***See inserts*** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> DonO, > > Please set us straight on this: > > > >An Egyptian > >angling scene of about 2000 BC shows figures fishing with rod and line and > >with nets. *** Yeah, my buddy Tut and I used to fish the Nile quite heavily. Gold spoons were his favorites, musta' been some kinda king-thing. My favorite was the Silver Mummy, rope-dubbed with linen fibers. If Tut wasn't fishing, he was running his darn Pyramid schemes. > > >A Chinese account of about the 4th century BC refers to fishing > >with a silk line, a hook made from a needle, and a bamboo rod, with cooked > >rice as bait. *** Some things never change. Get a good idea and the Orientals figure out how to do it cheaper. 'Rice-flingers' is what we called them. I invented the first rice-fly for them. Called it a 'Uncle Ben Special'. They took my silk-worm idea, too. > > >References to fishing are also found in ancient Greek, > >Assyrian, Roman, and Jewish writings. ***That was Flyfishing Club Med., or FCM. I was a charter member, along with Alexander Kreh, who was a heck of a caster (even though he was left-handed and cast with his right). The whole reason he conquered Europe was looking for new flywaters. Julius Swisher, Alristotle Whitlock, Shakespear (he stole my reel invention), were all in the club. MelKreigerchadnezzar was left out of the books because he baited his flies with captives. > > So...........where really were you when you invented fishing????? *** We had this really neat garden...a real flyfishing paradise- Club Eden it was called. Why do you think I named the first fly an 'Adams'? Notice my two kids names- Cane and Abel. Perfect combination, wouldn't you say? ***DonO > > > Allan > > > > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
