fishing, casting, and recruiting

Bill Claspy writes:
Grown men leaping up into the
air for rising bugs, waving their caps in an effort to snag the winged
beasts. The trout must have been laughing their asses (adipose?) off.

Bill
(Tom, does Bruce have those bug photos on a web page?)

a perfect visual for that scene......as for Bruce's photos, last I saw they
were in large-format, unedited form on his laptop.
Tom
(who didn't have to leap for anything,thank
you)

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
...
Bill Claspy writes:
Grown men leaping up into the
air for rising bugs, waving their caps in an effort to snag the winged
beasts. The trout must have been laughing their asses (adipose?) off.

Bill
(Tom, does Bruce have those bug photos on a web page?)

a perfect visual for that scene......as for Bruce's photos, last I saw
they
were in large-format, unedited form on his laptop.
Tom
(who didn't have to leap for anything,thank
you)

Tweren't so much a matter of necessity as sheer physical exuberance in the
face of raw nature and good company.

Wolfgang
who, truth be told, didn't NEED to be there in the first place.......but
rarely declines an invitation to the dance.

snakefiddler wrote:

wow- what a day!

Sounds like you're on your way!

Willi

Wolfie notes:
Tweren't so much a matter of necessity as sheer physical exuberance in the
face of raw nature and good company.

I was exuberant and all that, I merely noted that I don't need to jump to grab
bugs way up.....just don't ask me to limbo.....
Tom

"Willi" wrote in message
...


snakefiddler wrote:

wow- what a day!

Sounds like you're on your way!

thanks- yeah, i think so- this is so addictive. i had a pretty busy day, so
i didn't get out until about 8:00 this evenin, at which time i hit a creek
in a park on the parkway. i was in water that i knew to have some trout,
and lots of sunfish, and as the sun went down, the fish just started jumping
all over the place- 3, 4, and 5 at a time. it was really very entertaining.
i had never seen anything like it before. anyway, i knew at that point
that if i didn't hook one in such ripe conditions, that i really sucked!
they were in a near feeding frenzy. i had a slider on my line to start
with, and though they nibbled on it some, when they started jumping i
decided to put an adams on instead. it took no time at all to bring one in;
and just in time, since by now it was getting fairly dark, and the fog was
rollin in.
fog on the blueridge parkway, in the twighlight is a gorgeous sight.

jen

Willi

"snakefiddler" wrote

fog on the blueridge parkway, in the twighlight is a gorgeous sight.


yes, by god, it is.

On 6/28/04 9:18 PM, in article ,
"Tom Littleton" wrote:

Wolfie notes:
Tweren't so much a matter of necessity as sheer physical exuberance in the
face of raw nature and good company.

I was exuberant and all that, I merely noted that I don't need to jump to grab
bugs way up.....just don't ask me to limbo.....
Tom

I don't consider myself a short man (though I've got Grandpa's bowling
shirts which are embroidered "Shorty" over the pocket and "Claspy" across
the back- he was 5'1" with shoes on but still threw a 16 pound ball), but
hanging out with Tom and Roger I must admit to having felt some height envy.

Bill
(Roger elicited other envies as well, but I think we've already gone over
that... :-)

riverman wrote:


I'm going to offer a question for ROFF: What are the coolest hatches
you've ever seen? Here's my list:



i had just started flyfishing, middle of last year. about a month or two
later, i was standing in the Kings River in central California downstream of
friant dam, when bugs started flying everywhere. kings river caddis! they
were crawling on the brim of my hat, climbing around my eye glasses, inside
the lenses, all over my legs and arms and shirt, it was cool. i thought,
OH, so THIS is what they mean... strangely enough, no fish were rising on
that october-ish evening.


eric
fresno, ca.