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	My hook is baited with a dream - I fish for Peace ... Robert Service

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Welcome It was a sort of misty rainy evening and most folks that were not on the river where they belonged, were in the main lodge lying about the ones that got away. There was one lady there by the window gazing across the lake when she spotted something. "Is that a moose I see over there?" she asked. "Well, yes it is," the manager said. "He keeps putting his head up and down under water. What's he doing?" "He's catching fish," came the answer. "How many a day do they eat?" "Not many," he said, "They mostly do catch-and-release. Come morning you can take one of the boats and go over to watch him but don't get within fifty feet; that's state law and it is strictly enforced." "Why is that?" she said. "You'll spook the fish," he replied from Tight Lines by David B. Tibbetts You are welcome to copy any of my pages for your own personal use or to share them with fellow fly fishers, but please do not plagiarize the contents nor include them on your site, or any other site, nor use them for personal gain.    Pat Donoghue, Canada ©1997    Best viewed at 800 x 600

My fishing days began in England, tempting, with maggots and bread paste, small roach, perch, bream and carp with my Father (Michael, see his WWII diary), my Grandfather (Albert) and my Uncle (Len). They were the finest kind. Now I fish with flies for Nova Scotia's wild trout and salmon. The four flies on this page are taken from The Tent Dwellers (Sports fishing in Nova Scotia in 1908) by Albert Bigelow Paine. ... but for the generality, three or four flies, neat and rightly made, serve for a trout in most rivers all summer. Izaak Walton Piscator non solum piscatur...... There is more to fishing than just catching fish. This site received the Best of the Net award for the Personal site and Canadian Local Information categories from Flyfishing about.com and is included in Craig Buddo's book  Fishing online: 1,000 Best web sites