I'll have to say goodbye...

[pheasanttail65]

So I guess you don't want to sell out then.

[Buddy Sanders]

Thanks guys.

I do appreciate all the kind words, and I'm VERY glad I was wearing boots yesterday.

I'm a bit confused, given the initial post, but you guys can find hidden meanings in just about anything.

Good Luck!

Buddy

[Kevin Krai]

Originally Posted by TRTopping

Upon further reflection regarding Buddy’s dire situation, I believe that there is an element of evil at work in our sport and we need to take aggressive steps to deal with it. I believe at the root of this is that idle hands are the devil’s workshop. How else would you account for pillars of the sport, such as Buddy, turning their backs on a past time that defines them? There are other examples, Green Weenie’s near disappearance from the face of the planet and don’t even get me started on the recent Pyramid Lake debacle. I mean really, winning all that money on a FISHING trip. It is just Un-American.

We need to act quickly before we loose more victims to this scourge that is sweeping our sport. Sadly it is probably too late for Buddy. But every good cause needs a martyr.

I would like to announce the formation of the Buddy Sanders Memorial Make ‘em Fish Foundation. The goal of this organization is to promote fishing as a lifestyle to be pursued during every waking minute. This will be accomplished by providing lanterns and headlamps to all anglers so that we are no longer tied to only the daylight hours in order to pursue our passion. With this extra fishing time, there is absolutely no chance that any of us will be successful at anything other than fishing and we will be able to ensure that gambling, women, booz, families nor jobs claim another victim in our sport.

Won’t you please help? Cash donations are appreciated, as are AA batteries. With your help, we can leave the light on for us all.

Anything to help find the Green Weenie...

[Green Weenie]

I'm here lurking in the nether world of post traumatic flyfishing burnout. Glad to say the 12 step recovery is going well and I'm on the mend!!! Appreciate your concern!!
C

[aztightlines]

I'd never make it past the First Step in such a program.
Too much emphasis on fishing? Sorry.
This is a Healthy Vice, we all take it too far at times, but that is the nature of the beast.
Hail to Mr. Smith, he's the sharpest of a bunch of dull blades.

[Mr.Smith]

Originally Posted by aztightlines

I'd never make it past the First Step in such a program.
Too much emphasis on fishing? Sorry.
This is a Healthy Vice, we all take it too far at times, but that is the nature of the beast.
Hail to Mr. Smith, he's the sharpest of a bunch of dull blades.

Do I win a prize? A sharper blade knocks down more grass. So dont go telling my wife, or she'll make me mow the lawn.

[aztightlines]

Your prize is our undying admiration.
El Hombre Libre, elusive a character he may be , though, is served notice: El Lino Tighto has you in his crosshairs.
Where and how will the retaliation occur?
A simple bribe to the Navaho Dam operators, a quick river flush at the most inopportune time? "Surf's Up, Moondoggie" and blurt out a quick greeting to your friends in Bloomfield about 2 hours post tsunami on your way downstream.

[Buddy Sanders]

Guys,

It was an April Fools prank.

Please forgive On The Fly!

He just played along for the fun of it.

I don't have a large gamblig problem.

I still have a home (at least until they find me).

My dog still loves me (she's just a mutt, not worth selling off).

My family still lets me eat (peanut butter isn't too bad, but three meals a day DOES get old-on Sunday they let me have BREAD!).

I might get to go fishing once before I head north (I can borrow a rod from Paul...).

Things are pretty much as 'normal' as my life ever gets.

Donations are still appreciated...send them to Don, he'll know what to do with them....

Good Luck!

Buddy

[CHIEF]

I was just about to send a parting gift of box of flies (hand-tied).

CHIEF

[Seldomseen]

Originally Posted by Buddy Sanders

My friends,
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.
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Let all who are around you know that you, a simple human, are nevertheless a fly fisherman. A proud bastion of civility and truth in an increasingly rude and false universe.
.

Fly fish, forever.

Thanks,

Buddy

A fine April Fool's. A solid message to boot.

Well done!

And to think I was concerned that in Chip's absence, we might not have another. A refresher from last year:

http://www.azflyandtie.com/flyforum/...read.php?t=265

Don't forget to play along next year.

And Buddy/Don - I wan't my 2 cents back.