12-31-2005, 06:11 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Sorry to hear about your grandson, my friend, but it is comforting to know that they were able to diagnose and treat his problem. It is a blessing for us all to have modern technology that can turn formerly unknowable and untreatable conditions into manageable situations. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Our personal prayers and best wishes for his speedy recovery and a long and productive life...especially the part about fishing with GrandDad. Those are times and memories you will both cherish...during the remaining years you are both allowed. May they be many.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also been spending a lot of time at my lure making and fly tying bench. Whuppin' up all those new goodies helps make those unproductive (non-fishing) hours go by more quickly, and also helps build the anticipation for getting out on the water and introducing them to the fishies. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I sometimes feel sorry for anglers who never take (make) the time to learn how to create their own stuff. Not only are they resigned to fishing with what manufacturers tell them they want, but they really miss out on a lot of fun and creativity. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I cannot imagine a life of fishing, in which all I have is what I have bought at the store. If you look at any of the fly and lure boxes I take out...on any trip...you will not see anything "store-bought", except for some bare hooks, swivels, split rings and maybe some floats. All of the goodies that require pouring, painting, wrapping and rigging come from my own mind and my own fingers. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is no way to explain the personal satisfaction that comes from casting with one of your own rods, using one of your own flies or lures and then hooking more and bigger fish than anyone else on the water. Heck, even hooking a single fish on your own stuff is an individual triumph and each time it generates an inner glow that is impossible to explain to someone who has not experienced it themselves. Or, as I like to put it "How can you describe the taste of salt, to someone who has never tasted salt (without using the word SALTY)?"[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]MAN! We surely do wax poetic when the weather is nasty and we are stuck at the tackle bench or the computer.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Our personal prayers and best wishes for his speedy recovery and a long and productive life...especially the part about fishing with GrandDad. Those are times and memories you will both cherish...during the remaining years you are both allowed. May they be many.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also been spending a lot of time at my lure making and fly tying bench. Whuppin' up all those new goodies helps make those unproductive (non-fishing) hours go by more quickly, and also helps build the anticipation for getting out on the water and introducing them to the fishies. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I sometimes feel sorry for anglers who never take (make) the time to learn how to create their own stuff. Not only are they resigned to fishing with what manufacturers tell them they want, but they really miss out on a lot of fun and creativity. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I cannot imagine a life of fishing, in which all I have is what I have bought at the store. If you look at any of the fly and lure boxes I take out...on any trip...you will not see anything "store-bought", except for some bare hooks, swivels, split rings and maybe some floats. All of the goodies that require pouring, painting, wrapping and rigging come from my own mind and my own fingers. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is no way to explain the personal satisfaction that comes from casting with one of your own rods, using one of your own flies or lures and then hooking more and bigger fish than anyone else on the water. Heck, even hooking a single fish on your own stuff is an individual triumph and each time it generates an inner glow that is impossible to explain to someone who has not experienced it themselves. Or, as I like to put it "How can you describe the taste of salt, to someone who has never tasted salt (without using the word SALTY)?"[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]MAN! We surely do wax poetic when the weather is nasty and we are stuck at the tackle bench or the computer.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL.[/#0000ff]
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