Once upon a time, in a land far ago & long away, we were wading Taneycomo. We had just taken a lunch break because the dam was generating & came back to fish the flooded grass as the water level was dropping, I had a large heavy olive bugger on, trying for browns. Caught a couple small ones when the wind cam tearing down the river valley. I started casting over my left shoulder as a result & made one too many back casts, & my left elbow stopped the fly. Even w/ forceps, I couldn’t get the leverage to pull it out & because the skin on my elbow was so tough, I couldn’t push it though either. I cut it off, retied & fished the rest of the afternoon. When we got back to the hotel, I tried pliers, no joy. Mike’s wife, who had trained as a nurse, couldn’t get it out either. I finally was able to make an incision w/ the scalpel in my first aid kit & push it far enough to cut the point off, barb was mashed down but wouldn’t back out. I still have the fly, kept it as the one that caught a turkey.
J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Gary Webb Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 11:06 PM To: vfb-mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Must have missed the Tee shirt test It did sting when it first went in. After that it didn't bother me. Several years ago Susan my wife was with me when I got stuck. The fly was buried. I asked her to help me get it out because I couldn't get a good grip on it. She took one look at it and said: "I'm not touching that." So today when I got home I showed her my finger with the fly still in it. I knew what she would say: "I'm not helping with this one either." We both laughed. "Maybe Life is just a memory. We come. We see. We go." Angelina Jordan: What Is Life <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv0r77KN7RA> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv0r77KN7RA On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 7:43 PM Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@gmail.com <mailto:nev.gosl...@gmail.com> > wrote: OUCH! I have had friends do this and have attempted to do it to myself but not that badly. Neville (Nev) Gosling On Mar 30, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Gary Webb <glwranger...@gmail.com <mailto:glwranger...@gmail.com> > wrote: I was out fishing this morning. Crooked Creek in southeastern Minnesota is a short 30 minute drive away. This was a KISS outing. Tenkara rod, a small box of Pink Squirrels, and polaroid glasses. At the first pool I caught a nice 14 inch brown. My next cast hooked a weed on the bank. I'm blaming the wind. Anyway while I was trying to retrieve the fly, Shadow my fishing dog ran by and dragged the line through my hand until my finger stopped the hook. I thought, this is no big deal. I will just back it out and keep fishing. It would not budge. And I didn't have my vest with the forceps clipped to it. I broke off the fly and went back to fishing. Caught four more before heading for home. Five fish total. Plus a big guy that broke off. 66 inches and about 170 lbs. 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