-A fish caught on a dry-fly is six inches longer than one caught on a nymph.
-Nymph fishing is not for me, unless they're not eating dries and I actually would like to catch a fish.
-A wild fish is twice the size of the same sized stocker.
-A stocked trout is still better than a wild chub or horny head.
-Whitefish CAN jump but choose not to, just to keep you in suspense 'till the very end.
-Carp will eat an 8" streamer if you let it just lay on the bottom.
-Mullet will eat clouser minnows.
-Gulls will eat floating mullet patterns.
-Hellbenders are real and they have teeth.
-Bears are real and they DO **** in the woods.
-An unmeasured 20" fish is usually about 3" shorter than a measured 20" fish.
-And last but not least... ANY bamboo rod is more fun than ANY plastic rod!

Bill O.