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I had a triumph once, but it didn't go real fast with two people on it. Buggs - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: flyfishingworld ; VFB ; HIll country Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 10:12 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "A triumph witnessed is sweet; a triumph shared is even

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That would depend on whether it was you or the fish that triumphsJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zieger Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:13 AM To: flyfishingworld; VFB; HIll country Subject: [VFB] QFTD "A triumph witnessed is sweet; a

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Try a BonnevilleJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Ordes Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:18 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD I had a triumph once, but it didn't go real fast with two people on it.

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Spoken by a man who must know one! Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of J Balmer Sent: April 8, 2010 10:15 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD Try a BonnevilleJ

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Raced a couple, back when I had two knees & a bit less sense. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neville Gosling Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:24 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD Spoken by a man who must know

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:33 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD Raced a couple, back when I had two knees & a bit less sense. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To un

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These didn't have brakesJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neville Gosling Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:37 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD Ahh Yes, but those were the days! I think that I would like one t

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What do you need brakes for? Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of J Balmer Sent: April 8, 2010 10:45 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD These didn't have br

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As in Pontiac Bonneville? They are great fishing cars. Peggy J Balmer wrote: Try a BonnevilleJ *From:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Don Ordes *Sent:* Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:18 AM *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [VFB

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ril 8, 2010 10:47 AM > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD > > As in Pontiac Bonneville? > > They are great fishing cars. > > Peggy > > J Balmer wrote: > > Try a BonnevilleJ > > > > -- You received this message because y

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To keep the bike from scaring the fish when you go roaring through that fishing spot. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neville Gosling Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:47 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD What do you

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The Triumph Bonneville is easier to cast from, unless the Pontiac is a rag top. -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peggy Brenner Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:47 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD

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-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD A friends cousin had a Dunstall Norton. First time he jumped on, he pulled a wheelie in 1st & slide of the back of the seat. Couldn't let up on the gas 'cause he was holding on for dear life. Took two blocks before he got the front end

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I thought my comments might awaken the sleeping Giant! Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: April 8, 2010 11:14 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB

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From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peggy Brenner Sent: April 8, 2010 10:47 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD As in Pontiac Bonneville? They are great fishing cars. Peggy J Balmer wrote: Try a BonnevilleJ -- You rec

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[mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peggy Brenner > Sent: April 8, 2010 12:21 PM > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD > > Not only do I remember that one, but know someone who still ownes, as > original owner, one. > > Peggy -- You

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lats until the Japanese bikes showed up. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peggy Brenner Sent: April 8, 2010 12:21 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

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I suffer every time I tie a fly. Can't seem to get-er-done without having a "run in" with the point of the hook. ;-) Rick Zieger wrote: "In common with poets and artists fly fisherman occasionally have to suffer for the sake of their art. If nothing else, it keeps us humble." "The Little B

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"point of the hook" as in BARB ! :-P Sometimes us Texans have truble with keeping our terminology straight. Jimmy D. Moore wrote: I suffer every time I tie a fly. Can't seem to get-er-done without having a "run in" with the point of the hook. ;-) Rick Zieger wrote: "In common with poets

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Hey John, where ya been? - Original Message - From: "John" To: "Vfb" Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 6:47 AM Subject: [VFB] Qftd Is there anyway the qftd's can be an offlist mailing? I for one do not want twenty postings/ replies for qftd in my mail every day. 10 chuck Alexander po

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Been lurking. These days I am trying to get ready for trout opener! John Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:14 AM, "Don Ordes" wrote: Hey John, where ya been? - Original Message - From: "John" To: "Vfb" Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 6:47 AM Subject: [VFB] Qftd Is there an

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Good to hear from you. Did you see your photo on my 'Friends' page? We don't have open & closed seasons here. If the water is hard, make a hole. If it's thawed, fish normally. D - Original Message - From: "John" To: Sent: Monday, April 12, 20

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If it's thawed, fish normally. D - Original Message - From: "John" To: Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Qftd Been lurking. These days I am trying to get ready for trout opener! John Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:14 AM,

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Fantasy Fly site: http://www.fantasyflies.com/friends.php - Original Message - From: "John" To: Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Qftd On your fantasy flies site? Or on facebook? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:32 AM, "Don Ordes

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[mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of glw...@gundluth.org > Sent: April 12, 2010 5:32 AM > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD > > I could have had a Triumph , but liked the BSA better. > > http://www.bradsbikes.net/view_photo.aspx

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Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of glw...@gundluth.org Sent: April 12, 2010 5:32 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD I could have had a Triumph , but liked th

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April 12, 2010 9:24 AM > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD > > Umm ok. Not quite what that was all about? If I didn't read > it on my phone I would still have to read them when I got home. > > By talking with dono I have in turn done what drives

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ncouver, B.C. Canada -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Sent: April 12, 2010 9:24 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Umm ok. Not quite what that was all about? If I didn't read it on my phone I

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Sent: April 12, 2010 9:31 AM > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD > > Very true. It goes in spurts. And I was a bit grumpy this morning > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:28 PM, "Neville Gosling" > wrote: > > Well

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John, You must not have been reading many VFB posts here lately. I quit doing them over a month ago and Rick just started them up again this last week. Rick started because several VFB'ers missed reading them. My suggestion to you is to read the first one, then delete the replys. JIMMY D VFB

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Suggestion noted. I had thought they were offlist, like the joke of the days. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:35 PM, "Jimmy D. Moore" wrote: John, You must not have been reading many VFB posts here lately. I quit doing them over a month ago and Rick just started them up again th

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John: I don't know who the hell you are, but you need to re count your posts buddy boy, Chuck - Original Message - From: "John" To: "Vfb" Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:47 AM Subject: [VFB] Qftd Is there anyway the qftd's can be an offlist mailing? I for one do not want twenty p

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Well, if you have any more smart assed comments about me, do it OFF LIST.. Chuck - Original Message - From: "John" To: Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Very true. It goes in spurts. And I was a bit grumpy this morning Sent from my iPhone

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Rick, that's similar to what my dad used to say: "As you get old, insight replaces eyesight." - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:17 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "As your experiencee increases, your eyesi

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Too Funny!   Wayne --- On Tue, 4/20/10, Rick Zieger wrote: From: Rick Zieger Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: "VFB" , "flyfishingworld" , "HIll country" Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 9:25 AM "The Clouser raises some eyebrows, probably because it calls for the weight, er eyes, to be placed on

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Rick, Wow, this is the exact opposite of me... I have no 'comfortable rhythym' and never tie two flies in a row the same, even on most swaps. I will always change something on every fly. I look into the flyboxes of others and find rows of identical flies. I look into mine and am hard-pressed

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On Behalf Of Don Ordes Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:37 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Rick, Wow, this is the exact opposite of me... I have no 'comfortable rhythym' and never tie two flies in a row the same, even on most swaps. I will always change

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I am with you./  I don't think I have ever tied two flies that were exactly alike.  I am alwyas playing with patterns. Rick From: Don Ordes To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, April 21, 2010 10:37:06 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Rick,   Wow, th

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Hmm, had to think about this for a moment.  Each time I tie a pattern, whether for the first time or to restock, I typically discover a new way to tie it.  It could be as simple as  attaching material slightly differently to incorporating a rotary function not used previously.  Quite often I dis

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I do not. But I will be soon as I have caught bass in Florida with a purple fly that was given to me in Arkansas. Buck Hall Coldwater, OH ehal...@roadrunner.com http:\\home.roadrunner.com/~ehall77 Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. Date: Thu,

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Purple Haze is something entirely different, as far as I'm concernedJ I tie flies w/ purple, mostly buggers, for crappie & walleye. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zieger Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:13 PM To: VFB; flyfishingworld; HIll c

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Huh??   What does straw have to do with a rabbit strip?   Wayne --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Rick Zieger wrote: From: Rick Zieger Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: "VFB" , "flyfishingworld" , "HIll country" Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 9:06 AM for rabbit strip flies.   "To prepare the straw, cut it h

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vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Huh?? What does straw have to do with a rabbit strip? Wayne --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Rick Zieger wrote: From: Rick Zieger Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: "VFB" , "flyfishingworld" , "HIll country" Date: Friday, A

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Like the making of what? and sausages... - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:33 PM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "Those who rhapsodize about fly fising's inherernt grace have never witnessed the sorry spect

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laws From: Don Ordes To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, April 24, 2010 10:50:35 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Like the making of what? and sausages... - Original Message - >From: Rick Zieger >To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country

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Monday, April 26, 2010 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD laws -- From: Don Ordes To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, April 24, 2010 10:50:35 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Like the mak

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That's why God invented sinking tips. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zieger Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:10 AM To: VFB; flyfishingworld; HIll country Subject: [VFB] QFTD "I hate to think about fly fishing if trout had evolved to feed o

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That's why heavy nymphs have been invented. BTW: I sometimes fish for barbels, they definitively feed from the bottom. Bead Head Nymphs are the ticket. They taste like trout Rene -Original Message- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:09:59 +0200 Subject: [VFB] QFTD From: Rick Zieger To: VFB , flyf

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I've never tasted a beadhead nymph, so I'll have to take your word for it... -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of rene.zillm...@t-online.de Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:05 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject

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Not me. Although it sure is fun having a trout, especially big cuts, nail a dry, by far I've caught more fish sub-surface. & I guarantee you, there's an appreciable skill in catching fish that you can't see. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zi

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Rick, do you have any context for that quote? I'm confused. From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 8:06:53 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "While this makes no sense biologically, it has made for interesting philosophical

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goes witht hge quote on Saturday. Rick From: Jeff Frye To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 8:16:02 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Rick, do you have any context for that quote? I'm confused. From: Rick Z

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I chase bass & other warm water species w/ the same equipment, except for the leader & tippetJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zieger Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:09 AM To: VFB; flyfishingworld; HIll country Subject: [VFB] QFTD "Althoug

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How True. Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P. O. Box 9104 Russellville, AR 72811 www.caddisflyfishers.org Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 07:30:03 -0700 From: rdzieg...@yahoo.com Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountry

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I like that one ! Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada "I fish because the voices in my head tell me to." one of my tee shirts. Rick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googl

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good one,  mine say don't forget cigars --- On Fri, 5/7/10, Rick Zieger wrote: From: Rick Zieger Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: "VFB" , "flyfishingworld" , "HIll country" Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 9:19 AM "I fish because the voices in my head tell me to."   one of my tee shirts.   Rick    

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Been there, done that... DonO - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 7:19 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "I fish because the voices in my head tell me to." one of my tee shirts. Rick -- You receiv

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Thanks, Rick. OK by me for you to resume the daily QFTD. It's just been difficult for me to handle right now. JIMMY D Rick Zieger wrote: "A fisherman is always hopeful -- nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to be." Roderick Haig-Brown Rick -- You received this message b

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Oh how true! Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P. O. Box 9104 Russellville, AR 72811 www.caddisflyfishers.org Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:20:28 -0700 From: rdzieg...@yahoo.com Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; hillcountryflyf

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Rick, Pacres set up a Paypal account for me when he re-did my FFCo website. It's free to set up but they charge you per deposit and another fee when they write the check. The upside is that you don't have to worry about cash, cashing checks, bounced checks, credit cards (fees) and all those $

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Rick: I think that I said it first, quoting an old t-shirt I used to wear... I always liked a t-shirt I saw on you at my first Sowbug: "I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me to do." Larry Johnson Springville, Utah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB

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Good one, Rick ! Describes me to a "T". ROTF !! JD Rick Zieger wrote: "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." Paul O'Neil Rick -- You received this me

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Boy, would that reduce my flybox. Sounds a lot like my wife, "if you haven't used it in a year you don't need it so get rid of it." Mike On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Rick Zieger wrote: > "At one point my fly boxes were so crammed with flies that I couldn't get > another one in sideways, b

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"I've also come to think the ideal fly is one that can be tied quickly and easily with readily avialable materials" John Gierach Spring 2010 "Fly Tyer" Rick AMEN! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@

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I know I do..and PINK is my favorite color LOL...Seriously. I know bluegill are NOT color blind for sure.. Chuck - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: [VFB] QFTD paraphrase from "Hatc

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I wish to change the thread. Rick: forgive me for piggy-backing on your QFTD. Especially for you who fish a lot of midges and other wet patterns. I was looking across my old list of Favorite Web sites, and clicked on some. You should have a look at San Juan River Fly patterns by Mike More at

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Good Quote, Rick. I agree. If I catch nothing, at least I can admire my espertly tied beautiful flies. ROTF !!! JIMMY D Rick Zieger wrote: "If I am going to catch nothing, I would rather catch nothing on flies." Bob Bailess (probably mispelling the last name) Rick -- Y

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Hi Rick;   Where do you find all these t-shirts with the fly tying/fly fishing quotes   Wayne --- On Tue, 9/14/10, Rick Zieger wrote: From: Rick Zieger Subject: [VFB] QFTD To: "VFB" , "flyfishingworld" , "HIll country" Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 9:54 AM "I do what the voic

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What my wife and family memebers have bought for me. Rick From: Wayne Blake-Hedges To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 9:01:25 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Hi Rick; Where do you find all these t-shirts with the fly tying/fly fishing

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Not me. I argue with them. 'Specially Buggs. - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:54 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "I do what the voices in my fly boxes tell me to." adapted from a T shirt I have

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Great Quote, Rick. You've posted some real "gems" lately. Keep up the good work. JIMMY D Rick Zieger wrote: "For one thing, we anglers are seldom asked to explain what keeps us casting, keeps us hoping to catch something. It's no mystery to us. Perhaps the only people who are puzzled are th

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Unless you fell over and drowned... Buggs - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:11 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "Fishing is also a teacher. Lessons learned in a fishing boat are not lost when you ret

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Valid for wading as well Don Ordes wrote: > Unless you fell over and drowned... > > Buggs > > - Original Message - > *From:* Rick Zieger > *To:* VFB ; flyfishingworld >

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Great Quote, Rick. I get humbled most every time I go after trout. JIMMY D Rick Zieger wrote: "Going fishing is also a lesson in humility. Put another way, to fish is to be humbled - not once but time and time again." Ron Schara "100 years of ?Fishing" Rick -- You received this

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Thanks, Rick That's been the motto for Fantasy Flies for 25 years "To remember the one that got away". DonO - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:34 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "Sure, some of us w

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What did he say next? What is that side? On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Rick Zieger wrote: > "Beyond the big fish and big fibs, there is also a spiritual and eternal > side to this pursuit we call angling." > > Ron Schara "100 years of Fishing" > > Rick > > -- > You received this message be

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Rick: I always enjoy the QFTD. Thanks for providing us with all the thoughts. This one I particularly enjoyed, and forwarded it to many more than usual. I intend to retire next spring, and this quote helps with the future perspective. Thanks again Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> "R

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I agree with Larry wholeheartedly. This is a great quote for retirees. I'm newly retired..well, maybe not quite so newly. ;-) And we all need to thank Rick more often. He does a great job with the quotes. Plus, his spelling has improved immensely.(Or mayhaps he has Ann do his typi

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Plus, his spelling has improved immensely.    (Or mayhaps he has Ann do his typing??) :-P I do the typing.   My better half thinks a quote a day is way to much. If you have a good quote send it to me. Rick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mai

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"Character is built in a crucible of adversity", which is why I'm such a character when I'm fishing. J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zieger Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 8:32 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sub

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Rick can spell very well, but in his haste to get the QFTD out he skips a letter occassionally. JIMMY D J Balmer wrote: "Character is built in a crucible of adversity", which is why I'm such a character when I'm fishing. J -- You received this message because you are subscribed

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So what about multiple characters? 'Created in the vacuum of long Wyoming winters.' Buggs - Original Message - From: J Balmer To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:52 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] QFTD "Character is built in a crucib

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I've found that multiple character creation doesn't require said vacuumJ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Ordes Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 9:27 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD So what about multiple

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As far as I know, I was the first to offer this quote to the VFB list. I had seen it on a t-shirt. Larry Johnson Springville, Utah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe fro

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I would agree with that. It is one of the reasons that flyfishing is so interesting to me. Figuring out the puzzle is part of the lure of flyfishing. Mike On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Rick Zieger wrote: > "To catchy a fish on a fly that you've tied is to gain some deeper > knowledge of t

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Man I like this one! If a trout taking line against the drag is 'music to the ears', a saltwater gamefish such as a sailfish or marlin taking 100's of yards of backing over and over is like an opera for the soul. DonO - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishing

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That's true. It's also why, if you look at any older dog, their bottom front teeth will be ground down to nubs, Chuck - Original Message - From: Rick Zieger To: VFB ; flyfishingworld ; HIll country Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 8:13 AM Subject: [VFB] QFTD "To fish or no

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Chuck, I lived in Alabama and I understand some of those sayings but how did you get from fishing to dogs grinding thier teeth to nubs - that one has me stumped. ;>) Mike On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Chuck Alexander wrote: > That's true. It's also why, if you look at any older dog, their bo

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Mike, He was just being incisive... Buggs - Original Message - From: Michael Bliss To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Chuck, I lived in Alabama and I understand some of those sayings but how did you get from

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Mike, I lived in Alabama and I understand some of those sayings but how did you get from fishing to dogs grinding thier teeth to nubs - that one has me stumped. ;>) Mike It comes from multi-tasking*. Chuck replied on the wrong list! a. *(or maybe staying up too late - it was time-s

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ROFL I'm taking up Don O's habits, and the dogs grinding their teeth to nubs was my other personality that posted that LOL, Chuck - Original Message - From: "Allan Fish" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD Mike, I li

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Which might come as a surprise to a number of the trout fishermen (& women) that I know who may be somewhat challenged in that regard. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Zieger Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:02 AM To: VFB; flyfishingworld; HI

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On 8/22/15 10:47 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail wrote: The wind, the sun, the open air, the colors and smell, the loneliness of the sea or the solitude of the stream work for some kind of magic." How true! af -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group

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I like this one On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Allan Fish wrote: > On 8/22/15 10:47 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail wrote: > > The wind, the sun, the open air, the colors and smell, the loneliness of > the sea or the solitude of the stream work for some kind of magic." > > How true! > af > > -

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And 20% of the flies are eaten by 80% of the fish. On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:02 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail < vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: > "Ten percent of the water holds ninety percent of the fish." > > Dave Hughes"The Fisherman's Guide to Life" > > Rick > > -- > -- > You recei

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This is a brilliant rebuttal to all those drug ads that you see on TV... NatureRx. Check out the movement here: http://nature-rx.org/ On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 9:08 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail < vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: > "Perhaps fishing, is for me, only an excuse to be near rivers." >

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or ten in a book :D On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:08 AM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail < vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: > "A fish on the hook is better than ten in the brook." > > Fisherman's saying > > Rick > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group

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I agree On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:35 PM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail < vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: > "There's and old saying. 'Fly fishing is the most fun you can have > while standing up.' If that's true, the fly thing is foreplay." > > > Tony Lolli "Fly Patterns: the Expert Selection" >

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