"Fishing books, lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. . . .We do not think of them as books but as men. They are our companions and not only river-side. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are." Arthur Ransome "The Fisherman's Library" (1950) 
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Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
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"My own experience with the Cleveland Wrecking Yard began two days ago when I heard about a used trout stream they had on sale." Richard Brautigan "Trout Fishing In America" (1967) 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired
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Anybody know who wrote this? 

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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired
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"But if the salmon and trout must be classified as elite in this mythical social
structure then let the black bass be given permanent status as the working class
of American gamefishes. He's tough and he knows it. . . He's a bass sax
grumbling get-down blues in the bayou. He's a factory worker, truck driver, wild
catter, lumberjack, barroom bouncer, dock walloper, migrant farmhand, and bear
wrassler. And if it's a fight you're looking for, he'll oblige anytime,
anywhere. Whether it's a backwater at noon, a swamp at midnight, or dockside at
dawn, he'll be there waiting. He's a fierce-eyed, foul mouthed, tobacco-chewing
redneck who has traveled to every corner of the nation, paying his way and
giving no quarter."

Pat Smith "Old Iron Jaw"



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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member
TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired
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"I FISH... because of all the television commercials, cocktail parties and assorted social posturing I thus escape." John Volker, Retired Michigan Supreme Court Justice 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired
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"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 assortment of dry flies, nymphs, and a few streamers. One day, whether out of exasperation or simple impatience, a caveman made a backcast with a gray hackle he had not bothered to remove from a sage hen. Instantly, it was taken by a brontosaurus. The caveman was elated by his discovery, even though it was several centuries before anyone learned how to take the brontosaurus off the hook." Patrick McManus "They Shoot Canoes Don't They" 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"The joy of owning fine tackle is so great that it is often difficult to distinguish between basic needs and the urge to possess that which delights the sensitivities. I have preached against indulgence, but in truth I am a sentimental moron when it comes to fishing tackle. How can one find adequate words to describe the sweet feel of a rod that makes casting an esthetic delight, yet which adds little to one's ability to catch fish?" "The Philosophical Fisherman" by Harold Blaisdell 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"Before you begin to angle make a trial, having the wind on your back, to see at what length you can cast your fly, that the fly light first into the water, and no longer, for if any of the line fall into the water before the fly, it is better uncast than thrown ."
The Art of Angling"
Thomas Barker, an ancient practitioner of the said Art,
London, England - 1651
This book was given to me by Iain Short several years ago. I read a couple pages and put it down
only to missplace it later. While looking for another book yesterday I came across it and read it in
its entirety last evening. Thanks Iain and forgive me for taking so long to respond and thank you for
a very enjoyable read.
Note: You can download this E- book for free at: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26116

"Some time ago I was brought back to earth by an incident in one of my fishing schools. I usually show a movie call 'The Way of the Trout,' which concludes with a strong plea for catch-and-release fishing. right after the final dramatic scene, which ends with the release of a large rainbow trout, an eleven-year-old boy impulsively jumped up and said, "I wouldn't let that fish go!' As he sat down, a little embarrassed, he explained,'I wouldn't let that fish go. I've never caught a fish that big.' In the awkward silence that followed, I realized that most of the people in that room - and, for that matter, he vast majority of anglers - wouldn't have let that fish go, either. I don't remember exactly what I said to that class and to that young man, but I do remember feeling awfully inadequate." Mel Kreiger in "The Essentials of Fly Fishing" 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"Le pêcheur maladroit ne fait que troubler l'eau." ... "The awkward fisherman does nothing but disturb the water." Provided by Pierre Masson 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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" A successful first time deer hunter gets his shirt tail cut off. A sucessful first time Black Marlin hunter gets Black Marlin blood on his cap." Jimmy D Moore **************** ><((((((((º> *****************************
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"When I go fishing I ... want to get away from it all, for it is silence and solitude even more than it is fish that I am seeking ... As for big fish, all is relative. Not every tuna is a trophy." William Humphrey 
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Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, author
Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,Texas
Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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" 'Over the years,' he once wrote,'great minds have brooded about whether fishermen were crazier than golfers.' There is much to be said for both sides. Golfers spend hours knocking an innocent little ball across the landscape, often getting wet and numb in the process, and return home with nothing to show for their efforts. Fishermen, on the other hand, spend hours dragging an innocent herring through the water, often getting wet and numb in the process, and return home with nothing to show for their efforts. On successful days in both sports, joy reigns supreme because the participant has triumphed through enormous odds, but at least the fisherman's rush comes from outsmarting something that has a nervous system." "Moose Droppings & Other Crimes Against Nature" 

" 'Over the years,' he once wrote,'great minds have brooded about whether fishermen were crazier than golfers.' There is much to be said for both sides. Golfers spend hours knocking an innocent little ball across the landscape, often getting wet and numb in the process, and return home with nothing to show for their efforts. Fishermen, on the other hand, spend hours dragging an innocent herring through the water, often getting wet and numb in the process, and return home with nothing to show for their efforts. On successful days in both sports, joy reigns supreme because the participant has triumphed through enormous odds, but at least the fisherman's rush comes from outsmarting something that has a nervous system." "Moose Droppings & Other Crimes Against Nature" 
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Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"It was awfully cold that December morning and speeding down the lake at sixty miles an hour made me even colder. I was glad we didn't have to fish at that speed." Jimmy D Moore 

Jimmy

I reel left-handed as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for me.
But probably the biggest reason is that I always fished spinning gear,
not baitcasting gear as I was growing up. = left handed reeling. I know
you also fish conventional tackle. Try using a spinning rod for a while.

Jimmy, the Austin Fly Fishers are lining up our meeting speakers for the
next year. You interested in talking sometime? Subject of your choice as
long as its related to fishing.

Jack
Austin

Jimmy D. Moore wrote:
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> I'm right-handed and I've always reeled right handed after changing
> the rod from right hand to left I know that in the time it takes to
> change the rod from right hand to left hand has cost me a fish or two,
> but try as I may, I just can't get the hang of reeling left-handed.
> I've had this trouble with my bait casting reel but it doesn't seem to
> affect how quick I strike at a bass.
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> I've sat at my tying bench with a reel attached to a reel seat held
> the handle in my right hand and reeled left-handed until I'm blue in
> the face. After about 5 minutes, reeling left-handed seems natural,
> BUT . . . . when I get on the stream and a fish takes, I fall back
> into the switching rod from right to left hand and then reeling with
> my right hand.
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> I'll try doubly hard to reel left-handed on the next fish, but even if
> I don't make the switch, my reeling is an uncoordinated jerky motion.
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> Maybe I've just got a mental block. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> JIMMY D
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Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"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 fish or two, no matter how hopeless it looks. You never know what may happen in fly-fishing." Francis Francis (1862 "I've caught fish when my fly was planing like a speed boat and the belly of my line was all drag. Sometimes it takes an "off the wall" approach to catch a wily trout."
Jimmy D. Moore
2:39 p.m. CST 11/19/09

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Emeritus,Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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"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 - In short, do everything that will help create a big belly in the line well downstream of the fish. When all this is done you may now strike or not as the fancy pleases you. It will make no difference, for by now the fish is hooked!" Richard Waddington, Fly Fishing for Salmon, 1951 
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Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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One of you mentioned eels the other day and I came across this quote about them. Had no idea that eels would rise to flies.
"...there are carriers and side-streams on the River Test on which falls of spinners can be so heavy at certain times of the year that the eels have been seen there, lying just beneath the surface and rising to spent flies just as trout do." Peter Lapsley "River Trout Flyfishing" [1988] 
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"If we carry purism to a logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each." John Gierach 
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Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,
Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret.
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