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Very first fly fishing story
I haven't even got my line in the water and already have a great ff story.
Went down to get my license. I went up to the counter with a lone #18 blk nymph I was going to use for practice casting and laid it on the all wht counter. A nice elderly lady came back to the counter to wait on me. She nudged up to the counter, glanced down, and casually swiped the fly away like so much scruff. Pregnant pause...... I laughed and informed her she'd just dusted off a $2 fly. Much hilarity insued. nb |
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On Mar 23, 12:00 am, notbob wrote:
I haven't even got my line in the water and already have a great ff story. Went down to get my license. I went up to the counter with a lone #18 blk nymph I was going to use for practice casting and laid it on the all wht counter. A nice elderly lady came back to the counter to wait on me. She nudged up to the counter, glanced down, and casually swiped the fly away like so much scruff. Pregnant pause...... I laughed and informed her she'd just dusted off a $2 fly. Much hilarity insued. nb Donīt use flies with hooks for practice casting, use a piece of wool. Wear glasses anyway, as just the nylon leader passing over your eyeball can slice it wide open. TL NC |
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Very first fly fishing story
On 2008-03-22, Mike wrote:
Donīt use flies with hooks for practice casting, use a piece of wool. Wear glasses anyway, as just the nylon leader passing over your eyeball can slice it wide open. OK. Thnx for the tip. nb |
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Very first fly fishing story
On Mar 23, 12:05 am, notbob wrote:
If you want any tips on casting etc, or URLīs to find decent information and where there are decent people, just drop me an e-mail and I will do my best to help you out. I have already wasted too much time on this group again. TL MC |
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Very first fly fishing story
On 2008-03-22, Mike wrote:
On Mar 23, 12:05 am, notbob wrote: If you want any tips on casting etc, or URLīs to find decent information and where there are decent people, just drop me an e-mail and I will do my best to help you out. Thanks, Mike. I'll keep that in mind. I was in my shorts today and down at the riverside doing my best imitation of a hardcore fly fisherman. I dragged a kitchen sieve backwards along the immedieate shore and snagged some crawly-stage nymphs. Not exactly the most informative, but gave me a taste of the methodology. Now that I have my license, tomorrow I'll be down creekside flogging the wet and pretending I know what I'm doing. I don't care if I fall in, bust a tip, or slash an eyeball. I see a few other fisherman on the river and I fully intend on catching me some fish! nb |
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Very first fly fishing story
On Mar 23, 12:32 am, notbob wrote:
On 2008-03-22, Mike wrote: On Mar 23, 12:05 am, notbob wrote: If you want any tips on casting etc, or URLīs to find decent information and where there are decent people, just drop me an e-mail and I will do my best to help you out. Thanks, Mike. I'll keep that in mind. I was in my shorts today and down at the riverside doing my best imitation of a hardcore fly fisherman. I dragged a kitchen sieve backwards along the immedieate shore and snagged some crawly-stage nymphs. Not exactly the most informative, but gave me a taste of the methodology. Now that I have my license, tomorrow I'll be down creekside flogging the wet and pretending I know what I'm doing. I don't care if I fall in, bust a tip, or slash an eyeball. I see a few other fisherman on the river and I fully intend on catching me some fish! nb I hope you do, but you are more likely to catch a few fish on something like this; http://business.virgin.net/fly.shop/bugger.html than on a size #18 black nymph, as a beginner. Half the price as well! Nymph fishing can be very difficult indeed without some knowledge of how to go about it, and the techniques involved. Go for black, brown, and olive. You can fish them in a number of ways as they are good imitations of a variety of creatures. TL MC |
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Very first fly fishing story
"Mike" wrote in message ... On Mar 23, 12:05 am, notbob wrote: If you want any tips on casting etc, or URLīs to find decent information and where there are decent people, just drop me an e-mail and I will do my best to help you out. I have already wasted too much time on this group again. TL MC .....how do you spell that noise you make when you drinking a beer and someone says something funny and you laugh and it goes up your sinuses and out your nose? john |
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Very first fly fishing story
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:56:02 GMT, "asadi"
wrote: "Mike" wrote in message ... On Mar 23, 12:05 am, notbob wrote: If you want any tips on casting etc, or URLīs to find decent information and where there are decent people, just drop me an e-mail and I will do my best to help you out. I have already wasted too much time on this group again. TL MC ....how do you spell that noise you make when you drinking a beer and someone says something funny and you laugh and it goes up your sinuses and out your nose? SPLORK! captures that moment nicely, imo... /daytripper |
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Very first fly fishing story
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:11:56 -0700 (PDT), Mike
wrote: [...] I have already wasted too much time on this group again. Would it be impolite to agree with you? /daytripper (if only you'd just stick to discussing flyfishing...) |
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Very first fly fishing story
On Mar 23, 2:00 am, daytripper wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:11:56 -0700 (PDT), Mike wrote: [...] I have already wasted too much time on this group again. Would it be impolite to agree with you? /daytripper (if only you'd just stick to discussing flyfishing...) Eleven posts in this thread now, six from myself and the original poster, dealing more or less exclusively with fly-fishing, and five others. Perhaps now that he knows I donīt like queers, he will simply ignore the fly-fishing posts and read the other **** instead? MC |
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