05-05-2004, 12:16 PM
[cool][#0000ff][size 1]Hey MGB, nothing personal. I am supposed to be a photographer (I have actually sold some of my slides) but I don't always get it right either. It's just easier to point a finger at somebody else when they goof. But, as I once heard, "When you point a finger at someone else, just remember there are three more pointing back at you."[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Regardless of the missing tail (in the pic), the fish is beautiful and we can all appreciate the special attention you gave to insuring her survival. I think we could probably have a long thread if everyone would step up and admit some of the bonehead things they did while excited about catching (or losing) a big fish...or any fish.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Hey Road: I gotta admit that I was a few years younger and a few pounds lighter in that pic. As I recall, the larger fish was just over 30 and the smaller about 25. I released two large males that afternoon that were well over 40. That's a lot of fish on a 10 weight flyrod. My hands and wrists were so tired that I had trouble holding my steering wheel on the way home. My hands kept cramping up. Man, that was a good problem.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Don't you ever think fondly of the olden days along the American? Got lots of fish and lots of big fish just right over the levee from where I lived in Rancho Cordova.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]Regardless of the missing tail (in the pic), the fish is beautiful and we can all appreciate the special attention you gave to insuring her survival. I think we could probably have a long thread if everyone would step up and admit some of the bonehead things they did while excited about catching (or losing) a big fish...or any fish.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Hey Road: I gotta admit that I was a few years younger and a few pounds lighter in that pic. As I recall, the larger fish was just over 30 and the smaller about 25. I released two large males that afternoon that were well over 40. That's a lot of fish on a 10 weight flyrod. My hands and wrists were so tired that I had trouble holding my steering wheel on the way home. My hands kept cramping up. Man, that was a good problem.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Don't you ever think fondly of the olden days along the American? Got lots of fish and lots of big fish just right over the levee from where I lived in Rancho Cordova.[/size][/#0000ff]
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