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Old 10-10-2009, 01:04 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by numbskull View Post
Those eel-fishers are indeed a nasty lot. Uncouth, gaseous oafs, spewing curses and other foul noises from deep within their ancient redball waders when, struggling to breathe over their ponderous guts, they lean forward to unhook their ill-gotten bounty, crudely ripping hooks from deep within the soft innards of unfortunate 26" bass that have inhaled sadistically impaled eels, unnoticed while the eel-fishers frantically concentrate their feeble minds on finding and scratching their testicles hopelessly hidden under the residue from years of beer swilling...
Numby, if you think you can turn our heads with that kind of flattery, you're mistaken....

Like the dry-fly crowd, the plug Philistines appear to be contemptuous of their brethren,...

To quote Quequeg in Moby #^&#^&#^&#^& -

I now see great wickedness in all meridiens - and I vow to remain a pagan...

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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