Which comes first?

Tom Nakashima typed:
"Tim J." wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima typed:

Okay. . . I'm with you so far . . .
Some even have cigars dangling from their mouths as they forcefully
wade through the water to get to their spot only to blind cast.

Nope. . . I lost you on this one. Do the cigars have something to do
with the sloppiness of the approach?

I don't do cigars because I believe it was our 42nd President who
said; "Cigars are for pussys!"
On a serious note, it's not so much the downwind smoke,

.. . . I smell San Fran bicycle-nut smoking nazi . . .

but tying your
fly to the tippet after touching the stogie. Fish have a keen sense
of smell.

It's probably just crappy fishing technique, but I've never caught more or
less fish after the cigar. Well, maybe less fish, but there's not much doubt
in my mind that I can't blame that on the cigar.
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TL,
Tim
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Tim J. wrote:

It's probably just crappy fishing technique, but I've never caught more or
less fish after the cigar. Well, maybe less fish, but there's not much doubt
in my mind that I can't blame that on the cigar.

As someone who is known to enjoy a cigarette by the stream, I can
honestly say that my best fish have been caught right after taking a
smoke. When I was in western NC, I adopted the practice of approaching
the stream and sitting down for a smoke before I cast to any really
promising-looking water.

I did it to slow myself down and really savor my surroundings, and
the fish seemed to like it, too. And the fact that I had smoke on my
hands/breath/whatever didn't cause any refusals on their part.

Of course they were just dumb, mountain hillbilly fish, not urbane,
discriminating, west-coast fish, so they probably just didn't know any
better.


Chuck Vance (heck, they probably smoked as well)

Conan The Librarian wrote:

Tim J. wrote:

It's probably just crappy fishing technique, but I've never caught
more or less fish after the cigar. Well, maybe less fish, but there's
not much doubt in my mind that I can't blame that on the cigar.


As someone who is known to enjoy a cigarette by the stream, I can
honestly say that my best fish have been caught right after taking a
smoke. When I was in western NC, I adopted the practice of approaching
the stream and sitting down for a smoke before I cast to any really
promising-looking water.

I did it to slow myself down and really savor my surroundings, and
the fish seemed to like it, too. And the fact that I had smoke on my
hands/breath/whatever didn't cause any refusals on their part.

Of course they were just dumb, mountain hillbilly fish, not urbane,
discriminating, west-coast fish, so they probably just didn't know any
better.


Chuck Vance (heck, they probably smoked as well)



actually, it was all part of the federal tobacco buyout program...even
our trout participated. pure southern gratitude, i'm sure.