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[AScott Trout Flies]

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach him how to fish and he will sit around in a boat and drink beer all day

[D. Micus]

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
teach a man to fly fish and you've ruined him for life...

[Micropteris]

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach him how to fish and, Now where hell did he go?

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Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick

[drolfson]

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you will get out of chores around the house for at least one weekend, maybe more while teaching.

[AScott Trout Flies]

LMAO..... Just wish I'd known of half of these 'sayings' when i met my SWMBO!!

"give a man a fish, find him in the kitchen, telling what a chef he's been.
Tell a man to fish, he'll bu**er off to the water without being seen!!"

Andy

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"My fishing is no longer an obsession, an addiction, or a mania; it's much more than that!
" - Dave Micus

[AScott Trout Flies]

Dave,

Laughing @wot an a$$0Ie your 'prospective employer' was/is.... great read, as usual!!!!

I've had many of the same.. some people just don't realise how much time is worth. I'd rather be in the garden working than tying flies for a pittance. If they wanna swear at someone when the fish of a lifetime breaks a hook, Let 'em swear @a Tie-Land Tier.... a true professional, rather than me... a professional who ties flies for people to LAND the fish of a lifetime!

If the hook breaks, Tieland is @ fault... If one of MY hooks breaks, I'm to blame. Is it fair to blame a whole population for a company sendinmg the nation crap hooks??? People pay more for my flies, 'cos they know they get Value For Money.... or they come to me saying"I bought these flies from ***** last year, but *******, >>>>>> can you tie the same flies on such-and-such a hook???
When i tell 'em the price, the usually tell me"Well, maybe it was just a one-off.... their hooks might be better this time!!"

My local fishery has more double-figure fish landed on TWO of my flies, than any others put together... yet people still want something-for-nothing.

"Give a man a fly-caught fish, he'll eat for a day..... give a man a fly, and he'll want it for half-price!"

It's good to be back... it's great to be back with real pirates!!!!!!!!!!!

Andy

[D. Micus]

thanks, Andy--when I figured materials and shipping, I'd be getting about 60-70 cents per fly! And he thought he was doing me a favor...

And it's good to have you back! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

[Jim Hatch]

Hey DM,

I sold to a shop for a few seasons to
pump up my fishing fund. We sat down and
figured retail prices and then he would pay
me half. He also gave me an employee
discount on materials and gear I bought from
the shop. It was an upper end shop and well
worth the effort for me.*G* Warm regards,
Jim

[D. Micus]

Jim, that sounds like a reasonable guy. My potential employer wanted to import a sweatshop into the u.s.

[Meadowlark]

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
Build a pond and the man can fish and eat for a lifetime.

Owner/manager of several ponds in East Texas.