RE: History of fly fishing

Hi, Al...

I'm back to the e-messages, now.  Just finished having my fishing club at my 
home for the past weekend.

Best catch was Bob Andreae's 25 lb. tarpon on a skinny flat.... 7 wt. with a 
10 lb. tippet.  Fishing was slow because of fierce water temperatures of 90 
to 97 degrees F.

Al....thanks for this site.  I've read the whole thing.

A lot of this history of fly fishing.....and more, is in Vol. I. of Ernie 
Schwiebert's, TROUT.  I'm going to order the books, anyway.....since there 
may be some tidbits of info that I haven't run across before.

The chapter on Greenwell's Glory brought back an old memory.  I was salmon 
fishing with one in Scotland several years ago on the Tay, out of 
Aberfeldie.  I made a bad back cast and broke it off in a thicket of high 
tangled privet hedge.  I continued fishing with another fly, while my 
ghillie spent the last 2 hours of the afternoon trying to find the darned 
thing.  At the end of the day, he said to me, "Don't worry, laddy, I have 
the day off tomorrow, and I'll find it for you"  (!!!)

                                    Gordy




From: "Allen Crise" <flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gordon Hill" <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: History of fly fishing
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:10:52 -0500

Howdy Gordy,And Gang
 I now have a new computer after only 7 or 8 years of the old 4 meg drive
one
 This new one is great.
I am back up a and running with just a little tweaking still needed

 When I was searching for some flies I came across this one.
http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/contents.htm

I think you will like it.

ol Al

Allen Crise FFF Master Fly Casting Instructor
Hawk Ridge Fly Casing School
Glen Rose, TX 76043