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TroutnutJuly 21st, 2007, 11:29 pm
The Admin
Fairbanks, AK

Posts: 2021		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.
Jason Neuswanger
The Troutnut
Shawnny3July 22nd, 2007, 5:06 am
Moderator
Pleasant Gap, PA

Posts: 1108		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
Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis
www.davisflydesigns.com
GONZOJuly 22nd, 2007, 1:22 pm
Site Editor
"Bear Swamp," PA

Posts: 1636		That is a cop-out, Shawn. Shame on you. ;) (But thanks.)
CaseyPJuly 22nd, 2007, 2:52 pm
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

Posts: 557
Forum Rules
* No haiku. If you feel the urge to wax poetic, please write a limerick.


nowhere else on the web is this rule necessary.
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
MartinlfJuly 23rd, 2007, 5:45 am
Moderator
Palmyra PA

Posts: 1722
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.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
GONZOJuly 23rd, 2007, 8:32 am
Site Editor
"Bear Swamp," PA

Posts: 1636		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! ;)
Shawnny3July 24th, 2007, 11:47 am
Moderator
Pleasant Gap, PA

Posts: 1108		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
Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis
www.davisflydesigns.com
MartinlfAugust 1st, 2007, 5:14 pm
Moderator
Palmyra PA

Posts: 1722
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 a favorite, along with some already posted.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
Shawnny3September 9th, 2007, 9:00 am
Moderator
Pleasant Gap, PA

Posts: 1108		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
Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis
www.davisflydesigns.com
FalsiflyJanuary 2nd, 2009, 10:36 am
Hayward, WI.

Posts: 442
I like to use Lingerie dub (when I can lay my hands on it)---JAD


JAD,
I thought this an appropriate place to enter the quote, a fine one indeed.
Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
GutcutterFebruary 25th, 2010, 12:24 pm
pennsylvania

Posts: 278		"i question whether that is even your dog"
falsifly
"All men who fish may in turn be divided into two parts: those who fish for trout and those who don't. Trout fishermen are a race apart: they are a dedicated crew- indolent, improvident, and quietly mad."

-Robert Traver, Trout Madness
EricdFebruary 25th, 2010, 5:04 pm
Mpls, MN

Posts: 112
I have had it with these dunner-shucking drakes on this dunner-shucking plane!


-Jason

"dunner shucking" has been one of my logon passwords for work.
Shawnny3April 25th, 2010, 6:19 am
Moderator
Pleasant Gap, PA

Posts: 1108
You expressed an interest in facts. I'm happy to oblige...;)
- RleeP

A new favorite of mine. Thanks, Lee.

-Shawn
Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis
www.davisflydesigns.com
MartinlfJune 4th, 2010, 6:24 am
Moderator
Palmyra PA

Posts: 1722
Spence, I have an idea for ya. Get yourself a fly caddy. A big kid on summer break to carry all your flies, floatant, leaders, net, snippers, even your new SD1300 IS camera. Then you can just turn to him and say "I think for this fish I need a #14 ....", and he will immediately replace your fly. He will net your fish and take your hero fish shots too. If you fart in your waders he will have a can of air freshener to make sure you keep smelling fresh. You will be lighter and more energetic, but happy knowing right behind you are all your gazillion flies and other miscellaneous stuff, just in case you need them. No more worries about what you left behind.

Also, since kids are really good with cell phones, you could have him send text messages and photos to the "bug boys" for instant, positive ID'ing of bugs while you are on the stream. What else could a guy want?

Ernie would be proud!


From John, Wiflyfisher. Other quotations in the "When is enough, enough" thread are very funny, but this seems to sum up the essence of the thread.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
VinlflyfishJune 5th, 2010, 6:13 pm
northern cambria

Posts: 42		it would be great to get a fly caddy maby i can get my 11 year old brother to do it
trout; a mans best friend
MartinlfJune 10th, 2010, 10:36 am
Moderator
Palmyra PA

Posts: 1722
Fisherman aren't necessarily an honest bunch.


--Shane, AKA Dryfly
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
DryflyJune 10th, 2010, 11:08 am
rochester mn

Posts: 135		Does this mean I'm part of the club now?
MartinlfJune 10th, 2010, 12:49 pm
Moderator
Palmyra PA

Posts: 1722		Shane, you were always part of the club. Now you're an officer.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
DryflyJune 10th, 2010, 1:48 pm
rochester mn

Posts: 135		Excellent
Andy007April 29th, 2011, 5:58 am
Banned
Posts: 1		Very nice
Always think positive
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Sorry there Andy007 you were thinking too positive if you thought you'd get away with link spam.
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