How much fly line?

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On Mar 21, 10:19 pm, "rb608" wrote:

SNIP
I realize that's an emotional generalization born out of the bull**** that
goes on here; but as one of the 95% who fail consistently, I can assure
you
that it is not due to lack of understanding of the physics of casting or
the
mechanics of my equipment. I understand all of that perfectly well; what
I
lack is the magic.

SNIP
Oh I understand you perfectly, and indeed Tim J. as well. Certainly
far better than you realise. When I am fishing, I don´t need to
analyse anything, it has become second nature.

Furthermore, it is apparently not clear to you and others that I don´t
do anything else. I live, eat, breathe and sleep, fishing, a minimum
of twelve hours a day, and usually seven days a week, 52 weeks a year,
I have nothing else worthwhile to do. I read about it, think about it,
and discuss it without pause, with some of the greatest experts on the
planet, the same goes for fly-dressing and other related subjects.

As I said, this may be of interest;

http://www.fish-wild.co.uk/index.php...eatures&pid=69

My apologies if I upset anybody who did not deserve it.

TL
MC

Jesus H. Christ, if the above initials were GG, I'd have thought George had
come back from the far beyond!

Op

wrote:

Furthermore, it is apparently not clear to you and others that I don´t
do anything else. I live, eat, breathe and sleep, fishing, a minimum
of twelve hours a day, and usually seven days a week, 52 weeks a year,
I have nothing else worthwhile to do. I read about it, think about it,
and discuss it without pause, with some of the greatest experts on the
planet, the same goes for fly-dressing and other related subjects.

Gosh. That doesn't leave much time for lengthy treatises in ROFF and
other worthless forums.

As I said, this may be of interest;

http://www.fish-wild.co.uk/index.php...eatures&pid=69

Quote from the link above (an article by Mike Conner):

"What many people completely fail to understand is that the number or
size of fish is basically irrelevant to a true angler."

Quote from a Mike Connor post dated 12:30 PM today:

"Good advice, if you want to be just like all the other stupid
unthinking dumbos who can´t cast, and know virtually nothing about
their equipment or how to use it, much less how to catch fish.

"You know why 5% of the anglers catch 95% of the fish? Because that
95% of anglers who consistently fail are just as stupid and ignorant
as this lot."

My apologies if I upset anybody who did not deserve it.

Yours is one of the worst cases of monomaniacal cognitive dissonance
I've ever seen.

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

daytripper typed:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:34:18 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

Ken Fortenberry typed:
Tim J. wrote:
typed:
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The more you post, the more people learn to detest you. It beats
me why anybody would want to make such a complete prat of
himself, and be disliked by everybody, but please feel free.

Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.

What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If
you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruins our roff
would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man
like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my
enemies. And then they would fear you.

I suppose this means I get to kiss the ring. ;-)

Nope. I ain't gonna say it - wouldn't be prudent - not even with a
straight-line opener like that one, Tim ;-)

It was unethical bait - just for you.

/daytripper (who swore he'd stay well away from this cluster ****....)

You did pretty damned well, up until now. BTW, I was thinking about my
best fishing memory of last year. It happened that day we were above
Rt.9 and I "created" a hatch for those two nice rainbows. I know you
probably caught more fish that I that day, but I can't say with any
confidence you had more satisfaction.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

"daytripper" wrote in message
...

fine angling story snipped

.....and what year can we hope to see a display of this
angling prowess unleashed upon the hapless Penn's Creek brown trout(I am
referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)??
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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(I am referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)?

I think Tripper and his driver are a bit on the outs right now.

Wayne
(thinking about crashing the Penn's thing on Monday....how far is that place
from Knoxville?)

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:42:17 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

daytripper typed:
Nope. I ain't gonna say it - wouldn't be prudent - not even with a
straight-line opener like that one, Tim ;-)

It was unethical bait - just for you.

/daytripper (who swore he'd stay well away from this cluster ****....)

You did pretty damned well, up until now. BTW, I was thinking about my
best fishing memory of last year. It happened that day we were above
Rt.9 and I "created" a hatch for those two nice rainbows. I know you
probably caught more fish that I that day, but I can't say with any
confidence you had more satisfaction.

I had to parse that last sentence a couple of times :-)

It's a cool thing to be included with someone's good memories. I've been
blessed to have been with quite a few folks who had a memorable day on the
water. Anyway, you were due ;-)

But if you want unethical - and on-topic, to boot:

Late this fall I was at that spot you caught the two 'bows, rigging up for my
first cast of the afternoon, while watching a guy fishing downstream from the
wing dams toward me. As he got closer I overheard him talking to someone
pacing him down the road way, and it sounded like they'd both been skunked.

I had already taken a good look at the water and spotted one of your 18"
cruisers, and he was still planted in the same spot. As the two guys got close
I made a couple of soft practice casts straight up stream, then right when the
two guys were about a cast away, turned and dropped that fly four feet in
front of Mr. Rainbow, right in his feeding lane.

Got that heart poundin' feeling right up in my ears, watching, waiting...
....waiting...then saw the take and did a line-hand set so quick I surprised
myself. Up comes the rod, in goes a fine bend, and I turned around and said to
the guys: "First cast of the afternoon!" with a ****-eating grin.

It was wired all the way, but it was still classic.
Those two poor *******s never knew what hit them on their way out ;-)

/daytripper

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
. ..
(thinking about crashing the Penn's thing on Monday....how far is that
place from Knoxville?)


Iowa or Tenn? From the latter, about 425 miles, I would guess. If the
former, Reid will swing by and pick you up....
Tom

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:20:01 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:

"daytripper" wrote in message
.. .

fine angling story snipped

....and what year can we hope to see a display of this
angling prowess unleashed upon the hapless Penn's Creek brown trout(I am
referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)??
Tom

Well, probably not this year anyway. There is just so much water up here to
fish in May - not only is the trout season hitting stride, the annual striper
migration comes through the North Shore at the same time. It's hard to get
motivated to get in the car and drive away at that time of the year with all
that going on.

I won't even let the spousal unit book Caribbean vacations during May - we go
in March or April instead - and if I ended up in Penn's in May, I'd have to
deal with the thermo-nuclear blow-back on *that*, too ;-)

But thanks for asking.

/daytripper

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:17:04 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tim J. wrote:
typed:
snip
The more you post, the more people learn to detest you. It beats me
why anybody would want to make such a complete prat of himself, and be
disliked by everybody, but please feel free.

Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.

What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd
come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruins our roff would be
suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself
should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they
would fear you.

Yeah, OK, Don...Knotts...

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:03:19 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Furthermore, it is apparently not clear to you and others that I don´t
do anything else. I live, eat, breathe and sleep, fishing, a minimum
of twelve hours a day, and usually seven days a week, 52 weeks a year

....furthermore, I am unaware that anyone, outside yourself,
cares..........nice of you to keep track of it for us,
though.


I have nothing else worthwhile to do.

keep thinking that way, and you will turn into a one-
sided, pedantic bore..........um, oh, nevermind.

I read about it, think about it,
and discuss it without pause, with some of the greatest experts on the
planet, the same goes for fly-dressing and other related subjects.

how DO you find the time to expound on homosexuality?


Oh, man, I had to go up and read his original reply...when I read yours,
I sorta figured he WAS talking about homosexuality...