Well it just occurred to me that I should have used "Swing Genie", but hey hindsight is 20/20. ...Swing genie, he lives on SOFT HACKLE FLASHBACKS.. swing genie.. loves 4 miles poop stacks..
Of course I miss y'all. The area, not so much. But it was home for a long time.
Life on Mars is Bowie's masterpiece. From what I have read, the song's structure mirrors Sinatra's, "I did it my way", almost exactly. Bowie's version, how he did it his way, pretty much exposes the fact that we are all sheep who worship a world that produces the same old shit and we are blind to the fact it's all commercial bullshit.. "but the film is a sadden bore, because she's lived it ten times or more" meaning Bowie see's this, and recognizes things are just repeated, and "see the mice with their million hordes" reconfirms we are all sheep (we are). All the references to mickey mouse strengthen this argument, because as we all know, Disney is the epitome of all this kind of stuff. Fascinating stuff to me. I'll have to try and find that article..
BACK TO FLY FISHING.
Gene, from the conversations I have had with soft hackle folk - especially the trout fisherman of Scotland, there really isn't a need for any other fly. I cannot give up a dry, especially the parachute patterns, even if you can catch more fish imitating that bug emerging from the bottom- and not just trapped in the film. Did you all see the Orvis article they recently posted on facebook about mending line to produce life in the fly? Super informative for those trying to imitate an emerger on the swing, and for streamer fishermen putting that fly in hard to cast spots, all via mending. Mend it like Beckum, yano. (I realize that spelling probably is no where close)
On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 9:10:49 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Maggio wrote:
Gene: One of my favorites.. I think I could quote Gump all day long.Justin: That's a well done Bowie Arlington Ode.. you must miss us or at least the area.
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