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2899
"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...
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Oct 1, 2006
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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,...
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Oct 2, 2006
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2901
"The chief difference between big-game fishing and weightlifting is that weightlifters never clutter up their library walls with stuffed barbells." Ed Zern -...
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Oct 3, 2006
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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...
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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...
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Oct 5, 2006
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2904
"Some men would rather be photographed with their fish than with their wives." Gwen Cooper and Evelyn Haas -- ************************ ><((((((((º>...
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Oct 6, 2006
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Oct 16, 2006
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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...
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Oct 17, 2006
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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...
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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....
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Oct 19, 2006
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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...
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Oct 20, 2006
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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....
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Oct 21, 2006
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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...
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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 -- ...
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Oct 23, 2006
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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...
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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...
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Oct 24, 2006
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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...
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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 ...
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Oct 25, 2006
9:26 pm
2927
You're number 14 Noel. Welcome aboard. JIMMY D ... -- ************************ ><((((((((º> ******************************* Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec....
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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:...
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Oct 26, 2006
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