Learning new things

Here's my favorite way to learn new methods.

Its those sporadic, once every ten minute risers. You'll drive yourself
bonkers if you try to catch them with a dry fly like a beginner (sorry
Ken!).

Once you start thinking of those fish as fish who you will usually never
take with a dry fly, but who were nice enough to tell you where they were
and that they're actively feeding, all the doors are open to you. Take
these fish with a wet or a nypmph, and it will helf with confidence in the
technique. Soon it will be a regular part of your bag of tricks




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Scott
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Scott Seidman wrote:
Here's my favorite way to learn new methods.

Its those sporadic, once every ten minute risers. You'll drive yourself
bonkers if you try to catch them with a dry fly like a beginner (sorry
Ken!).

The trick to catching those with a dry fly is the Marlboro method.

When you see the fish rise, light up a Marlboro and smoke it slowly.
Enjoy your surroundings, ponder life, the universe and everything.
When you're finished with your smoke drift your fly over the fish
once and only once. Repeat as necessary.

I sure do miss cigarettes.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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The trick to catching those with a dry fly is the Marlboro method.

When you see the fish rise, light up a Marlboro and smoke it slowly.
Enjoy your surroundings, ponder life, the universe and everything.
When you're finished with your smoke drift your fly over the fish
once and only once. Repeat as necessary.


this method would fail miserably in Pennsylvania. You have to smoke
Winstons. Ask anybody who fishes with
mebseg.
Tom
I sure do miss cigarettes.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Scott Seidman wrote:
Here's my favorite way to learn new methods.

Its those sporadic, once every ten minute risers. You'll drive
yourself bonkers if you try to catch them with a dry fly like a
beginner (sorry Ken!).

The trick to catching those with a dry fly is the Marlboro method.

When you see the fish rise, light up a Marlboro and smoke it slowly.
Enjoy your surroundings, ponder life, the universe and everything.
When you're finished with your smoke drift your fly over the fish
once and only once. Repeat as necessary.

I sure do miss cigarettes.



I quit more than 15 years ago, and never stopped missing them.
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Scott
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Ken Fortenberry typed:
Scott Seidman wrote:
Here's my favorite way to learn new methods.

Its those sporadic, once every ten minute risers. You'll drive
yourself bonkers if you try to catch them with a dry fly like a
beginner (sorry Ken!).

The trick to catching those with a dry fly is the Marlboro method.

When you see the fish rise, light up a Marlboro and smoke it slowly.
Enjoy your surroundings, ponder life, the universe and everything.
When you're finished with your smoke drift your fly over the fish
once and only once. Repeat as necessary.

I sure do miss cigarettes.

I quit a 2-pack a day habit many moons ago, and missed them from time to
time. I haven't had any urge to smoke cigarettes for several years now, but
sure enjoy a good cigar from time to time - maybe twice a week, less as it
gets colder outdoors.
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TL,
Tim
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:

I sure do miss cigarettes.


Try chew. As long as you're fishing upstream it won't interfere with the
fishing.

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rw wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I sure do miss cigarettes.

Try chew. As long as you're fishing upstream it won't interfere with the
fishing.

Well, not *your* fishing, anyway....

- JR

JR wrote:
rw wrote:

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

I sure do miss cigarettes.

Try chew. As long as you're fishing upstream it won't interfere with
the fishing.


Well, not *your* fishing, anyway....

- JR

I try to spit on the bank if at all possible.

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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The trick to catching those with a dry fly is the Marlboro method.

When you see the fish rise, light up a Marlboro and smoke it slowly.
Enjoy your surroundings, ponder life, the universe and everything.
When you're finished with your smoke drift your fly over the fish
once and only once. Repeat as necessary.


this method would fail miserably in Pennsylvania. You have to smoke
Winstons. Ask anybody who fishes with
mebseg.
Tom
I sure do miss cigarettes.



Geeze, and I thought all you guys rolled your own.
Yup, miss it too sometimes.
-tom

In article , Scott
Seidman writes
Here's my favorite way to learn new methods.

Its those sporadic, once every ten minute risers. You'll drive yourself
bonkers if you try to catch them with a dry fly like a beginner (sorry
Ken!).

Once you start thinking of those fish as fish who you will usually never
take with a dry fly, but who were nice enough to tell you where they were
and that they're actively feeding, all the doors are open to you. Take
these fish with a wet or a nypmph, and it will helf with confidence in the
technique. Soon it will be a regular part of your bag of tricks





Reminds me of a small put and take fishery stocked with Rainbows. When
we arrived quite early in the day they were showing all over th pond.
Nothing would tempt them in normal fishing practise. Certainly floating
flies were useless.

My pal asked to cast his rod and new line to see what I thought of the
line. Upon retrieving at a very high rate of knots to re-cast, a 4.5 lbs
Rainbow hit the fly and was landed.

From that moment on only flies stripped very quickly produced results.
The fish proved to be freshly fed and were full of mushy pellets.
--
Bill Grey