Les "Grasshopper" Benscoter came into his own as a list poet in 1997, and ever since no topic is safe. Enjoy!
Subject: Re: Flyfishing vest near death ...
Christian
Christian No Vest
A Fanny Pack Does You Best
You are All Smiles
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Subject: Re: Flyfishing vest near death ...
Christian
In-A Pickle
Yet Another Take
F I L S O N is
For the Heavy Rain
It is better Chi
Sacrifice the Filson Vest
Shed No Tear Like Rain
Better to Learn Now
Never More to Have a Vest
The Least of What Is
leslie@fannypac&net
Subject: Re: New Year's Day on the river
Kat
Kitten on the Prowl
Sharpened Claws to Scratch some Meat
The Bonehead can't read
You May Shove Him In
Oh My God Bonehead Can't Swim
Use Meat Hook To Save
Bonehead on the Beach
You Have Practiced Catch and Keep
Bonehead Now Can Read
Take A Polaroid
Show Meathead How Wet He Looks
Post Picture In Bar
No Fishing On Pic
Have Guest Take Picture of Kat
Claws Sticking in Meat
Richard was right, I joined Tambo in spirit(s) and had my HaiKu Shots last night... well just a little bit :)
You did good Kiddo ... Sounds to me like that Bonehead caught more than just minnows :-)
leslie@brokenbranch -- where we switch-em to beat the dickens out of em :)
Subject: Carp Fly Swap [Was sub salmonku]
No Way!
useless on usenet
Blake will tie dry salmon fly
Tom will get his carp
les is more
Subject: Re: Marvin kus
>term terrors abound
>barbule, spey fly, spiders found
>out of place profound
spiders have 8 legs
Some are Hairy and do bite
non have wings for flight
many tyers bite
chewing nails when searching light
spiders weave a web
once a web is spun
to the spider this is fun
tyers take delight
Once bitten twice smite
spider takes it all in stride
tyer chews his nails
leslie who is nailless
Subject: Cards and such (was: Gentlemen etc)
Dear Mr. Kniggit
Kards R 4 Us All
U R A Card So Is Kat
Send The Very Best
Subject: Re: cancel flyfish
Sensai
Ah Yes, this is what I have been missing.
I humbly submit another option. One could *Join* the flyfish army that is gathering.
Then they could march on, or was that march off.....
No Cancel flyfish
You must join the Big Army
March off or March on
les is more
Subject: Re: The Eclectic List
Dear HS
RE: Sensai *Richard of Frank* and Many Many other Personalities :)
Sensai Eclectic
Alacrity his domain
His Pigs Kick Some Arse
Screw The Malcontents
Our Feral Chickens Peck Arse
Our Fence Is Barb Wire
If They Like to Live
Dangerously As It Will Be
Send An Attachment
;=) HTML
Set E-mail To Do All This
Unscribe Will Happen
Regards
LB (Thank You - Good Job!)
Subject: Re: Reply Protocol (was Re: Long casts?......)
Well Chris the "Inscrutable Drama Queen" has a wintel operation: However, I shall attempt to write an apple script for him.
Dear "Inscrutable Drama Queen" install this script and reboot the machine:
cootisms will work
C:\Delete Si Colon Backslash Delete :)
Install OS 9
Use Eudora Mail
Leave Settings Alone No Change
Return To FlyFish
Now All SOB's
Are Safe From Total Recall
Taken To Safe Place
You May Return Mail
So All May Review The Truth
Geritol Does Work
leslieIT@Pome.Com
Subject: Re: best cooking oil
AL
What is Grapa :( - I have a feeling I have missed out on something :)
I do not know about *pesticides* and this Grape Oil Business? I would like to know about that. I picked ours up at the *Oasis* - A store that pays attention to this sort of thing - they would not knowingly purchase stuff that has traces of pesticide in it. However, Richard is correct it is $$ - I am embarrassed about that part of it. I smuggled a bottle of Basil Grape Seed in - Ann-B has used it and she was impressed. See the Salutesante web sight - interesting stuff. SailFish are excellent when *fired* with Grape Seed Oil :))
Richard & Other Tuscans
Olive Oil Is In
Better Than The Massage Oils
Healthier For Skin
A Great Big Cigar
A Large Glass of Chianti
Smile On Richard's Face
Big Spring Break Is Near
Take Size 32 Dry Fly
Stick It In Your Ear.....
Naw.
I have a feeling this is heading into hot water... "I Like getting into Hot Water, It keeps me clean".
les
Subject: Re: Guide size and placement
Ooops . Well Then There Now..... Whats goin on here?
I know my own ass
He can pack a great big load
seventeen hand mule
He no like the tea
In his bucket is Wild Oats
Good Old *Geritol*
Often he jumps up
Looking through his Ceramics
Guides wrapped too tightly
The Mathematics
Ax^2 + By... *crack*
A broken record
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
(Lewis Carroll)
les is More
Subject: Re: Trolling with a Fly Rod for big game
Hey, I am thinking about trolling with the fly rod as I float the PFC down Lake Creek. I need to be careful.... you hook a big Native -- now what? :) Yo Ho down the creek we go... there must be a KU here somewhere.
Yo Ho down we go
Backwards through the roaring falls
Steelhead on the line
Passion thing of past
I now have messed my waders
Full of something else
leslie of Casco
Subject: Rod Builder KU
Hello to the Stick in the Wall G@ng
Thy Rod and Thy Staff
They Shall Comfort All Of You
Include Directions
There Are No Steelhead
Bamboozle-em with cane stick
Can Flog Each Other
Faith shall be reward
Each will have favorite rod
There Are No Steelhead
If You Are One Short
You May Have My nine
Going Windsurfing
""There Are No Steelhead""
leslie of Casco
Subject: Spey Ku
:)
Am American
Cannot Seem To Cast A Spey
Need Help From Hiner
Where Are Those Women
The Ones With All That Good Beer
They Are Playing Golf
Where is Bud Smithers
Is He Drinking All The Beer
There Are No Steelhead
Mr. B. In search of the Tungsten Leader.
Subject: Trickets
Trickets Are For Fun
Have A Pair and a New Spare
Baglo RodBuilding
Glue on the Table
Flexcoat all over the floor
Baglo is Now Stuck
Between the Pages
Of The Latest Building Book
Sticky Fingers Turn
The Eyes Are Lined Up
The Thread Is Close And Wrapped Tight
It is Molson Time
leslie of Casco
Subject: Re: Chinking/Jerking Splitshot on Cane
Bamboo is real grand
Graphite will also work fine
Fiberglass is ok
I want one of each
What I want and what I get
Need to go Set Clocks
:(
leslie in daylight
Subject: Re: Backcountry Flyfishing KNIFE !
This gives new meaning to the concept of Amphibious.
Under the Wool Drawers
An Amphibian Exists
Breathing through his Gills
Kershaw is his name
When out of his leather sheath
Has A Sharper Life
less @ times
Subject: Leaders hard and limp?
There Are Great Leaders
If It Turns Over Use It
Admire the Katas (exercises)
Subject: Trinkets
:)
Trinkets What You Have
Priceless Heirlooms what you want
There is a Big Difference
Trinkets In The Shop
Heirlooms in the Catalog
Get On Line and Shop
Spend the Rest of Life
In the Shop with the Trinkets
Always need some more
leslie of Casco
Subject: Re: Trinkets
Trickets and Trinkets
They Are All In CyberSpace
Please Get Yours Today
I simple want some sinking leaders, say 20 in/sec - "That's the Trinket that would do the*Trick*.
Cannon Balls Are Out
The Tendency is to Bounce
Knocking the Trout Out
Then I get Trinkets
Tickets from the Officer
That is Bad Tricket
(Ju-Ju, Karma, or HRS Stuff - as in Kinket, Bent Leader, ....etc
Subject: Re: bugger splitshot
Bags
It's Wolfram.
Can you say "Tungsten" :)
There Are Heavy Leaders
les is More
Subject: Action Optics/Polarized Shades
chris night shades of gray
brightens our life everyday
often we see clear
Thank you
leslie
Subject: All the "Usual" suspects...
Sheldon, Rob @ ff@family
My compliments on a fine yarn...
Rabbit in all forms
unusual repentence
twisting for hairy
leslie (grasshopper)
Subject: Plucking Ducks - CDC (and Parakeets)
Walt
You have wisely chosen the correct path.
Not a Duck Plucker
Not even duck plucker son
will buy C D C
leslie (grasshopper)
Subject: Attach-Ku
Attachment Pains R
vcard.vcf 5.3 ext
Exit "Eudora" crying
Subject: Anybody There?
>I haven't seen any posts to FF@ since noon Saturday.
> I suspect problems on my end (not literally) and if
> not, no posts since noon Saturday just made FF@
>history (not likely, huh). Help!
>
>Jim Lear
Jim
The silent majority are
because diswasher blues
overtake involuntary senses
odoriferous lingers on
Some ff@folks were brave enough to silently try *Dishwasher Salmon*..
Now they are gnawing through those straps.. the wives have tied them up.
Les is More (It was a **Labor** of Love)
Subject: Lance a lot
richard caning lance
a lot of times today
he blistered the hairy squirrel
leslie :-)
Subject: More questions
To be Teal
Is to be Buff
Attend More Garage Sales
In Teal.
leslie
Subject: Need Platte River, CO Update
For get Pat-ter-ns
take snow shoes and X Longees
Happy Thanksgiving
Ag7x
Subject: Re: What is a fly?
Fly have zipper 2
Heaven has Lord and humor
Fly eat worm with big grin
grasshopper
Subject: What is a fly?
Claude, Richard & ff@family
A fly is a fly
Complete Metamorphosis
Diptera True Flies
Summer and Autumn
Terrestrials Minutae
Main fare match the hatch
grasshopper
Subject: Fly Ku
:=)
Trout Bums use hoppers
Entomology R Sum
legs, wings, eyes, nose, mouth.
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Macs Are Apples - Worms Eat Apples - Logic Sucks - Dummies Use Worms.
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grasshopper
Subject: Provoked by Professor Higbee's Map
Provoked by Higbee
safer in summer than fall
there are no steelhead
grasshopper
Subject: Attach-Ku
Attachment Pains R
vcard.vcf 5.3 ext
Exit "Eudora" crying
Subject: Re: Ann's political incorrectness...
>Hey, R.S. Claude,
>Just read that we now have proof of earlier existence of
> water on Mars. Can proof of previous existence of trout on
> Mars be far behind. Can you send
>Baglo up there so he can report, "there are no steelhead!"?
>Uh-oh, I hear the wheels a turnin.
>Can a haiku about Mars trout be far behind?
All Right You guys.... (How did you get loose?) Never mind!
And, Ann here says *Seasons Greetings* to Ann there.
Martian trout are there
Mariner has said it so
Claude is right behind.
PS. Glenn *There Are Silvers* .... Steelhead to follow :=)
leslie & Ann
Subject: Re: new fiber announced...:=)
Henk
??I definitely don't think richard takes this threat seriously.. do
you suppose we can raise *cane*
that has a copper fiber in it for those 2 meter antennas?
>> The M5 fiber is said to be copolymer of 2,3,5,6-tetra-
aminopyridine
>> and 2,6-dihydroxyterephthalic acid.
>
>Oh Henk, dear! It's been so long since you've talked to us this
>way!!
>
>Enthralled in MA,
>richard
richard
enthralled it is then
tetra-aminoamines
for those who raise cane
grasshopper
Subject: Re: Instituting
Had Master Sifus
Cane men after Lutafisk
wrenchinglydreadful
les is humbled
Subject: Re: Warmwater fishin/Oregon
>Just thought Id post a note for any listers in NW Oregon. I was
visiting
>Vernonia lake this afternoon and had some "HIGH YODELIN ADVENTURES!"
>using weighted nynphs from shore on huge crappie and perch, oh ja
> and Bluegills IN THE WINTER NO LESS!!
>ARE YOU LISTNIN RICH???...
Mr. Cookie (Dave Potts)
Oh No the Worms out
Soft Plastic in Or e Gone
Sister Sue plans trip
Lister arrives here
Finds Cane in Deadwood Potts Plot
There Are No Steelhead
Les is More (Raising Cane in Deadwood)
Subject: Re: Jimeeee's kissin' agin
Chris (AI)
>Jimmeee assaults fish
>dire need for breath mints, condoms
>carp pay per diem
>
>Chris Knight, Institute for Bad FF@ Poetry
>http://www.syra.net/~ceknight/institute.html
(AI) as in *Act Immediately*. Thou shalt put your beaut in the Haiku
Prison in 3 or 4 cells.
All of this as a reminder to us:
Whiskers and Hinders
It is a relative where
Carp have funny lips
les is (well maybe)?
Subject: Re: Ethics: My Long Tendril of Drivel
Rob & Dave
Whitefish may not jump
Fear Bonker on the River
Have lips will kiss you
leslie
Subject: Re: idiot time: Re: Ethics: My Long Tendril of Drivel
>Leslie Benscoter wrote:
>>
>> Rob & Dave
>>
>> Whitefish may not jump
>> Fear Bonker on the River
>> Have lips will kiss you
>>
>> leslie
>
>Leslie:
>
>rob have big bad dog
>bite you on butt I will
>keep your lips off him
>
>:-)
>Bo (rob's Dog)
Bo :=)
Hair of Dog Rising
bit e butt make for ouchee
My lips are sealed
Tar (Shane's Lab, as in Tar & Feathers)
Subject: Re: Rods : Action And Line weights
Richard, Bud...
You guys are very esoteric.
Pegasus and Cane
"Why I Live at the P.O."
A Curtain of Green [Harcourt,Brace,Jovanovich :=)]
Eudora is sweet
Post Office Protocol mail
Eudora Welty
"Actions and Lines wait on no man"
grasshopper
Subject: Re: What's a CDC, anyway?
Oh My....
The Cul de Canard
The Butt of the Duck Sauvage
Where oh Where to look
The CDC fly
To float like a butterfly
And Sting like a Bee
I am considering ASCII Art to help with this drawing... this is the
case of X marks the spot.
As soon as I get the Gun stoked up Tar and I will go get the reel
thing for the Webby Page :=))
Please view in a fixed-width
font such as Monaco or
Courier.
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credit to jgs & ascii art, sig software 1.4 (thank you leslie b.)
Les is More (Giving more :=) consideration to using FUZZ Flies with weighty legs)
Subject: Re: I know why now!!
Danny & Allan
Now I know.
My Grandparents were married from day one...it lasted
My Parents were married from day one............it lasted
Ann (Mercedes) And I have always been married its lasting.
I therefore like onions and write very bad poetry.
les is more (Garlic only smells overnight, genetics goes on and on
and on).
I patiently wait
Rivers rise and fall so soon
There will be Steelhead
Subject: Re: Is flyfishing a sport?
Richard # ff@family
Mrs Benscoter thinks it is *Art* with a tad of *supporting Science*.
I wrote to Richard and said: (Sport being _good fellow).
Philosophy Sport
Flyfishing is a lifestyle
Chosen with purpose
The implications of that attempt at FishKu by the inept me may not be ClearlyClear :=))
So.... I thought ( :=)), (an oxymoron)... and came up with the following as an example of how I view Flyfishing.
**The Long_Fly_Line**
Love, Honor, Duty & Character
leslie
Subject: Re: Tube Fly Vise ATTACHMENT
S2 this is 7(10) [AG7X] voluntary defense for Bobby P2: He has saved
us 40,000 K of
"What does it look like" QSL's. Typical case of one 11 K JPEG is
worth 40K of ASCII. :+)
Oh Yes... I know MacMeister will boil us both in hot water. Speaking
for myself "I like getting
in hot water it keeps me clean"........
S^2 this is AG-Seven-Ten over and out :)
Yo Ho Off we go
Digi Cam on the Shoulder
Hot Water Awaits
Kidding of course.. I know the rules.
Subject: Re: Fly rods and beer?
Dave
Budweiser?
Shrinkwrap Budweiser
Containment is everything
Performance Flyrods
leslie
Subject: Re: Fiction Contest Entry - Circles.
Terry
Tears of Memories
Circles of Absolute Joy
Throw a Rock in Pond
Thank You
leslie
Subject: Re: 1999 Poetry Contest Entry
Claude
You did it again
>Ooooh, the shack nasties have begun.
>"You're wrong!" "I'm not!" "You cur!", from one;
> And another has whined:
> "My feelings are maligned!"
>While the rest of us watch the fun.
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Shoo Goo sticks on all
Aqua Seal tend to bind us
A Shoo Goo Goo Shoo
les is more
Subject: At One With One
Ode to heavy duty casters...Frank, et. al....
I am 1 with 1
At peace with sweet Harmony
Zen Casters Unite
Self said to Himself
No Shrubs No Bugs & No Rain
ooops RainMaker hear
Tomorrow will rain
1 wait will shrink to no wait
Can't fish Gym is closed
Les is More (New Dimension FlyRods -= Negative Weights-=)
Subject: Re: Blue Moons
Ocean Sky is Kool
Food for hungry fisherman
No swollen red leg
Les has a Red Neck (My Dry suit is Dry).
Subject: Re: Double Haul/Mr. E.
Mr. E.
Oh My Let-er-Rip
Fly Folk swollen wader leg
More than meet the eye
Les is more (Do you autograph books?) :=))
Subject: Re: Deadwood VII/Magnetic Cow
Richard & ff@family
Richard saith:
> streams wading is made difficult by many obstacles, no
> trespassing signs are among the hazards. There are Otter
> ways to solve these problems.
Right. You might invest in the new River Cow. It's one udder way.
(Available with optional magnetic butt anchor.)
Mr. B had said:
>I am impressed by the many PFC's that are available to us. Each of these, have their
>individual merits; all are deserving of purposeful consideration.
I reckon what I said was an *UdderStatement* - progress seems to have been made.
So, for the curator of the:
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>DamnYankeeClave '98
>http://www.javanet.com/~rfrank/dyclinks/
"We shall make available *From LakeCreek Studio* the new Butt Anchor System."
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Anchor by your Butt
Great things come to those who wade
River Cows Smoke Grass
Les is more (LakeCreek Studio is in full production :=))
Subject: Re: Road test of the Sage 1 wt. (Spey Ku)
David,
Spey test? Did you? Bud has the right fly for this.
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David had one wait
"You guys are not safe for me to be around ...."Bad" influence.
Les is More
Subject: Re: Ultragreen Maxima...???(the 27 yard post)
Where do you get that big long line?
Les is 27yards, More is that big long line .
LB1
Twenty Seven Yards
"Richard" gave Dave the warning; he fired the over the bow shot
use 6's and 7's for grousy stuff, BB and Buck for things that quack, the Savot's are
for those big hairy things that may or may not Oink.
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The knob on his head was reel
Doctor said "no fowl"
And what do you get yo ho
Another day old
