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Jeffff -> Fucking January! (1/9/2010 2:59:04 PM)
"I fish because I love to. Because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly. Because of all the television commercials, cocktail parties, and assorted social posturing I thus escape. Because in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing what they hate, my fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion. Because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed, or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility, and endless patience. Because I suspect that men are going this way for the last time and I for one don't want to waste the trip. Because mercifully there are no telephones on trout waters. Because in the woods I can find solitude without loneliness. ... And finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun." — Robert Traver March can't get here soon enough Jeff

thornhappy -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:06:15 PM)
That there trout fishin's a lot different than that there walleye fishin'!!

Jeffff -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:09:02 PM)
LOL.. actualy for me, it's small mouth bass on the Kankakee River..... but it is beautiful there.... It seemed wrong to just toss in bass everyhwere he says trout

thornhappy -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:16:26 PM)
My parents live near some excellent walleye fishing, and guys will be lined up cheek-to-cheek while they're running. It doesn't make for a lot of tranquility.

Jeffff -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:22:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thornhappy My parents live near some excellent walleye fishing, and guys will be lined up cheek-to-cheek while they're running. It doesn't make for a lot of tranquility. [/quote Yeah, I can see that. Oddly enough I don't eat fish..:) I bend the barbs down or buy barbless hooks before I tie flies. Weird.... I know Jeff

domiguy -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:25:16 PM)
This time of year is hard on the soul. I probably get out over seventy times or more a year. It helps keep me fucking sane. Even do the ice fishing shit to help break the monotony. Warm up.

Level -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:37:18 PM)
I've never cared for fishing, but I love being by the water. When my buddies would go fishing, I'd go too, without a pole, but with plenty of beer; we'd sip on a few, shoot the shit a little, and just let all the world's bullshit go away for awhile. Good writing by Mr. Traver, Jeff.

cjan -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:52:47 PM)
Jeffff, why do ya think I moved from Chicago to south Florida 33 years ago? I can fish here most days of the year. But, as Level says, over the years I found the fishing part less and less important. I also often use barbless hooks and mostly now like to go around in a skiff or kayak just to be in that spectacular environment. When I was first learning to fly fish, a wise old guide tolde there are four stages in a fly fisherman's life. Stage one: you want to catch the most fish. Stage two: you want to catch the biggest fish. Stage three: you want to catch the smartest fish. Stage four: you just want to understand the soul of the river. Spring soon come.

pahunkboy -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:55:47 PM)
the weather was pretty good today. Not as bad as I expected.

Jeffff -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:56:22 PM)
Bone fishing! I am not yet that evolved.... I like to actually catch them. I will say, however that it isn't necessary that I do catch them. It is just necessary that they are there. Thats why they call it fishing, not catching. I continue to tell myself that the occasional skunking, it good for the soul. Jeff

divi -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 3:56:34 PM)
I want to go fishing...

LaTigresse -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 4:01:11 PM)
Me too.............but I do not DO ice fishing. When there is ice on the ponds, I go to the seafood section at the grocery store, in addition to the liquor section......then I sit on my sofa and lament the fuckin winter.

divi -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 4:02:14 PM)
ME either ! I used to go as a kid havent been in ages

Jeffff -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 4:06:40 PM)
I don't do Ice fishing either.... I started tying flies..... so far very few of them look fish-able. Luckily fish aren't that picky. Jeff

thornhappy -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 4:10:33 PM)
So all you ice-fishing dudes/dudettes....do you subscribe to the "chair and a tarp" school, or the "totally tricked out mini-cabin" school? Enquiring minds want to know.

LaTigresse -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 4:12:20 PM)
Yes, please do tell. Personally I subscribe to the, leather sofa method, myself. The shrimp I had about an hour ago were passable.

ShaharThorne -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 5:21:37 PM)
Usually when Dad was alive, we would go check the troutlines, catching catfish like crazy. Selling them to supplment his SSI. I prefer white bass fishing and soon the season will be here. I should get me a license and some gear and just go to the lake, just Mom and me. I know she will complain but we are fishing for a piece of the past, for a memory of my father who passed away while checking the troutlines one last time. Heck, is it crappie season yet?

EbonyWood -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 5:28:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thornhappy So all you ice-fishing dudes/dudettes....do you subscribe to the "chair and a tarp" school, or the "totally tricked out mini-cabin" school? Enquiring minds want to know. If you catch nothing with more equipment than the US Army you look like a twat. Go fishing with a stick and line I say.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 5:47:27 PM)
Fish, fuck, or fight. (Truly, I don't get it....so...you fish....you spend all day long trying to hook a fish....you get one....you wasted 10 fucking hours X whatever the fuck you make per hour....gas, car, all the shit....and it still tastes like fucking fish. Seems like a no brainer to me....fish fuck or fight). Kinda simple if you ask me?

Aynne88 -> RE: Fucking January! (1/9/2010 6:31:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EbonyWood quote: ORIGINAL: thornhappy So all you ice-fishing dudes/dudettes....do you subscribe to the "chair and a tarp" school, or the "totally tricked out mini-cabin" school? Enquiring minds want to know. lol. So says Mr. California. Come ice fishing in Maine, we have huts, and cocktails, and little ways to pass the time. You in? [;)]. If you catch nothing with more equipment than the US Army you look like a twat. Go fishing with a stick and line I say.

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