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JADOctober 26th, 2007, 11:04 am
Butler--- Western Pa

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/opinion/21sun4.html?ex=1193630400&en=fa0d6ba44aaa47fe&ei=5070&emc=eta1

JaD
All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish."

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Shawnny3October 26th, 2007, 11:26 am
Pleasant Gap, PA

Posts: 573
One of the best pieces on fishing I've read in a long time. Thanks for sharing, John. The imagery makes me long for January, if that's possible.

-Shawn
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FalsiflyOctober 26th, 2007, 1:01 pm
Hayward, WI.

Posts: 111
The why is a pleasant escape from the often times mundane opinions of how.
Thanks John
Falsifly
Designated by Troutnut as the heir to Pat McManus
MartinlfOctober 27th, 2007, 2:22 pm
Palmyra PA

Posts: 932
Exceptionally well written, John. I enjoyed every word. --Louis
Louis

Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold!

--Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler
QuillgordonOctober 27th, 2007, 5:57 pm
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 102

Fly-fishing means eliminating all the variables — what fly you choose, what cast you make, how you approach — until you solve the single, irreducible event that is happening in front of you: the head of a trout taking a mayfly from the water’s surface.
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What more can one say!
Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g.

C/R........barbless
WestOctober 27th, 2007, 10:00 pm
Bayfield, Wisconsin

Posts: 34
Hey, that was awesome! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
West
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