If I caught a 3 foot jackbanok, can I be classed as a ****?

ah wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:

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Who's Ray?


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fascinating...

Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
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What--in your opinion, of course--is the best fish to use to catch a fly?

Hard to say without more information. What kind of fly? Moving water or
still? Is there a hatch taking place? You want to fish wet or dry?
Looking for a realistic imitation?.....something impressionistic?.....a
searching pattern?

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Last I truly fished flies was in 1979 with Granddad on a reservoir in central
Missouri (Gasconade County)--time at the weekend house there was great . . .
we'd troll (he learned me to troll, too) to a cove or somesuch, and he'd laugh
(quietly) as I tried to cast.

Luckily, some of the visits were prolonged, and I was able to actually make a
catch, or two.

My favo(u)rite part was watching him tie the flies (I have a husk of a
hummingbird I found lying below a plate-glass window (honest Officer) that I
plan to use to tie some day . . . some day).


Wolfgang
um.......well, o.k......sometimes it is.

Roit.
--
ah

Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
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What--in your opinion, of course--is the best fish to use to catch a fly?

Hard to say without more information. What kind of fly? Moving water or
still? Is there a hatch taking place? You want to fish wet or dry?
Looking for a realistic imitation?.....something impressionistic?.....a
searching pattern?

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Last I truly fished flies was in 1979 with Granddad on a reservoir in central
Missouri (Gasconade County)--time at the weekend house there was great . . .
we'd troll (he learned me to troll, too) to a cove or somesuch, and he'd laugh
(quietly) as I tried to cast.

Luckily, some of the visits were prolonged, and I was able to actually make a
catch, or two.

My favo(u)rite part was watching him tie the flies (I have a husk of a
hummingbird I found lying below a plate-glass window (honest Officer) that I
plan to use to tie some day . . . some day).


Wolfgang
um.......well, o.k......sometimes it is.

Roit.
--
ah

"ah" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
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What--in your opinion, of course--is the best fish to use to catch a
fly?

Hard to say without more information. What kind of fly? Moving water or
still? Is there a hatch taking place? You want to fish wet or dry?
Looking for a realistic imitation?.....something impressionistic?.....a
searching pattern?

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Last I truly fished flies was in 1979 with Granddad on a reservoir in
central
Missouri (Gasconade County)--time at the weekend house there was great . .
.
we'd troll (he learned me to troll, too) to a cove or somesuch, and he'd
laugh
(quietly) as I tried to cast.

Luckily, some of the visits were prolonged, and I was able to actually
make a
catch, or two.

My favo(u)rite part was watching him tie the flies (I have a husk of a
hummingbird I found lying below a plate-glass window (honest Officer) that
I
plan to use to tie some day . . . some day).


Wolfgang
um.......well, o.k......sometimes it is.

Roit.
--
ah

I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Wolfgang

"ah" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
news:ssRpd.1074$lv6.422@trnddc03...

What--in your opinion, of course--is the best fish to use to catch a
fly?

Hard to say without more information. What kind of fly? Moving water or
still? Is there a hatch taking place? You want to fish wet or dry?
Looking for a realistic imitation?.....something impressionistic?.....a
searching pattern?

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Last I truly fished flies was in 1979 with Granddad on a reservoir in
central
Missouri (Gasconade County)--time at the weekend house there was great . .
.
we'd troll (he learned me to troll, too) to a cove or somesuch, and he'd
laugh
(quietly) as I tried to cast.

Luckily, some of the visits were prolonged, and I was able to actually
make a
catch, or two.

My favo(u)rite part was watching him tie the flies (I have a husk of a
hummingbird I found lying below a plate-glass window (honest Officer) that
I
plan to use to tie some day . . . some day).


Wolfgang
um.......well, o.k......sometimes it is.

Roit.
--
ah

I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
news:2i0qd.1572$%C6.750@trnddc02...
Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
news:ssRpd.1074$lv6.422@trnddc03...

What--in your opinion, of course--is the best fish to use to catch a
fly?

Hard to say without more information. What kind of fly? Moving water or
still? Is there a hatch taking place? You want to fish wet or dry?
Looking for a realistic imitation?.....something impressionistic?.....a
searching pattern?

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Last I truly fished flies was in 1979 with Granddad on a reservoir in
central
Missouri (Gasconade County)--time at the weekend house there was great . .
.
we'd troll (he learned me to troll, too) to a cove or somesuch, and he'd
laugh
(quietly) as I tried to cast.

Luckily, some of the visits were prolonged, and I was able to actually
make a
catch, or two.

My favo(u)rite part was watching him tie the flies (I have a husk of a
hummingbird I found lying below a plate-glass window (honest Officer) that
I
plan to use to tie some day . . . some day).


Wolfgang
um.......well, o.k......sometimes it is.

Roit.
--
ah

I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Well, I knew mine long enough to disappoint them a thousand times, as well as
bring them joy to a similar (yet thankfully more effectual) degree.

If you brought your parents joy, so too would you have provided for your grands.

In my gripping hand, these parents (adoptive, and biological) will know no
grandchildren by me . . . luckily, they have not scolded me for this, as yet g
--
ah

Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
news:2i0qd.1572$%C6.750@trnddc02...
Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message
news:ssRpd.1074$lv6.422@trnddc03...

What--in your opinion, of course--is the best fish to use to catch a
fly?

Hard to say without more information. What kind of fly? Moving water or
still? Is there a hatch taking place? You want to fish wet or dry?
Looking for a realistic imitation?.....something impressionistic?.....a
searching pattern?

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Last I truly fished flies was in 1979 with Granddad on a reservoir in
central
Missouri (Gasconade County)--time at the weekend house there was great . .
.
we'd troll (he learned me to troll, too) to a cove or somesuch, and he'd
laugh
(quietly) as I tried to cast.

Luckily, some of the visits were prolonged, and I was able to actually
make a
catch, or two.

My favo(u)rite part was watching him tie the flies (I have a husk of a
hummingbird I found lying below a plate-glass window (honest Officer) that
I
plan to use to tie some day . . . some day).


Wolfgang
um.......well, o.k......sometimes it is.

Roit.
--
ah

I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Well, I knew mine long enough to disappoint them a thousand times, as well as
bring them joy to a similar (yet thankfully more effectual) degree.

If you brought your parents joy, so too would you have provided for your grands.

In my gripping hand, these parents (adoptive, and biological) will know no
grandchildren by me . . . luckily, they have not scolded me for this, as yet g
--
ah

"ah" wrote in message news:xk1qd.545$xk5.35@trnddc09...

Wolfgang wrote:
I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their
influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Well, I knew mine long enough to disappoint them a thousand times, as well
as
bring them joy to a similar (yet thankfully more effectual) degree.

Yeah, life is a mixed bag.

If you brought your parents joy, so too would you have provided for your
grands.

In my gripping hand, these parents (adoptive, and biological) will know no
grandchildren by me . . . luckily, they have not scolded me for this, as
yet g

I'm afraid I brought very little joy to my parent's lives. However, that's
not entirely my fault......they just weren't very joyful people. As a
matter of fact, there is mounting evidence that it wasn't my fault at all.
In recent years I've discovered that not only do I have a devoted coterie of
fans here in r.o.f.f. (I like to think of them as the children I never had)
who read with evident joy every word that I write, but people actually
wander over from other news groups just to talk to me. I guess I'm even
luckier than you.

Wolfgang

"ah" wrote in message news:xk1qd.545$xk5.35@trnddc09...

Wolfgang wrote:
I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their
influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Well, I knew mine long enough to disappoint them a thousand times, as well
as
bring them joy to a similar (yet thankfully more effectual) degree.

Yeah, life is a mixed bag.

If you brought your parents joy, so too would you have provided for your
grands.

In my gripping hand, these parents (adoptive, and biological) will know no
grandchildren by me . . . luckily, they have not scolded me for this, as
yet g

I'm afraid I brought very little joy to my parent's lives. However, that's
not entirely my fault......they just weren't very joyful people. As a
matter of fact, there is mounting evidence that it wasn't my fault at all.
In recent years I've discovered that not only do I have a devoted coterie of
fans here in r.o.f.f. (I like to think of them as the children I never had)
who read with evident joy every word that I write, but people actually
wander over from other news groups just to talk to me. I guess I'm even
luckier than you.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
"ah" wrote in message news:xk1qd.545$xk5.35@trnddc09...

Wolfgang wrote:
I never knew any of my grandparents. Sometimes, in one of those rare
reflective moments, I like to think that with the benefit of their
influence
I might have become someone they'd be proud of. That must be a good
feeling.

Well, I knew mine long enough to disappoint them a thousand times, as well
as
bring them joy to a similar (yet thankfully more effectual) degree.

Yeah, life is a mixed bag.

Thankfully *whew*


If you brought your parents joy, so too would you have provided for your
grands.

In my gripping hand, these parents (adoptive, and biological) will know no
grandchildren by me . . . luckily, they have not scolded me for this, as
yet g

I'm afraid I brought very little joy to my parent's lives. However, that's
not entirely my fault......they just weren't very joyful people. As a
matter of fact, there is mounting evidence that it wasn't my fault at all.

Posession, I've heard, is 9/10ths of the Law g

In recent years I've discovered that not only do I have a devoted coterie of
fans here in r.o.f.f. (I like to think of them as the children I never had)
who read with evident joy every word that I write, but people actually
wander over from other news groups just to talk to me. I guess I'm even
luckier than you.

Of this I am glad.

I lay back, now, from talking; to listen.

Can I come back and hollar at you again sometime?
--
ah