bigredbirdfan Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Forgot to tell you to be sure and irritate everyone wearing either Orvis or Simms fishing attire (will have a real pompus better than your's look) and fly fishing. Cast very close to them possibly tangling them up and forcing them to move down to less desirable water.
Flysmallie Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Yeah, go to Taney....you definately dont want to go to Beaver Creek and try that stuff out on whites, or above Blunk hole on the James messin with whites there. Oh, way to go Duane. Tell everyone. Now Beeson is going to be down there splashing around and frying everything in sight. Yeah you should definately try the whites right now. Just stay down there around Beaver or the James. There are no whites north of Springfield.
Flysmallie Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Forgot to tell you to be sure and irritate everyone wearing either Orvis or Simms fishing attire (will have a real pompus better than your's look) and fly fishing. Cast very close to them possibly tangling them up and forcing them to move down to less desirable water. Not everyone wearing a pair of Simms waders is a jerk. Maybe you just bring out the best in people.
Members OSUCowboyinSPFD Posted March 24, 2009 Author Members Posted March 24, 2009 Oh, way to go Duane. Tell everyone. Now Beeson is going to be down there splashing around and frying everything in sight. Yeah you should definately try the whites right now. Just stay down there around Beaver or the James. There are no whites north of Springfield. I was wondering about chasing some whites, but I have gotten the trout bug as of late and have been trying to feed that addiction. I figure it is only a matter of time before I don the fly rod, but I won't before Saturday morning. I didn't buy Simms. I bought a pair of dogwood canyon breathables...I am sure that I am wearing off label stuff, but you should see some of the water gaps I cross on the Jones Creek feeding into Center Creek. If I rip a pair of $75 waders I will be mad. If I rip a pair of $600 waders I may prick myself with texas rig hook until I die
Greg Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Forgot to tell you to be sure and irritate everyone wearing either Orvis or Simms fishing attire (will have a real pompus better than your's look) and fly fishing. Cast very close to them possibly tangling them up and forcing them to move down to less desirable water. Hey??!! I wear Simms stuff. I've been called a lot of things but not pompus (LOL). Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
bigredbirdfan Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Not everyone wearing a pair of Simms waders is a jerk. Maybe you just bring out the best in people. It's all for fun. The only part I was serious about is the making serious fly fishermen move.
Greg Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 BRBF - I knew you were most likely kidding and I was just kidding you back. And not to hijack the thread But regarding gear and $$- not always but a lot of the time you get what you pay for. For years I bought cheap waders and they always wore out in a year. Same with boots. My Simms stuff is 4 going on 5 years old and still going strong. So obviously at least for me even though it costs more initially my Simms waders and boots are more cost effective. Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
Fly_Guy Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Forgot to tell you to be sure and irritate everyone wearing either Orvis or Simms fishing attire (will have a real pompus better than your's look) and fly fishing. Cast very close to them possibly tangling them up and forcing them to move down to less desirable water. If you do this, make sure you catch fish! That makes em even madder - and keep a stringer handy - best thing you can do is slosh up to a serious fly fisherman with a stringer of 2 or 3 and catch a fish in front of him. Look for a guy fishing with drys and casting at rising trout, then arch a 1/16 oz jig smack into his rising fish (I might add that I'm both spinning guy and serious fly fishing guy) - just joking of course - be respectful, and everyone loves you. In addition to little cleos and jigs, you might try some small rebel crankbaits (crickhoppers, minnows) Good luck!
Terry Beeson Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 The begging question as to whether the fisherman with so-called "conventional tackle" can be considered welcome in the area meant for wading, I think not. For the Hodgeman rubber soled hip wader wearing individual adorned in his NASCAR cap, Bass Pro tee shirt, Red Head jeans and WalMart FLW sunglasses casting plugs and jigs made in third world countries by child slave labor using monofilament line and noisily making his way into the water with the sound of a chain with oversized clasps intended to hold fish taken for the evening meal or the freezer can in no way compare to the worthy fly angler. Take your Zebco 33 and Eagle Claw rod back to the parking lot. Fashion alone sets the fly angler apart from his nemesis with felt soled wading boots wrapped with zippered gravel guards over co-extruded nylon and polyester fabric with Gore-Tex chest waders accenting the Columbia fishing shirt complete with pockets for the plethora of tools and materials necessary for any successful day on the river. Not to mention the vest/chest/back/fanny pack loaded with C&F fly boxes of hand tied flies and other essentials to the sport of angling. This topped off with prescription FishGilz polarized sunglasses in three different shades for maximum optical resolution and the quntessential Fedora adorning his head, the fly angler is complete but for the Cohiba to keep the gnats and mosquitos at bay or to celebrate the successful hunt for his prey at the end of the day along with a dram of single malt. Why, just the logos on his gear - Simms, Cloudveil, Fish Pond, Sage, RIO, William and Joseph, Wright and McGill, Hardy, and Winston - exude the very essence of angling superiority. What measure of a man would want to interrupt the sound of water rushing over these fine waders, the swish of the backcast and forward cast, and the snap of the fly line off the water's surface followed by a toned down "fish on!" with the likes of the whoops and shouts those of the spin casting format when they rip their Zebcos and Shakespeares in the air to set the hook on a fish? These hooligans should be banned from these areas never to be allowed to even cast their eyes on the calming waters of the Blue Ribbon areas. Any who do dare to step up to the shores with their little cleos, rapalas, jigs, and bobbers should be shot on site!! And their remains hung from the big tree by the pavillion by their stringers for all to see. But alas, those who choose this archaic and inferior form of angling are afforded the opportunity to practice their hobby alongside we true anglers. However, they will do so with the scowls of us fly anglers searing through their flesh until they feel the heat and move on to the backyard catfish mudhole where they belong... I hope ya'll enjoyed readin' that line of bull as much as I enjoyed putting it together... Fish on, Brudda... Fish on!!!! By the way... speaking of which... I gotta find my Zebco 33. Crappie fishin' is right around the corner... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
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