I got to know Jim Teeny very well marketing his products at Eddie Bauer.
Money, that evil stuff, was the motivation for getting to know Jim. I found
Jim to be an incredible outdoorsman. His level of understanding in a
fishing, or hunting, situation is unsurpassed. Many of the fly fishing
fraternity distain the man. They can't except his patenting a fly and
accuse him of "lining" fish in certain situations. I have asked Jim about
this and he admits it. He definately has marketed his products at holding
pools for salmon and steelhead; terminal destinations not unlike Hoodsport
that many fly anglers frequent. In these situations you will leader hook
fish. If there is something to learn from his success, however, it is to
understand why his Teeny nymphs work so well in certain situations. Often,
in rivers, salmon become very spooky and will not accept big flies. Small
flies often are much more successful in clear water, for instance, and
heavily fished waters as well. Size is the big key, IMO Fly anglers often
go to the gaudy, big marabous and never drop down in size. I was interested
to see that a lot of the flies that Justin used were small. I often think
of the success that Les Johnson had, years ago, fishing with Denny Hannah on
the Umpqua for Kings. The key, as he reported to me, was to go small; they
would not take a big fly. Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Teegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: My first Client for silvers
> hehe.....that makes you what?.....3'10"
>
> Hey Jim Teeny is only like 5'...I saw him at the outdoor show over here
and I realized why all his fish look so dang huge.
>
> Justin
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:17:13 -0700 flyfisharker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Come on Justin, I know you are lucky to reach 5'6"! Hee Hee Hee!
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Justin Teegarden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:13 AM
> >Subject: My first Client for silvers
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Well, Word of mouth travels pretty fast I guess. I took a CPA and a
401k
> >pension expert out on the water today to take a couple Silvers before I
go
> >to Canada. The only problem was, as Jere explained with one of his
clients,
> >one guy wasn't able to cast more than about 30 feet. The other guy
could.
> >We arrived at about 7:00 AM. At 7:10 fish on, and I lost him. 7:30 fish
> >on, I gave the rod to one of them and he fought it for about 15 minutes
and
> >pulled in a nice 10 or so pound silver. ok forget the time. Next fish I
> >handed him the rod and he tried to horse him in a little, and my 8 pound
> >flourocarbon, "ping", By this time, the guy who could cast has hooked up
> >with a nice fish and lands him. ok well you get the idea. We broke off
> >and lost 6-7 fish. They took home 3. We would of stayed but they had
> >appointments at 1:00 so by 11:00 they were wanting to go. I took some
great
> >pictures and am posting them now as we speak of just a couple I caught
> >earlier this week. Fish !
> >> are getting darker now and I assume the fishing will be ok to fair at
> >months end.
> >>
> >> Keep in Mind when you see the pictures that I am 6'6" tall.
> >>
> >> Justin
> >>
> >> Have you gotten your free email at fishing.com or flyfishing.com? I
got
> >mine, come get yours! Visit www.fishing.com or www.flyfishing.com to
sign
> >up!
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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