" Stalking along from log to log, or plunging their long legs in the oozy swamp, two large herons paid no attention to my presence, but occupied themselves...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 1, 2004 2:41 pm
1949
" The indications which tell your dry fly angler when to strike are clear and unmistakable, but those which bid a wet fly man raise his rod-point and draw in...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 2, 2004 4:00 pm
1950
" When you are next complaining about the selectivity of trout, bear the thought in mind: were it not for this fortunate trait, how long would our stream...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 3, 2004 4:27 pm
1951
" For a week-long trout trip, I carry at least five rods and reels, enough clothing to spend a month, at least half a dozen boxes of flies,(Like I've said...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 4, 2004 2:23 pm
1952
Hi Gang! During the last few days, I've had several "off list" emails asking about my well-being and why haven't I been putting in my 2 ¢ worth on some of the...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 4, 2004 10:22 pm
1953
I find that I always pack way too much in the spring, my pack starts out about 35 - 40 lbs., but as the season progresses I keep cutting it down until late...
Cyberfly
cyberfly@...
Nov 5, 2004 2:11 am
1954
" Tying trout flies is a disease. There are tyers,( my version of spelling), of trout flies , who would go right on tying flies even if all the trout streams...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 5, 2004 3:49 pm
1955
Howdy Gang, Below is a piece I just received from my good friend Allen Crise, concerning our safety as fly fishermen during deer season. This Saturday in many...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 5, 2004 7:04 pm
1956
Very good point ! Jim ... From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <rayado@...> To: <vfb@...>; <hillcountryflyfishers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, November...
TNX to Bob Voelker for this satirical look at fly fishermen. Trout bums: Cast your worries away By Randall Sumner Special to The Seattle Times I see a lot of...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 6, 2004 1:51 pm
1958
HOW SMART IS A TROUT ? A satire on brain power of a Trout By JIMMY D. MOORE ;-) I used to think I really knew a lot about trout, but the more I fish, the...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 7, 2004 1:57 am
1959
They may be smarter than most anglers, but they will still eat a bug with a hook hanging out of its butt. Thank goodness…. ... From: Jimmy D. Moore...
" My elation at taking that particular fish was quite beyond rational justification. I experieced an illusion of triumph which contained not only the...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 7, 2004 2:53 pm
1961
Below is the Link to one of my fishing poems that Vlad Markov placed in his "Keep Tying" online fly fishing magazine several years ago. I offer it not so much...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 7, 2004 3:13 pm
1962
" Take my friends and my home - as an outcast I'll roam: Take the money I have in the bank: It is just what I wish, but deprive of fish, And my life would...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 8, 2004 2:15 pm
1963
" There are two distinct kinds of visits to tackle-shops, the visit to buy tackle and the visit which may be described as Platonic when, being for some reason...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 9, 2004 1:39 pm
1964
" Fishing simply sent me out of my mind. I could neither think nor talk of anything else, so that my mother was angry and said that she would not let me fish...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 10, 2004 2:10 pm
1965
" It is easy to tell tourists from tarpon. Tarpon have a narrow, bony plate inside the mouth on the lower jaw. Tourists, expecially in St. Petersburg, have...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 11, 2004 1:28 pm
1966
I have been taking the temps on the Guadalupe for the last few weeks. It is finally beginning to cool. The latest, taken last evening, was 70 degrees at the...
I'm going this weekend to flyfish for smallmouth. I'll post anything interesting. How was water clarity? Still slightly stained? James ... ===== " To the...
Actually, the water looks better than it has all summer. The flows are still high at 1330 cfs. What river are you fishing the weekend? Bill ... From: James...
Shooooot. I got the wrong water. LOL. THIS weekend I am going to the San Gabriel, around the Georgetown area. Last time I was there (three weeks ago) the...
... How far down from the park are you having to go for the smallie action? I love that part of the river but don't have a watercraft to help me past that deep...
Mark E. Wallace
MarkEWallace@...
Nov 12, 2004 5:20 am
1971
Try some clowsers in chartreuse and rubber leg woollybuggers in Black. Yuk Bugs can also be productive for Smallies ... From: James Coke...
" . . . there is nothing clinical about fishing . . . there is nothing about it that can be viewed in a clinical vacuum. Everything - as in everything else -...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 12, 2004 6:13 pm
1973
"Fishing too long a fly rod on a small stream is like driving a greyhound bus down deer trail." Jimmy D. Moore Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 13, 2004 5:10 am
1974
I waded, deepening, into the dark water. Evening, and the push and swirl of the river as it closed around my legs and held on. Young grilse broke water. Parr...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Nov 14, 2004 3:34 pm
1975
Any help on where to take a group of Boy Scouts and their dads in mid- late Dec in the hill country for a fly fishing excursion. We have several dedicated...
John
dorphiny2k@...
Nov 14, 2004 4:51 pm
1976
John, You might try Whitewater Sports, located at FM306, just east of FM2673. They have a campground and also a 1/2 mile of riverfront on the Guadalupe. This...
" For while the trout fisherman's efforts are ostensibly aimed at taking tout, his preoccupation is concerned with preserving the illusion that his elaborate...
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