" The boy reached into the net and cleared the hook and leader from the trout and lowered the net back into the water. ' Thank you', said the boy. 'Thank you...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 1, 2005 1:55 pm
2448
" Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egotism, soothes our troubles and shames our...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 2, 2005 2:41 pm
2449
" The angler responds to the ever-changing moods of rivers and lakes, and to the interrelated lives of the creatures that inhabit the environment. His eye...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 3, 2005 1:12 pm
2450
I just added you to the mailing list. I get a new drift boat every year as part of their pro staff program. Last year the boat really got beat up with all the...
" Fall. The light fades early; the angler is pinched for time. At sunset he considers how he might best use the remaining hour, which reminds him - in a...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 4, 2005 1:39 pm
2452
The article below relates what can happen when too much alcohol is involved in boating, as witnessed by my son Joe and I. It appeared in several online fishing...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 4, 2005 9:21 pm
2453
" There don't have to be a thousand fish in the river. Let me locate a single good one and I'll get a thousand dreams out of him before I catch him. And if I...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 5, 2005 2:41 pm
2454
Sorry to be so late with today's quote, but have been hauling hay since early this morning. Still not through. At least two more trips to make, but I'll do...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 6, 2005 7:57 pm
2455
" The water was shallow and crystal clear, and the gravel patches acted almost as reflectors, so that you could see everything the fish did and almost tell...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 7, 2005 12:14 pm
2456
" Why do you live in Montana? People ask, for the trout? I answer. Oh, you're one of those fanatical fisherman types? Not much anymore, I say. It's just a...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 8, 2005 3:58 pm
2457
" I have fooled a fish with my artifice, (the fly), and my cunning, (the presentation), but having achieved and thrilled to the excitement of the strike and...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 9, 2005 1:20 pm
2458
" Land a good trout or bass, hold it for a second on the wet skin of your hand, and you have, in one compact bundle, as beautiful and bewildering a combination...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 10, 2005 3:59 pm
2459
" Fishing puts me in touch with another of nature's species, in beautiful surroundings that are as old as time. That is where I want to be; that is how I'm...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 11, 2005 1:28 pm
2460
" Fall has arrived in all its splendor. The colorful leaves and crisp mornings leave us refreshed. As the days grow shorter and the air grows colder,...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Oct 12, 2005 1:37 pm
2461
A Fishy Story Buggs and Jester go on a fishing trip. They rent all the equipment: the reels, the rods, the waders, a drift boat, the truck, and even a cabin in...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 13, 2005 1:47 pm
2462
" 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
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Oct 14, 2005 3:25 pm
2463
"On the way back to Eugene, Jim asked Tom why they hadn't caught any steelhead. Tom grinned and said, "That's steel heading, Jim". The next year the story was...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 15, 2005 2:17 pm
2464
Sorry about yesterday's and today's quote, but have had a house full of company. My grandaughter Katie's second birthday. All our kids and grandkids were up...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 17, 2005 1:58 am
2465
" No angler merely watches nature in a passive way. He enters into its very existence." John Bailey Reflections On The Water's Edge (N.D.) -- ...
Jimmy D. Moore
rayado@...
Oct 17, 2005 3:32 pm
2466
" When you are next complaining about the selectivity of trout, bear this thought in mind: were it not for this fortunate trait, how long would our stream...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 18, 2005 1:55 pm
2467
"These brook trout will strike any fly you present, provided you don't get close enough to present it." Dick Blalock ...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 19, 2005 2:53 pm
2468
Sorry to be late, but have been riding around the ranch on 4-wheeler, pulling cart with a propane bottle and prickly pear burner. Burned the spines off a...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 21, 2005 7:41 pm
2469
" A cork bobs, a stick jerks up, and a fiery sticklebck bristling, streaming, describes an unaccustomed arc through the air." Brian Clarke The Pursuit Of The...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 22, 2005 3:37 pm
2470
" A trout is vulnerable to the fisherman because he eats. " Vincent Marinaro In the Ring of the Sunrise (1976) ...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 23, 2005 10:31 pm
2471
I wish I could claim this quote as my own, but alas, it's NOT. Any of you know who to credit it to ? "Put backing on your line; even if you never use it. It...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 24, 2005 2:12 pm
2472
" In the fly book the sportsman collects his treasures - the fairy imitations of the tiny nymphs of the waterside - and it is the source of much delight in...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 25, 2005 2:50 pm
2473
" The one great ingredient in successful fly fishing is patience. The man whose fly is always on the water has the best chance. There is always a chance of a...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 26, 2005 1:21 pm
2474
" It is well kown that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 27, 2005 1:43 pm
2475
" You can always tell a large trout when feeding in the evening. He rises continuously, or at small intervals-in still water almost always in the same place,...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 28, 2005 2:38 pm
2476
" The trout fly does not resemble any known species of insect. It is a "conventionalized" creation, as we say of ornamentation. The theory is, that, fly...
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