Playing A Fish Quest. ?

Ken Fortenberry wrote:



I try to honor the fish, which would generally mean bonking them
on the head and eating their flesh while thanking the fish spirit
for sustenance. In terms of catch and release, I try to honor the
fish by catching them properly, with respect, and releasing them
them same way. For me, catching them properly means getting them
on the reel.

YMMV.



That all sounds very cute.


"properly" another strange word.


I'm not sure how putting the fish on the reel if it results in taking
longer to land it fits in with "honor the fish" and treating them "with
respect." Sounds to me that it's just somehow more satisfying to YOU or
somehow fits in with some image you have of YOURSELF. (Which is fine
with me but calling it "proper" and "honorable" ???????)

Willi

Willi wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I try to honor the fish, which would generally mean bonking them
on the head and eating their flesh while thanking the fish spirit
for sustenance. In terms of catch and release, I try to honor the
fish by catching them properly, with respect, and releasing them
them same way. For me, catching them properly means getting them
on the reel.

YMMV.

That all sounds very cute.

"properly" another strange word.

I'm not sure how putting the fish on the reel if it results in taking
longer to land it fits in with "honor the fish" and treating them "with
respect." Sounds to me that it's just somehow more satisfying to YOU or
somehow fits in with some image you have of YOURSELF. (Which is fine
with me but calling it "proper" and "honorable" ???????)

I like to do things right, and for me getting the fish, no matter
how small, on the reel is right, meet, proper and honorable. I
don't ever have much slack line out of the reel. That's one of the
things you learn as you get better at this fly fishing thing, so
the difference between pulling in the line by hand and taking up
the slack to play the fish "right" is negligible.

Respecting the fish by honoring the sport of fly fishing, or strange
fetish of an elitist snob. Call it whatever you want. That's how I
do things and if you want to disparage my motives, well that's just
roff, isn't it ?

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...
Willi wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I try to honor the fish, which would generally mean bonking them
on the head and eating their flesh while thanking the fish spirit
for sustenance. In terms of catch and release, I try to honor the
fish by catching them properly, with respect, and releasing them
them same way. For me, catching them properly means getting them
on the reel.

YMMV.

That all sounds very cute.

"properly" another strange word.

I'm not sure how putting the fish on the reel if it results in taking
longer to land it fits in with "honor the fish" and treating them "with
respect." Sounds to me that it's just somehow more satisfying to YOU or
somehow fits in with some image you have of YOURSELF. (Which is fine
with me but calling it "proper" and "honorable" ???????)

I like to do things right, and for me getting the fish, no matter
how small, on the reel is right, meet, proper and honorable. I
don't ever have much slack line out of the reel. That's one of the
things you learn as you get better at this fly fishing thing, so
the difference between pulling in the line by hand and taking up
the slack to play the fish "right" is negligible.

Respecting the fish by honoring the sport of fly fishing,

You lost me on that one. . .

or strange
fetish of an elitist snob. Call it whatever you want. That's how I
do things and if you want to disparage my motives, well that's just
roff, isn't it ?

Okay, you got me back. That last sentence alone pegs the irony meter. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Tim J. wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...
Respecting the fish by honoring the sport of fly fishing,

You lost me on that one. . .

For me fly fishing is a very important part of who I am and
how I make sense of the world around me. Norman Maclean had
it right when he said there is no clear line between religion
and fly fishing. For me, words like honorable, properly and
respect are not "strange" words to associate with fly fishing.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in
message ...
Tim J. wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...
Respecting the fish by honoring the sport of fly fishing,

You lost me on that one. . .

For me fly fishing is a very important part of who I am and
how I make sense of the world around me.

Thus demonstrating that you should find a less intellectually
demanding avocation.

Norman Maclean had
it right when he said there is no clear line between religion
and fly fishing.

Exactly......um.....except he never said that.

For me, words like honorable, properly and
respect are not "strange" words to associate with fly fishing.

I don't think anyone here would have any trouble associating words
like honorable, properly or respect with fly fishing. It's you
insistence that they apply somehow to YOU, whether through fly fishing
or anything else, that taints them.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
...
I don't think anyone here ...

See, there you go again. Why would you presume to speak
for anyone here other than yourself ? Are you such a
Usenet psychopath that you cannot post your nasty insults
here without the support of a circle jerk ?

Here's news for you Wolfie, even though you have a large
audience, you're masturbating all by your little lonesome.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
Wolfgang wrote:
...
I don't think anyone here ...

See, there you go again. Why would you presume to speak
for anyone here other than yourself ?

Because:
A: Many have already expressed themselves quite clearly in stating their
contempt for you. No one can go wrong in referring to that contempt or the
fact that you have earned it.

B: Many others have clearly demonstrated that, like you, they are incapable
of expressing themselves in a comprehensible fashion. Nevertheless, they
too deserve to be heard, or at least represented.

C: Human are social animals. While watching others slap you around is
immensely satisfying, one can hardly be blamed for taking the opportunity to
twist your nose one's self occasionally.

D: Why not?

Are you such a
Usenet psychopath that you cannot post your nasty insults
here without the support of a circle jerk ?

Here's news for you Wolfie, even though you have a large
audience, you're masturbating all by your little lonesome.

Fascinating that you've gotten to the point where you can't keep
masturbation off your mind whenever you think of me. So, the obvious
question is....do Mark, Jennifer, Jeff, and Wayno and I show up
collectively, one at a time, or in various other combinations in your
fantasies? I think it would be an interesting exercise for you to write a
few of them up some time and post them to ROFF. God knows you could use the
practice. And, speaking of which.......

If the following sentence looks a bit familiar, that's a good sign.

If you aspire to be a writer some day, it would help immensely if you were
to become a competent reader first.

Interested in knowing what Maclean said in the opening of "A River Runs
Through It"?

Wolfgang
yes, we all know the fool is dying to know but hasn't got the good sense to
ask.

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
Wolfgang wrote:
...
I don't think anyone here ...

See, there you go again. Why would you presume to speak
for anyone here other than yourself ?

Because:
A: Many have already expressed themselves quite clearly in stating their
contempt for you. No one can go wrong in referring to that contempt or the
fact that you have earned it.

B: Many others have clearly demonstrated that, like you, they are incapable
of expressing themselves in a comprehensible fashion. Nevertheless, they
too deserve to be heard, or at least represented.

C: Human are social animals. While watching others slap you around is
immensely satisfying, one can hardly be blamed for taking the opportunity to
twist your nose one's self occasionally.

D: Why not?

Are you such a
Usenet psychopath that you cannot post your nasty insults
here without the support of a circle jerk ?

Here's news for you Wolfie, even though you have a large
audience, you're masturbating all by your little lonesome.

Fascinating that you've gotten to the point where you can't keep
masturbation off your mind whenever you think of me. So, the obvious
question is....do Mark, Jennifer, Jeff, and Wayno and I show up
collectively, one at a time, or in various other combinations in your
fantasies? I think it would be an interesting exercise for you to write a
few of them up some time and post them to ROFF. God knows you could use the
practice. And, speaking of which.......

If the following sentence looks a bit familiar, that's a good sign.

If you aspire to be a writer some day, it would help immensely if you were
to become a competent reader first.

Interested in knowing what Maclean said in the opening of "A River Runs
Through It"?

Wolfgang
yes, we all know the fool is dying to know but hasn't got the good sense to
ask.

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:

... I don't think anyone here ...


See, there you go again. Why would you presume to speak
for anyone here other than yourself ? Are you such a
Usenet psychopath that you cannot post your nasty insults
here without the support of a circle jerk ?

Here's news for you Wolfie, even though you have a large
audience, you're masturbating all by your little lonesome.



I guess I'm a member of his circle jerk group on this one.

Willi

Wolfgang wrote:
...
I don't think anyone here ...

See, there you go again. Why would you presume to speak
for anyone here other than yourself ? Are you such a
Usenet psychopath that you cannot post your nasty insults
here without the support of a circle jerk ?

Here's news for you Wolfie, even though you have a large
audience, you're masturbating all by your little lonesome.

--
Ken Fortenberry