Robert's Rules; or, These truths we hold self evident.

Fishing Warm water Forum
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Here are a few of Robert’s Rules of fishing.

  1. If you tell a friend that the fishin’ is fabulous and that he’d better get down here fast, it is certain that the fish will not bite when friend arrives. Also known as placing “the kiss of death” on the bite.
  2. When fly fishing and one or more people gather to admire your casting, a tailing loop is inevitable on the very next cast.

Can you add some of your own Rules to the list?

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If you respectfully decline any friendly wagers with your fishing buddy, you will catch the most, the biggest, smartest, etc. and subsequently pull your hair out wondering why you didn’t take the bet. If you do take the bet, you will lose.

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If non-anglers are watching, you will never hook a fish.

Jim

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You always need the fly box you left at home…

Good Luck!

Buddy

P.S. HEY ROBERT! Notice the ‘link’ below? I Finally figured out how to put up a rudimentary website AND got both pictures on it AND made the link work!!! So, if you want to see some (not much image space) pictures of the glass work, it’s there…BS.

[url=HTTP://HOMETOWN.AOL.COM/RSAN2708/INDEX.HTML:b6e49]HTTP://HOMETOWN.AOL.COM/RSAN2708/INDEX.HTML[/url:b6e49]

[This message has been edited by Buddy Sanders (edited 04 February 2005).]

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Buddy,
Very nice work, man. You know my favorites–the jumping largemouth and the trout. I didn’t know you were such a handsome guy. I first thought that was Clark Gable with a flame thrower in his hand. Your glasswork is every bit as creative and beautiful as your flies. What would you charge for a glass carp tipping up on a damsel nymph resting on the bottom? Yes, I’m serious.

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Nice work, Buddy. Nice to put another “face” on a poster. I’m e-mailing my cousin and niece, one who lives there and the other who’s coming to visit, to look you up.

Oh, about those things that can go wrong. Three times now I’ve had my spool fall completely out of my reel while fishing and talking up the beauty of fly fishing. Once with a local daily newspaper writer who wanted to do a story on someone doing something different. “Is that supposed to be happening?” he asked, pointing toward my feet. We were wading, and the spool was just spinning in the current. About two miniscule turns from having all the backing in the current. I even have a picture he took of me holding the darned “crow’s” nest. JGW

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Buddy,

Just Wow.

J

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Thanks all,

I’m just excited that I finally took the time to figure it out.

Buddy

[url=HTTP://HOMETOWN.AOL.COM/RSAN2708/INDEX.HTML:b43a0]HTTP://HOMETOWN.AOL.COM/RSAN2708/INDEX.HTML[/url:b43a0]

[This message has been edited by Buddy Sanders (edited 05 February 2005).]

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Nice website Buddy, finally joined the 21st century!!! Let’s fish. Not going to the Juan this month.

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let’s see, assuredly when you decide that “that wind knot in the tippet will be OK for now”… need I say more?

Or, “I am tired of tying, I only have three of this pattern and that will surely get me by this trip out”

Here’s one from my own past experience, while out in a boat on Lake Benbrook west of Fort Worth,“how interesting, that sure does look like a tornado doesn’t it?”

RRhyne56
[url=http://www.robinscustomleadersandflies.com:57920]http://www.robinscustomleadersandflies.com[/url:57920]
IM = robinrhyne@hotmail.com

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The greater the distance you travel to a fishing location the less likely the favorable wheather forcast will be accurate.

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The only fly you have left that the fish are hitting will find a tree/bush/rock shortly.

John

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NEVER EVER take a camers fishing as one of two things will happen:1)you’ll catch nothing perfect conditions notwithstanding.
2)you’ll get some great pictures and then drop the camera in the water.

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Buddy,
I just looked at your site. VERY NICE indeed!

That’s some artistic talent you have there.

Jeremy.

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More for the priates on the saltwater board than here on the WW.

When the tower (wife) gives you clearance (ok) to take off (fish). The correct tide will invariably be at 2:30 in the a.m.

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1 The water is always 1 in deeper than the top of your waders. 2 if you leave your raingear behind it will inevitably rain cats and dogs
regardless of how it looked at the start of the day. 3 If you ride in a buddy’s vehicle to the fishing grounds you will without a doubt forget your gear bag with your dry change of clothes and will that day find the deepest hole in the stream via the Helen Keller method!

                          Spin
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  1. In order to “travel light”, you only brought bass flies OR panfish flies, but not both. Guess which fish will be most active?
  2. Put on the waders, forgot the boots!
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If the lake is classed as No Power Boats , You will have left the oars at home .
If you remembered the oars , You left the net at home .

Your significant other has made You breakfast . The fish are rising everywhere , large fat hungry fish , everyone is catching them ,Your brother/sister - in law has landed and released a huge fish .
By the time You are fed , so are the fish .