Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > I thought you fellows might like this.
| JAD | October 26th, 2007, 11:04 am | |
| Butler--- Western Pa Posts: 157 | 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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| Shawnny3 | October 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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| Falsifly | October 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 | ||
| Martinlf | October 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 | ||
| Quillgordon | October 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. **************************************** What more can one say! | |
| Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g. C/R........barbless | ||
| West | October 27th, 2007, 10:00 pm | |
| Bayfield, Wisconsin Posts: 34 | Hey, that was awesome! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. | |
| West | ||
