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Posts: 260 06/30/2008 15:07 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
"My ambition is to have no ambition" George Harrison
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gaddis |
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Posts: 274 07/05/2008 11:51 |
"I don't use a strike indicator because when I grew up to be a man, I stopped fishing with a bobber."
- Joe Humphreys |
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Posts: 10 07/10/2008 07:11 |
Somtimes the catching of the fish gets in the way of the fishing. Don't know who said it first. Larry
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Posts: 916 07/10/2008 08:18 Moderator |
"When all the rods and a lot of reels, lines, leader boxes, et cetera, had been sold, the gang paid at the cashier's window for what they'd bought
and then made a bee line for the rug room to test their rods. I put mine together, tested it for a moment or so, and then started to show it to men I knew. Not
a man was interested in my rod. They all, without a single exception, tried to get me to look at theirs. Extraordinary, how self centered most men are. Have
you noticed it? "
John Taintor Foote, Fatal Gesture |
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Posts: 22 07/28/2008 02:30 |
I suppose I have, but not in the same venue as the telling quote you provided. I think it's a rather common fault of many men (me included) that we tend to
become so focused on ourselves, or perhaps what we are trying to accomplish, that we forget not only good manners but more importantly what's really
important. To be perfectly honest I have to say that I've spent a good part on my life being just that. I will add however that healthy male ambition has
been frowned upon for some time now and I don't feel that's necessarily a good thing. In my opinion today's society is littered with men that have
conveniently given up on trying achieving their full potential. It's often just simple laziness provided with an excuse by our politically correct culture.
Not only is that a shame but it's a serious threat that's undermining the values of our great nation. It's impossible to have it both ways. Men are
wired to be egocentric and there's a good reason for it as long as it's balanced by a well rounded sense of duty and strong moral character. As
impolite and self-centered as the company might sometimes be I'd rather be around a group of over-achievers than the all too common alternative. With that
said however, as I grow older I have begun to value what I would call true wisdom and humility in an individual. My grandfather was a perfect example. He was a
man of infinite patience and true generosity. The simple lessons he taught me were so deep that it took me all of about forty years to finally appreciate them.
I'm thankful I've lived long enough to figure some of them out. Interestingly, most of them he taught me when we went fishing together. Respectfully,
Siverton
Last Edited By: Silverton 07/28/2008 02:35.
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matsoberg |
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Posts: 245 07/28/2008 14:19 |
"Many men goes fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after"
H.D. Thoreau |
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greg hall |
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Posts: 200 07/29/2008 07:36 |
"It's hard to know ahead of time which fish is giving the test."
Tom McGuane |
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Posts: 930 08/04/2008 20:19 Moderator |
Hi Silverton,
Not only is the quote telling (on the teller) but also humorous. Read the story! It was written in the 1930's.......... |
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Flyman615 |
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Posts: 2850 08/08/2008 21:00 |
My fly fishing mentor of 35 years on the occasional Madison River whitefish:
"You didn't know you weren't having fun until you got him in, right?!" Regards, Flyman 
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thousandstar |
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Posts: 58 08/10/2008 22:27 |
I can't remember the reference on this one but its exactly the way I feel. "Fly rods are like women, I like them all but I love the ones that do what
I want" How true!
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flyboxfan |
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Posts: 11 08/11/2008 09:40 |
One I heard yesterday "Claret and mallard make a good fly but a better meal" Tells you something about me don't you think!!
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Kai |
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Posts: 136 08/14/2008 17:54 |
Geirach:
there are only two kinds of anglers; those in your party, and the assholes. |
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gaddis |
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Posts: 276 08/15/2008 09:26 |
Kai wrote: I love that one! |
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WatercolorMan |
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Posts: 951 08/25/2008 03:06 |
Kid's have only one Christmas to look forward to each year, but a fisherman
has the same thrill of anticipation every time he takes off fishing. John Voelker |
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Posts: 356 08/26/2008 18:41 |
Borrowed from the U.S. Navy Submarine Service of WWII...."Find 'em, chase 'em, sink 'em"...."Find 'em, fish 'em, stick
'em". I heard that at a recent flyfishing club meeting. I guess fishing, to some people, at least, is like going into battle.
Fine flyrods can be made from different materials, but bamboo is the Benchmark against which all the rest are compared......
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bearbutt |
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Posts: 239 09/01/2008 12:48 |
In honor of Labor Day, this one is from Arnold Gingrich's "The Joys of Trout" --a chapter on A.J. McClane:
"For twenty-five years Al McClane had an office, but it was one where, if he showed up there, he was likely to be asked, "Why the hell aren't you out fishing?" For common mortals who have an office, when they don't show up there, but have been out fishing instead, the question is, of course, "Where the hell have you been?" Obviously any man who can arrange to get that question reversed is just as much smarter as all the rest of us." bb |
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Serendipity |
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Posts: 1220 09/02/2008 00:01 |
"It's hard to know what trout are thinking."
David Hughes |
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eastprong |
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Posts: 350 09/02/2008 07:17 |
Ed Zern, on a fishless hot dog day on NY's Ausable:
"The Ausable is a brown trout stream, and it was dead. And few things are deader than a dead brown trout stream." |
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92Esquire |
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Posts: 3 09/02/2008 19:09 |
At the time it stung like the dickens. I had just gotten into fly fishing and borrowed an Orvis 5wt and headed up to the local tailwater. I stood (without
waders) in the 48 degree water and cast one of the flies I bought - a cinnamon ant - in vain out into the current trying to catch a fish. Finally after a few
hours, a rainbow trout rose to the ant and I caught a fish! However, by this time I'd lost my flies. So I stopped at the local fly shop on the way home. I
now know that the proprietor is a bit cantankerous, but at the time this was the first time I'd been in the shop. He asked me if I'd done any good, and
I said that I'd just caught my first trout on a fly. He asked me what I used, I told him, and then he got this odd look on his face and said the following:
"Well, I guess the little ones ARE stupid." Totally deflated me. Also deflated his bottom line by at least a rod, reel, waders, and a few dozen flies that I bought at a competitors about a week later. However, since then, my wife and I have found interesting new used for the phrase - including while being stuck behind a pile of 5-year-olds at a mini golf course in Myrtle Beach. 
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shakeylee |
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Posts: 111 09/02/2008 21:19 |
my girlfriend"well of course i'm jerking it awy before the trout strikes.i just want to make sure i tyed the fly right,not catch fish.pffff."
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