy. But of all the different means of relief there is perhaps none at once so satisfactory and so reprehensible as that referred to by a late great humorist who, if not an angler, was the friend and associate of anglers : " The flask frae my pocket I poured into the socket, For I was provokit unto the last degree ; And to my way o' thinkin', There's naething for 't but drinkin', When a trout he lies winkin' and lauchin' at me." Everything, we say, combines to render fly-fishing the most attractive of all the branches of the angler's art. The attempt to capture trout which are seen to rise at natural flies is in itself an excitement which no other method possesses. Then the smallness of the hook and the fineness of the tackle necessary for success increase the danger of escape, and consequently the excitement and pleasure of the capture ; and for our own part we would rather hook, play, and capture a trout of a pound weight with fly than one of a pound and half with minnow or worm, where the hooks being larger, there is less chance of their losing their hold, and the gut being stronger, there is less risk of its breaking. Fly-fishing is also the cleanest and most elegant and gentlemanly of all the methods of capturing trout. The angler who practises it is saved the trouble of working with worms, of catching, keeping alive, and salting minnows, or searching the river's bank for the natural insect. Armed with a light single-handed rod and a few flies he may wander from county to county, and kill trout wherever they are to be found. But besides being the most attractive and valuable, artificial fly- fishing is the most difficult branch of the angler's art ; and this is another reason of the prefer ence accorded to it, since there is more merit, and therefore more pleasure, in excelling in what is difficult. |
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On Nov 14, 4:33 pm, MC wrote:
Unless you stop harrassing me per e-mail, I will take steps to prevent you from doing so; Dumb oakiesInbox Reply to all Forward Reply by chat Filter messages like this Add to Contacts list Delete this message Report phishing Report not phishing Show original Message text garbled? Why is this spam/nonspam? BJ Conner to me show details 12:54 AM (36 minutes ago) Reply On Nov 14, 1:22 pm, Mike wrote: As of now, I will post every single mail you post to me to this group; BJ Conner hat geschrieben show details 10:07 PM (12 minutes ago) Reply On Nov 14, 11:14 am, Mike wrote: On 14 Nov, 11:13, "Dinac" wrote: Basic Trout Fishing Tactics For those of you who are new to trout fishing I figured I'd write an article on some basic trout fishing tactics. Quite a few people beat you to it................... this guy had a completely different spin on things.............. This is the only other piece that William Clouston Stewart wrote on fishing that was published. Some of you might enjoy it. It is from "Fishing Gossip" by H.Cholmondely Pennell H. (Henry), 1837-1915 Which you can find here; http://www.archive.org/details/fishi...pors00choliala FLY-FISHING, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. FLY-FISHING has always been, and we believe always will be, the favourite method of angling ; and deservedly so. Few who have once owned its sway are capable of resisting its attractions. What golden memories of the past it recalls ! What bright visions of the future it portrays ! And when May comes, that month pre-eminently the fly- fisher's, with its bright sunny mornings and soft southern breezes, once more, unencumbered with anything save a light rod and small box of flies, the angler wends his way to some favourite stream. Once more with elastic tread he climbs the mountain's brow, and having gained the summit, what a prospect meets his gaze ! There, far as the eye can reach, rises into the blue sky summit after summit of the heath-clad hills, while underneath lie the grassy slope and luxuriant meadow, the green cornfield and waving wood, and, glittering and circling among all like a silver thread, winds the far-stretching stream in its beauty. There is nothing to break the solitude save the plaintive bleating of the sheep or the cry of the moorcock. As the angler descends, the music of the song-bird meets his ear from every bush, and the groves resound with the cooing of the wood-pigeon or the soft notes of the cuckoo. And now he approaches the scene of his anticipated triumph. There is the deep rocky pool and racing shallow, the whirling eddy and rippling stream now foaming over rocks, and now meandering slowly between green banks. Now it pauses as if to enjoy the glory of the pro spect, then rushes impetuously forward, eager to drink in the grandeur of some new scene. Everything seems endowed with life to welcome the return of summer, and the very river is alive with leaping trout. No wonder that with Sir Henry Watton he finds "fly-fishing" a "cheerer of the spirits, a tranquilliser of the mind, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a diverter of sadness." And then the art itself is lively and graceful. Look at the angler as he approaches some favourite spot. See him as he observes the monarch of the pool regaling himself on the incautious insect that sports in fancied security upon the surface. Inwardly he vows that it shall be avenged. Cautiously he approaches, concealing himself by kneeling, or keeping behind some bush, lest by any chance his expected prey should discover him and so be warned. Gracefully wheeling his long line behind, he lays his flies down softly as a snow-flake just above the desired spot. A moment of expectancy succeeds ; the flies approach the very place where the trout was last seen. Look at the angler how with keen eye he watches, to strike with alert hand the moment he either feels or sees the least movement. There is a stoppage of the line and an instantaneous movement of the angler's wrist, and the trout is fast. At first he shakes his head as if surprised and bewildered at the unwonted interference with his liberty, but gradually awakening to a sense of the danger of his position, he collects his scattered energies, and makes a gallant fight for liberty. Frequently he will leap in the air several times as if to ascertain the character of his opponent, and then make a frantic rush ; but the figure on the bank follows him like a shadow, and at last, strength and hope both exhausted, he turns on his side and becomes an easy prey, leaving the angler to congratulate himself on having achieved such a feat with a tiny hook and tackle like a gossamer. The victory, however, is not always with the angler more frequently the other way. Often at the last moment, just as he is putting out his hand to secure his prize, the trout makes a bolt, and is gone, leaving the disappointed artist the picture of blank dismay, and in a very unenviable frame of mind ; indeed, of all the trials of the temper which occur in the ordinary course of life, there is none to compare with that of losing a good trout at the last moment, and anglers have various ways of giving vent to their pent-up feelings, depending upon their peculiar idiosyncrasy. But of all the different means of relief there is perhaps none at once so satisfactory and so reprehensible as that referred to by a late great humorist who, if not an angler, was the friend and associate of anglers : " The flask frae my pocket I poured into the socket, For I was provokit unto the last degree ; And to my way o' thinkin', There's naething for 't but drinkin', When a trout he lies winkin' and lauchin' at me." Everything, we say, combines to render fly-fishing the most attractive of all the branches of the angler's art. The attempt to capture trout which are seen to rise at natural flies is in itself an excitement which no other method possesses. Then the smallness of the hook and the fineness of the tackle necessary for success increase the danger of escape, and consequently the excitement and pleasure of the capture ; and for our own part we would rather hook, play, and capture a trout of a pound weight with fly than one of a pound and half with minnow or worm, where the hooks being larger, there is less chance of their losing their hold, and the gut being stronger, there is less risk of its breaking. Fly-fishing is also the cleanest and most elegant and gentlemanly of all the methods of capturing trout. The angler who practises it is saved the trouble of working with worms, of catching, keeping alive, and salting minnows, or searching the river's bank for the natural insect. Armed with a light single-handed rod and a few flies he may wander from county to county, and kill trout wherever they are to be found. But besides being the most attractive and valuable, artificial fly- fishing is the most difficult branch of the angler's art ; and this is another reason of the prefer ence accorded to it, since there is more merit, and therefore more pleasure, in excelling in what is difficult. But there is one great error in fly-fishing, as usually practised, and as recommended to be practised by books, and that is, that the angler " fishes down " stream, whereas he should " fish up." We believe we are not beyond the mark in stating that ninety-nine anglers out of a hundred fish down with the artificial fly ; they never think of fishing in any other way, and never dream of attributing their want of success to it. Yet we are prepared to prove, both in theory and practice, that this is the greatest reason of their want of success in clear waters. In all our angling excursions we have met only one or two amateurs, and a few professionals, who fished up stream with the fly, and used it in a really artistic manner. If the wind is blowing up, anglers will occasionally fish up the pools (as for fishing up a strong stream they never think of it) but even then they do not do it properly, and meet with little better success than if they had followed their usual method. They will also, if going to some place up a river, walk up, not fish up to it, their plan being to go to the top of a pool and then fish it down, never casting their line above them at all. We shall now mention in detail the advantages of fishing up, in order to show its superiority over the old method. The first and great advantage is, that the angler is unseen by the trout. Trout, as is well known, keep their heads up stream ; they cannot remain stationary in any other position. This being the case, they see objects above and on both sides of them, but cannot discern anything behind them, so that the angler fishing down will be seen by them twenty yards off; whereas the angler fishing up will be unseen, although he be but a few yards in their rear. The advantages of this it is impossible to over-estimate. No creatures are more easily scared than trout ; if they see any object moving on the river's bank, they run into deep water, or beneath banks and stones, from which they will not stir for some time. A bird flying across the water, or the shadow of a rod, will sometimes alarm them ; and nothing connected with angling is more certain than this, that if the trout see the angler, they will not take his lure. He may ply his minnow in the most captivating manner, may throw his worm with consummate skill, or make his flies light softly as a gossamer all will be unavailing if he is seen by his intended victim. The next advantage of fishing up we shall notice, is the much greater probability of hooking a trout when it rises. In angling down stream, if a trout rises and the angler strikes, he runs a great risk of pulling the flies straight out of its mouth ; whereas, in fishing up, its back is to him, and he has every chance of bringing the hook into contact with its jaws. This, although it may not seem of great importance to the uninitiated, tells considerably when the contents of the basket come to be examined at the close of the day's sport ... read more - Hide quoted text - I sk - Show quoted text - You mean this one?? It's not spam it's on topic. As the worlds greatest fly fisher who else could I ask. If your going to post on a public news group you gotta expect a few questions. |
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:45:01 -0800 (PST), BJ Conner
wrote: It's not spam it's on topic. As the worlds greatest fly fisher who else could I ask. If your going to post on a public news group you gotta expect a few questions. A clue: attempting to carry a newsgroup discussion into email - unless invited to do so - has always been considered to be bad manners... hth - really /daytripper |
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daytripper wrote:
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:45:01 -0800 (PST), BJ Conner wrote: It's not spam it's on topic. As the worlds greatest fly fisher who else could I ask. If your going to post on a public news group you gotta expect a few questions. A clue: attempting to carry a newsgroup discussion into email - unless invited to do so - has always been considered to be bad manners... hth - really /daytripper The information he purported to request is contained in the original post. Despite havung been asked on a number of occasions to stop sending me harrassing e-mail, he still seems to think it is a good idea. I will just add another filter now, but I deeemed it prudent to let people know what this idiot does. The information; QUOTE FROM ORIGINAL POST This is the only other piece that William Clouston Stewart wrote on fishing that was published. Some of you might enjoy it. It is from "Fishing Gossip" by H.Cholmondely Pennell H. (Henry), 1837-1915 Which you can find here; http://www.archive.org/details/fishi...pors00choliala UNQUOTE And for dumbos and Oakies; QUOTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LINK Title Fishing gossip; or, Stray leaves from the note-books of several anglers Creator Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. (Henry), 1837-1915 Publisher Edinburgh : A. & C. Black Date 1866 Language eng Possible Copyright Status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Copyright Region US UNQUOTE MC |
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On Nov 14, 5:27 pm, daytripper wrote:
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:45:01 -0800 (PST), BJ Conner wrote: It's not spam it's on topic. As the worlds greatest fly fisher who else could I ask. If your going to post on a public news group you gotta expect a few questions. A clue: attempting to carry a newsgroup discussion into email - unless invited to do so - has always been considered to be bad manners... hth - really /daytripper If you want to teach manners start with the pope of flyfishing. |
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