"Immediately you become aware of a fish, drop the point of the rod, let go of any loose line in your hand, pull off more line from the reel, step forward - do...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 1, 2006 1:34 pm
2900
"One evening I was awakened from a deep sleep by a weird noise coming from my husband, only to find out he was dreaming and he was a Dry Fly. I suspected then,...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 2, 2006 10:34 pm
2901
"The chief difference between big-game fishing and weightlifting is that weightlifters never clutter up their library walls with stuffed barbells." Ed Zern -...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 3, 2006 5:37 pm
2902
"It's what you call a Green-arsed Hornet", said Shad. "Jist looks like a hornet, 'cept it's got a green arse 'stead of yellow." "Well, I'll have Bert tie me up...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 4, 2006 2:29 pm
2903
Contributed by Gary Webb. TNX, JD "I could have been eminently famous in a number of different fields, but every time I was about to do something great, I...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 5, 2006 1:59 pm
2904
"Some men would rather be photographed with their fish than with their wives." Gwen Cooper and Evelyn Haas -- ************************ ><((((((((º>...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 6, 2006 11:23 am
2905
"And so, this endless tyranny goes on. Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." Rafael Sabatini -- ...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 7, 2006 1:42 pm
2906
"The game of [nods] is played by tying a reasonable facsimile of the insect being taken by a trout. Then many variations of this basic pattern are tied with...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 8, 2006 3:21 pm
2907
"...buying a fly rod in the average city store, that is, joining it up and safely waggling it a bit, is much like seeing a woman's arm protruding from a car...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 9, 2006 1:59 pm
2908
"It is not every man who should go a-fishing, but there are many who would find this their true rest and recreation of body and mind. And having, either in...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 10, 2006 2:16 pm
2909
"Ordinarily the man accustomed to a 9-foot fly rod would reduce to one about 7 feet long and feel that he was equipped for working a small brook. This, I beg...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 11, 2006 1:15 pm
2910
"You will search far to find a fisherman who'll admit that a taste for fishing, like a taste for liquor, must be governed lest it come to possess its...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 12, 2006 1:51 pm
2911
"Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among those deprived of the...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 13, 2006 3:31 pm
2912
"The truth is that live-bait fishing has a long and noble history. Live bait was totally unknown to the early caveman, who had to make do with a rather limited...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 14, 2006 1:50 pm
2913
I just received a warning from a neighbor about the dangers of Zicam, the new advance treatment cold remedy. Evidently, there's quite a problem with Zicam...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 14, 2006 2:42 pm
2914
"Between them, the old men must have created hundreds of trout flies and insect mutants as bizarre and seductive as any to drop from a fly tier's vise. With...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 15, 2006 1:49 pm
2915
"Surprisingly, many anglers are ashamed to admit that they fish with live bait. You'll run into one of these so-called purists on a trout stream and ask him...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 16, 2006 2:18 pm
2916
" Nothing is more trying to the patience of a fishermen than the remark so often made to them by the profane: "I had not patience enough for fishing!"" Arthur...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 17, 2006 1:39 pm
2917
"Well over a century ago, the classic British chalk streams were fished with live insects on gossamer silk, wind-carried "blow lines". So, the trees were cut...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 18, 2006 1:55 pm
2918
"90% of the fish are in 10% of the water" Sent to me by Chuck. TNX -- ************************ ><((((((((º> ******************************* Jimmy D....
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 19, 2006 2:48 pm
2919
"For this form of fishing (with a wet fly), the rod is no longer a shooting machine but a receiving post, with super-sensitive antennae, capable of registering...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 20, 2006 2:02 pm
2920
"When the bamboo is received (in the US), it is checked for moisture content. If it is over 13% it must again be stored and dried until it is 13% or less....
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 21, 2006 2:02 pm
2921
"Like the finest umbilicus, casting your line into water joins you to it. the currents speak to your bones in iced tongues. the loam perfume of conifer rot and...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 22, 2006 1:27 pm
2922
"90 % of all fly fishers stretch the truth about the fish they catch. The other 10 % haven't seen anybody to stretch it with - yet!" Jimmy D Moore -- ...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 23, 2006 1:04 pm
2923
"All are part of the great storehouse of memories that make up a fisherman's quirky and crammed brain, keeping us gut-hooked from one season through the long...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 24, 2006 1:27 pm
2924
Ten down, ten to go to fill Blues II Swap. If you want to participate See Blues II update # 2, sent last night for details. If you don't mind, respond to me...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 24, 2006 4:01 pm
2925
... Best Regards, JIMMY D. MOORE 9409 Mesa Verde Circle Woodway, TX 76712 Signed up so far. 1. Jimmy D. Moore - Sweet Home Alabama - Lynnard Skynnard 2. Don...
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 25, 2006 7:48 pm
2926
I can't resist the hook, sign me up. Noel Rodriguez and the Singer song is Chris Smither "Blues in the Bottle"; second choice Johnny Lang "Sittin' at a Red ...
You're number 14 Noel. Welcome aboard. JIMMY D ... -- ************************ ><((((((((º> ******************************* Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec....
Jimmy D. Moore
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Oct 25, 2006 9:37 pm
2928
At this writing, we have sixteen swappers raring to go! Only 4 spots left. So . . . . if you want to do the BLUES, you need to sign up right away. Note:...