Anyone remember this article?

Many years ago an article appeared somewhere (Esquire, Fly Fisherman I
don't know where)
that was the story of an accidental evesdropping on a 'famous
fisherman'

The writer had a guest invitation to spend the day fishing at an
exclusive Long Island
fishing club. He went into the bushes to pee, and on his way back,
while peering through
the bushes, he recognized a 'famous fly fishing writer' working over
the pool he had
just left. He succombed to temptation and surreptiously watched this
famous fisherman
from afar, for several hours....until the end of the day, in fact.

The punchline came the following day, when the writer read the club's
fishing logs.
The famous fisherman had entered into the log that he'd caught over 30
fish.
But the writer had watched him all day, and knew he had caught only a
half a dozen or so.

I'd like to find a copy or a reprint of that article. I read it once,
so long ago I no longer
remember who wrote it or who published it. Help me out if you can.

I remember reading it.....Field & Stream, IIRC, and I remember who the
"famous fisherman" was, but I don't remember the author. I even
remember that they were fishing a Sulphur hatch.

Ah: Field and Stream. That's a good start. Thank you.

RE "and I remember who the 'famous fisherman' was"
....I thought they kept that hidden from the reader.
It was a long time ago.

wrote:
Ah: Field and Stream. That's a good start. Thank you.

RE "and I remember who the 'famous fisherman' was"
...I thought they kept that hidden from the reader.
It was a long time ago.

Heck, I heard stories similar to that many times. Somebody goes to a
famous body of water, sees a pro and discovers that they are either a
liar or no better at catching them than anybody else.

One chum of mine saw John Geirach on a western stream, and commented on
how he didn't catch as many as my friend. I would hate to be famous and
always have that stress on me to exceed. Many people I know who are in
the business lie about their catches, just so they don't sound like just
another schmoe.

Pete Collin

Peter A. Collin wrote:

One chum of mine saw John Geirach on a western stream, and commented on
how he didn't catch as many as my friend. I would hate to be famous and
always have that stress on me to exceed. Many people I know who are in
the business lie about their catches, just so they don't sound like just
another schmoe.


While I don't find Geirach as enjoyable as I once did, I can not recall
him ever claiming to be anything other than a writer of fishing stories
and a lover of cane rods. I doubt he stresses out over "having" to
catch fish and on his home water would probably outfish most of us and
call it *lucky*.

Wayne Knight wrote:
Peter A. Collin wrote:

One chum of mine saw John Geirach on a western stream, and commented on
how he didn't catch as many as my friend. I would hate to be famous and
always have that stress on me to exceed. Many people I know who are in
the business lie about their catches, just so they don't sound like just
another schmoe.



While I don't find Geirach as enjoyable as I once did, I can not recall
him ever claiming to be anything other than a writer of fishing stories
and a lover of cane rods. I doubt he stresses out over "having" to
catch fish and on his home water would probably outfish most of us and
call it *lucky*.

Oh, I realize that. However, he is "in the fly fishing world" and would
inevitably bear scrutiny. Hell, he even wrote about taking crap from
his own friends when promotional blurbs from publishers would aggrandize
him more than they thought appropriate.

.. I would hate to be famous and
always have that stress on me to exceed.
Pete Collin

Good point Peter which is why I hope never to be famous and just
remain a "legend in my own mind"
Besides I like getting my butt kicked by tough trout.

MT

No, in the article I read, (it might even have been a letter to the
editor), they named names. Won't give the name, but the initials were
S.G.H. Not 100% sure about the magazine....first thought was F&S, but
it could have been Fly Fisherman.

Sandy The writer had a guest invitation to spend the day fishing at
Sandy an exclusive Long Island fishing club. He went into the bushes
Sandy to pee, and on his way back, while peering through the bushes,
Sandy he recognized a 'famous fly fishing writer' working over the
Sandy pool he had just left. He succombed to temptation and
Sandy surreptiously watched this famous fisherman from afar, for
Sandy several hours....until the end of the day, in fact.

Sandy The punchline came the following day, when the writer read the
Sandy club's fishing logs. The famous fisherman had entered into the
Sandy log that he'd caught over 30 fish. But the writer had watched
Sandy him all day, and knew he had caught only a half a dozen or so.

Sandy I'd like to find a copy or a reprint of that article. I read it
Sandy once, so long ago I no longer remember who wrote it or who
Sandy published it. Help me out if you can.

I know this one: the author is Nick Lyons, but it wasn't him who
watched the famous fisherman, it was a friend.

I can check the original source (book) later if you want to, but the
story can be found in Lyons' collection book titled 'Full Creel'. I
think that the very first publication was in a magazine (so the
'original' books are collected from magazine articles, and 'Full
Creel' is a collection of the books).

Actually, if you email me your home address, I can mail you a
papercopy of the article.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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The story was written by Nick Lyons in an article titled, "Experts and
Friends" . In the article, he doesn't mention the name or the place, just
that it was in "some choice club water in the East." The 'expert' caught
not a single fish and at the lodge that evening boasted of catching 32. The
article is reprinted in his book, "Bright Rivers". The index does not say
which magazine it originally appeared in, and he wrote for Field and Stream,
Outdoor Life, Harpers, Gray's Sporting Journal and Fly Fisherman.


--
Gene Cottrell

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Many years ago an article appeared somewhere (Esquire, Fly Fisherman I
don't know where)
that was the story of an accidental evesdropping on a 'famous
fisherman'

The writer had a guest invitation to spend the day fishing at an
exclusive Long Island
fishing club. He went into the bushes to pee, and on his way back,
while peering through
the bushes, he recognized a 'famous fly fishing writer' working over
the pool he had
just left. He succombed to temptation and surreptiously watched this
famous fisherman
from afar, for several hours....until the end of the day, in fact.

The punchline came the following day, when the writer read the club's
fishing logs.
The famous fisherman had entered into the log that he'd caught over 30
fish.
But the writer had watched him all day, and knew he had caught only a
half a dozen or so.

I'd like to find a copy or a reprint of that article. I read it once,
so long ago I no longer
remember who wrote it or who published it. Help me out if you can.