Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > Best of the Forum - most interesting quotes list
| Troutnut | July 22nd, 2007, 2:29 am | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1113 | On a note related to the "most interesting topics list," I know people have some favorite quotes/lines from other peoples' posts here, and it would be neat to collect the best ones in a single page of wisdom (or crude jokes -- whatever works). So, post your favorites below. The syntax to quote somebody is {quote}The quote goes here.{/quote}, but you have to use square brackets instead of curly ones. | |
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| Shawnny3 | July 22nd, 2007, 8:06 am | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 538 | My vote is this for this one: The syntax to quote somebody is {quote}The quote goes here.{/quote}, but you have to use square brackets instead of curly ones. I never knew how to do that before, and it always struck me as so cool when someone else did it. Now I feel cool, too. Thanks, Jason. My second vote (if I get one) is for anything Gonzo's said. But maybe that's a copout. -Shawn | |
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| GONZO | July 22nd, 2007, 4:22 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 866 | That is a cop-out, Shawn. Shame on you. ;) (But thanks.) | |
| CaseyP | July 22nd, 2007, 5:52 pm | |
| Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 252 | Forum Rules nowhere else on the web is this rule necessary. | |
| "You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra | ||
| Martinlf | July 23rd, 2007, 8:45 am | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 903 | and my backcast hooked a truck while fishing from a bridge JohnW, I can't believe you missed this one. When backcasts begin to fish on their own we have indeed entered a new dimension. Touche' Gonzo. | |
| 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 | ||
| GONZO | July 23rd, 2007, 11:32 am | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 866 | Well, Louis, I'd have to say that whenever my backcast hooks anything, it is fishing on its own. The truck was unusual. Typically, my backcast seems to like fishing for trees! ;) | |
| Shawnny3 | July 24th, 2007, 2:47 pm | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 538 | Gonzo once said something like, "I always try to present my fly to a fish in a good way before I present it to the fish in a bad way." This idea has really stuck with me. Trusgt's entire story about hooking a friggin bat is the funniest thing I've ever read on the forum. Gonzo's calling Louis a "Duck-butt defender" because of his love for CDC, and Troutnut's follow-up bumper-sticker idea, which I'll let Jason mention if he doesn't intend to try to make money from it (I think what makes the idea so funny to me is the same reason it wouldn't make him much money - it's so obscure). Oh, and I agree with CaseyP - that forum rule is ho-larious. I'm sure I'll think of others. I'd like to see some others' favorites. -Shawn | |
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| Martinlf | August 1st, 2007, 8:14 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 903 | I tend to believe that there are a certain number of fish out there whose role is to be the "Mystery Fish" and to be seen, briefly hooked but never brought to hand. --Lee This is my favorite, along with some already posted. | |
| 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 | ||
| Shawnny3 | September 9th, 2007, 12:00 pm | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 538 | Louis's digging up that old Mutillidae thread just gave me an old new favorite quote: "They covered the surface of the stream and made it seem a sinuous snake covered with tiny grey scales." That whole post was a great one, but that quote took it over the top. -Shawn | |
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