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2009-12-10 Thread flyfsh...@gmail.com
my son (another snotty nosed little kid) just told me that he had read that in a library book titled Weard and Gross Bible Stuff by Rick Osborne. On Dec 9, 10:30 am, Alan Di Somma phxflyt...@cox.net wrote: Some snotty nosed little kid, I guess Thank you, Alan Di Somma Why is it that at

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2009-11-23 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Sorry, forgot the author. The quote below is from Tom Brennan's book. of same name. Book of amusing stories on life in Alaska. Jimmy D. Moore wrote: '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

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2009-11-22 Thread David Masson
How true or hit a rock on your back cast happen almost every time dave From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: November 22, 2009 4:13 PM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Bill Higdon Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY It is

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2009-11-22 Thread J Balmer
I have the opposite problem… From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:13 PM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Bill Higdon Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY It is not difficult to learn how to cast;

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2009-11-21 Thread J Balmer
You weren't? From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:05 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY It was awfully cold that December morning

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2009-11-21 Thread Alan Di Somma
Is that the day I lost my hat? Thank you, Alan Di Somma Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks? http://www.azflyfishing.net/ - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore To: Virtual Fly Box ; Fly Fishing World ; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers

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2009-11-21 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Yeah, I was, in my big ole bass boat. :-P J Balmer wrote: You weren’t? From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:05 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject:

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2009-11-21 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Yep. Did we get it back or did it sink before we got to it? I forget. :-P Alan Di Somma wrote: Is that the day I lost my hat? 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

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2009-11-21 Thread Alan Di Somma
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Yep. Did we get it back or did it sink before we got to it? I forget. :-P Alan Di Somma wrote: Is that the day I lost my hat? It was awfully cold that December morning and speeding down the lake

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2009-11-19 Thread Michael Bliss
Amen to that first quote - now the second one - is that you Jimmy? Is that your quote? I have never caught one planing like a speed boat. I would like to that sound fun. I did have a trout take my EHC in the air as the fly was still moving over the water. The fish came out a good two feet to

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2009-11-19 Thread murphdawg98
You might be forgetting about somebody. I'll let you figure it out and report back. :)From: Mark Romero markflie...@hotmail.comTo: virtual fly box vfb-mail@googlegroups.comSent: Thu, November 5, 2009 9:04:21 AMSubject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Paul O'Neil.best right fielder the Yankes

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2009-11-19 Thread JC
But yet how satifying you feel as you pull it to shore to know that you won the battle, but release it back to fight another day -Original Message- From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:45 AM To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; Fly

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2009-11-19 Thread chuckalexander
- Original Message - From: murphdaw...@verizon.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:17 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY I am trying to unsubscribe from this group. Can someone explain how to be removed or can someone remove my address from

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2009-11-14 Thread Mark Romero
Man, i want some of whatever it is he's been smokin'... Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:52:18 -0600 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY If we carry purism to a

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2009-11-14 Thread Reuven Segal
I like this quote. It sums up a lot about fly fishing/tying as it is now. googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY If we carry purism to a logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked

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2009-11-12 Thread J Balmer
@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY I caught MYSELF in the ear. Does that count??? LOL, Chuck Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/you_wear_it_well_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ _ipgZ - Original Message - From: Don

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY - our occupations, hobbies, etc.

2009-11-12 Thread J Balmer
Occupation - IT consultant, program underwriting for local PBS TV station, Production post-production videography, musician Hobbies - Fly fishing, fly tying, wine, wood working w/ a minor in blacksmithing First fish - northern on a cane pole w/ worm Who taught you to fish ? my Dad

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2009-11-12 Thread Michael Bliss
*Occupation* - University administrator *Hobbies* - fly fishing / fly tying, golf, grandkids *First fish* - small rainbow with worms *Who taught you to fish ?* my grandfather *Favorite writer* - Robert Ludlum *Favorite fishing writer* - John Gierach *Favorite fly rod* - My Sage 9' 3wt

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY - our occupations, hobbies, etc.

2009-11-12 Thread J Paulson
Ok, I'll bite, so to speak... Occupation - Owner of Amazing Flies, ex-Microsoftee Hobbies - Fly fishing, traveling to flyfish, designing new flies, poking dead things with a stick First fish - Sunfish with Zebco 202 rod/reel and a bobber Who taught you to fish ? my

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2009-11-11 Thread Mark Romero
J.B., if fishing were outlawed.that'd just gimme more time to tye. From: jbal...@a5.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:08:16 -0600 Or how long would fly tying as a business lastJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com

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2009-11-11 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
If all the trout in the world suddenly disappeared, I know a bunch of folks who'd go right on with their fly tying as though nothing happened. :-P J Balmer wrote: Or how long would fly tying as a business lastJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On

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2009-11-11 Thread Don Ordes
- Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:17 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY If all the trout in the world suddenly disappeared, I know a bunch of folks who'd go right on with their fly tying as though

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2009-11-11 Thread Don Ordes
shoulder- mayby at the last second sensing the leader. Little guy was REALLY mad when I 'landed' him. Safe CR, though. DonO - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:17 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE

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2009-11-11 Thread Jeff Frye
If all the trout disappeared, I would just be taking my spring and fall vacations to different places. From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 10:17:27 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

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2009-11-11 Thread Mark Romero
happened just above Wullf Run.slightly upstream of the CFFCM, right by where Elm Hollow Brook comes in, on the Willow. Willowemoc Creek...my all-time favorite medium sized Freestoner.. From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date

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2009-11-11 Thread chuckalexander
: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:39 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY If all the trout in the world suddenly disappeared, I know a bunch of folks who'd go right on with their fly tying as though nothing happened. :-P JimmyD Jimmy, this is a neat idea for a new thread. What non-fish

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2009-11-11 Thread Mark Romero
it does as long as it were yourself and not your self. From: chuckalexan...@hughes.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:32:48 -0600 I caught MYSELF in the ear. Does that count??? LOL, Chuck Please see our fly fishing hand made

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2009-11-09 Thread Mark Romero
i have the book..it's a wonderful read...he died shortly after it was published Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:25:32 -0600 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR

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2009-11-04 Thread Mark Romero
Truth be told..the solution to any problem (no matter what it is), is FIRST, to Listen. From: jbal...@a5.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:24:51 -0600 Oh how I wish that were true. I’ve got about three fishing days

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2009-11-04 Thread J Balmer
Doesn’t work very well when trying to fix proprietary software issues for a clientJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Romero Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:44 AM To: virtual fly box Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Truth be told

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2009-11-04 Thread Mark Romero
Rough Out Here. From: jbal...@a5.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:50:25 -0600 Doesn’t work very well when trying to fix proprietary software issues for a clientJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m

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2009-11-01 Thread J Balmer
Next time, build the cemetery around a trout stream, that’s where I’d want to be buried. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:30 AM To: Fly Fishing World; Virtual Fly Box; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY QUESTION

2009-11-01 Thread Mark Romero
whatever you wanna do Jimmy.you've alwasy been real good at it Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:09:39 -0600 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com; vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY QUESTION RE

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2009-10-31 Thread J Balmer
It does if he’s trying to make more trout… From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:55 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY Looking

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2009-10-31 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
ROTF ! I should have said, Our looking good on the stream doesn't mean a thing to a trout. :-P J Balmer wrote: It does if he's trying to make more trout... From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Saturday, October 31,

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2009-10-31 Thread J Balmer
Fishers Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY ROTF ! I should have said, Our looking good on the stream doesn't mean a thing to a trout. :-P J Balmer wrote: It does if he’s trying to make more trout… From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D

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2009-10-30 Thread J Balmer
Golf always costs me money. ‘Course so does fly fishing tying, but @ least I have something to show for itJ J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:38 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill

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2009-10-30 Thread Mark Romero
smart dudethese's an old sayin'.goes like this...Asshole Sam, he'll toilet to ya. Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:37:40 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com;

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2009-10-29 Thread Mark Romero
Easy for him to say ROTFLMFFAO!!! Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:41:15 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY I think I fish, in part, because it's an

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2009-10-26 Thread J Balmer
Even if I’d trust them w/ my wife doesn’t mean I’d trust them w/ a favorite spot… From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:53 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject:

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2009-10-26 Thread John
Right on! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2009, at 12:47 PM, J Balmer jbal...@a5.com wrote: Even if I’d trust them w/ my wife doesn’t mean I’d trust them w/ a favorite spot… From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Monday, October

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2009-10-26 Thread Mark Romero
well..your definately not doing enough of the right thing.. Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:13:44 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY If people

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2009-10-26 Thread Mark Romero
thass the right attitude Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:36:10 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that

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2009-10-26 Thread Mark Romero
Choices rotflmao...guy might know fishin'but he aint got NO vision when it comes to anatomy. Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:13:41 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com

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2009-10-25 Thread J Balmer
I concur. It gives me an opportunity to perfect my sine waves… From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:18 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE

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2009-10-22 Thread J Balmer
What if they do that all the time? From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:14 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY If people don't

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2009-10-22 Thread Don Ordes
Problem is with some of us it's not just occasionally. - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore To: Virtual Fly Box ; Fly Fishing World ; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:13 AM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY If people don't occasionally

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2009-10-20 Thread Mark Romero
Nice line from a great book...we're just bout out the door.everyone take care. AAaah palm trees and sun.maybe even a fish or two.we'll see. Misa's insisting on bringing her Spey rod...lmao. Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:30:46 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To:

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2009-10-18 Thread Mark Romero
...j/k Rickthankx for all you did to keep the tourch lit Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:33:22 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR

[VFB] RE: Quote For The Day - REalistic flies

2009-10-13 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
For some Super Realistic flies, click on Vlad Markov's site below. Many of you know Vlad already. He's been a lurker on the VFB for many years. He has articles on his site from several of us VFB'ers, including my poem Why I Fish on a color plate Vlad lives in Irkutsk, Russia. Take a Look.

[VFB] Re: Quote For The Day - REalistic flies

2009-10-13 Thread Mark Romero
Thankx Jimmy.that cat be bad..in the best of ways. Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:06:58 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] RE: Quote For The Day - REalistic flies

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY EXTRA - Whiskey Fishing

2009-10-05 Thread J Balmer
Well, a couple of good friends of mine I used to have a tradition of hitting off the bottle of Gentleman Jack when we caught a fish. Had to change that after we fished Lake Taneycomo. We all would have died of alcohol poisoning or drowning the second day. J -Original Message- From:

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2009-05-13 Thread J Balmer
still have the bugger as a reminder. J -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Bliss Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:06 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Wes, It was a horror the last time

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2009-05-13 Thread glwebb
From a recent post on the Wisconsin Fly Fishing Board: ...Having never had a hook in my hand that deep, I soon realized just how effective a barb can be.  I tugged and pulled, but no avail.  I then realized I

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2009-05-12 Thread Michael Bliss
I could add: The one time you forget to pinch the barb down on your hook is the time that when extracting the fly from the mouth of the trout he returns the favor imbedding it deeply in your hand leaving you with a decision - do I rip it out or push it through and then pinch down the barb before

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2009-05-12 Thread Michael Bliss
Wes, It was a horror the last time it happened. I almost joined PETA. Mike On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com wrote: The one time you forget to pinch the barb down on your hook is the time that when extracting the fly

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY / JFTD

2009-05-05 Thread DonO
Now Jimmy, how are all those guv'ment bail-out programs supposed to work unless good folk like you cough up half your hard-earned dollars? I mean, how's a rich exec. or dead-beat supposed to get by these days unless you contribute? OTOH, it'll be good to have your undivided attention here from

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2009-04-22 Thread jim phillips
From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:50:37 -0600 for the listLMAO From: jbal...@a5.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

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2009-04-14 Thread DonO
...and then again when I get the photo of it in my photo shop DonO - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; Fly Fishing World flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers

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2009-04-11 Thread J Balmer
And all this time, I thought it was because I tripped over that trout… J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:19 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB]

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2009-04-03 Thread J McK
VERY TRUE if you have the species your after that close Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:14:26 -0500 From: ray...@earthlink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com;

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2009-03-13 Thread glwebb
Indeed a very good quality. Living in Wisconsin with a few thousand miles of trout streams, most with public access, is maybe just as good. Gary Jimmy D. Moore

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2009-03-13 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Gary, you're making me turn green with envy. We have only one bonafide trout stream in Texas, and that's the Guadalupe near New Braunfels. It's a tail race fed by bottom draw dam flowing 50 degree water to the river. As long as the flow is around 200cfs, even in the summer, the trout live

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2009-03-08 Thread J Balmer
I thought that was a requirement... J _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:23 AM To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY There's more

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2009-02-12 Thread Neville Gosling
Very true, however I am often too eager to start fishing instead of waiting, watching trying to figure out the best holding lies for the fish and then the best metod to approach them without scaring the fish. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, BC Canada _ From:

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2009-02-12 Thread John C. Bennett
Most of the time i will fish the same spots so the waiting and watching goes faster. From: Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:38 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

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2009-02-11 Thread Michael Bliss
Brings back a funny memory fishing on the Provo River. I had quietly moved up on a pod of fish feeding on the edge of a drop off. I had managed one pass and I was getting ready to flick the rod upstream for the next one when I heard what sounded like a moose running in the water behind me.

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2009-02-06 Thread Michael Bliss
That would be an experience - how far away? On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: They say that to catch brown trout you have to be near invisible. I tried that on the Cimarron in 1999. It worked so well that a large brown bear never saw me as he snatched

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2009-02-06 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
40 feet! I was behind a bush. :-P Michael Bliss wrote: That would be an experience - how far away? º ** JIMMY D. MOOREjdmo...@fishgame.com North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish Game Mag,

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2009-01-09 Thread J Balmer
Well, I had a totally different thought concerning the butt spear... _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:15 AM To: Fly Fishing World; Virtual Fly Box; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Subject: [VFB]

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2009-01-06 Thread DonO
Jimmy, I like this one too: If you don't read the newspapers, you're un-informed. If you do read the papers, you're mis-informed. Anon. DonO - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore To: Fly Fishing World ; Virtual Fly Box ; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Sent: Tuesday,

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2009-01-06 Thread jerry goldsmith
and if you are DonO you’re miss-veronica. Anonymous From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of DonO Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:30 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Jimmy, I like this one too: If you

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2008-12-31 Thread Anthony Spezio
Jimmy, This is why most of us that make bamboo rods heat treat the bamboo before making the rod. I have some Bamboo culms that are over 60 years old. This is to remove the excess moisture from the bamboo. There is less tendency to absorb ambient moisture Tony --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Jimmy D.

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2008-12-30 Thread Michael Bliss
I'll bite- 1. Nymph fisherman goes upstream - because the most effective method is up and across. Conversely, across and down is a good dry fly method particularly for caddis. 2. Nymph fisherman - he is more likely to catch more and bigger fish so his lies will be smaller 3. The dry fly

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY - Brown Fuzzy

2008-12-21 Thread Wes Wada
Yeah, thanks Jimmy for looking that one up. I will be teaching a couple of the sessions of the local fly club's fly tying classes, and wanted to use the quote for its 'perspective'. It is good to know where it comes from. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon

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2008-11-21 Thread Ed Roden
and thinking of how the fishing went becomes the ultimate fantasy! On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:27 PM, DonO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: or an island of reality in a world of fantasy. Buggs - Original Message - *From:* Jimmy D. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* Virtual Fly Box

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2008-11-20 Thread DonO
or an island of reality in a world of fantasy. Buggs - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore To: Virtual Fly Box ; Fly Fishing World ; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:10 AM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY . . . the fisherman fishes. It is

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2008-11-06 Thread Neville Gosling
I have a similar disorder. Rather than Obsessive Compulsive, my friend Mel terms it Excessive Compulsive. My biggest problem is locating specific items in my junk pile, such as the reel that I want to use today! Now where did I put it? Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, BC Canada

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2008-11-04 Thread Ed Roden
aaah, but if you go with larger charges, then you get into fly fishing...no longer do they come quietly to the surface, but they fly into the air with the greatest of ease... Sorry, US politics destroying the brain, returning back under the rock... On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Jimmy D. Moore

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY You Might be a Renegade VFB'er, FFW'er, HCFF'er if. . . .

2008-10-12 Thread Rene Zillmann
Jimmy, Great List Rene Jimmy D. Moore schrieb: Been a long time since I wrote this. Thought you might enjoy it again. JIMMY D 1. You send double posts to the list. 2. You let people know you're available for a Chat 3. Your name is DonO, Jimmy D, Jeff, Chuck, Nick, Deb, or one of the