While I was guiding in Alaska at a fly out lodge on Lake Iliamna we did a
fly out to the coast for Coho. There were several other lodges on the river also
and while assisting our guests we heard a Cesna take off and then crash. Running
around the bend in the river we could see the plane overturned with the
occupants climbing out. Turns out that both floats on the plane were filled with
Coho making the take off impossible because of the weight. A just
reward...
Howdy Gordy and
Gang
In the First part of the
Last Century (1947 0r 48) My Dad was a mouser. That was my time and introduction
to Fly Fishing for Michigan Bass. I think but not sure that he was casting Joe
Messinager mice with leather tails or one of the Michigan mice that also had
leather ears. (Arbogast?) He did this with a Cane rod and auto reel from a
canvas covered canoe. We would land the mice on the lily pads wait then try to
get from one pad to the next. The Bass would blow out and suck them under. The
lilies made it hard to land but we did take several.
I do remember the 60s spraying in
the Keys as people would call in fires or plane crashes. I remember the pilot
working between the towers on Boot Key. I also remember the conch on the
Oceanside of Islamorada on the Flats. I do love them Raw or as Fritters.
My last dive trip
was in 1986 The silt on the reef was so dishearten that I have not been back
since. I want to remember my Keys of the 50s clear water, lots mullet and other
bait fish.
Grunts and Grits for
breakfast.
ol Al
Allen R. Crise
FFF-Master
Casting Instructor
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Al..
Fortunately following the period of sad decline, there has been lots of change
for the better during the past few years. Will the coral come back ?
No one can be sure.
G.
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SLIDE LOADING REVISITED
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Joan Wulff and I have
been discussing the topic of SLIDE LOADING .... a concept which she originally
introduced in 1987 in her book, Joan Wulff's FLY CASTING
TECHNIQUES.
Before we re-visit
this topic, I urge you to re-read her original writings on this controversial
maneuver. (pp. 107-108, 125, 126-128.)
THEN : Joan has
agreed to allow me to give you a preview of her chapter in her revised book soon
to be published. At first, after reviewed her manuscript, I was
reluctant to divulge this material for I didn't wish to do anything which would
in any way "steal the thunder" from her new edition. Joan, however,
insists that I do it anyway for, in her own words, ".....I am a
teacher".
Her description
from the new text can be found in the attachment.
Gordy
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