Freshwater eel. Pond in Delaware
________________________________ From: Don Ordes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 11:15:38 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? OK, we have so far: Cottonmouth Owl (bear don't count unless you hooked him) bat This would make for a neat article on Byard's website, if he'd ever upgrade it. DonO ----- Original Message ----- >From: Jimmy D. > Moore >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:07 > AM >Subject: [VFB] Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, > Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? > >OK, I'll start the thread. Besides trout, I've fished for > all kinds of panfish, largemouth, smallmouth, guadalupe, and spotted bass, > salt water blues and speckled trout >Yeah, and I've hooked a few tires, > rods and reels, trotlines, etc. Caught one cottonmouth and gave my boat to > him, while I walked on water to get to the bank. and lest I forget, there > was > that Owl I hooked on the Rayado, and the young black bear who stole my > tippet, > fly and my big brown. :-D > > >JIMMY D > >Don Ordes wrote: > >>> >>"If all the trout in the world >> suddenly disappeared, I know a bunch of folks who'd go right on with >> their >> fly tying as though nothing happened. :-P " >> JimmyD >> >>Jimmy, this is a neat idea for a new >> thread. >> >>What non-fish (or very >> non-standard fish target) have you caught on a fly, and what's the >> story? >> >>People who complain there's no neat threads >> about fly-fishing, here's your chance. If you don't have a personal >> account, look up internet stories on strange creature fly-fishing >> encounters >> and post those. It doesn't have to be an intensional catch, even >> accidental counts. >> >>I can think of at least a half-dozen weird >> things I've caught on flies. >> >>1. A bat. About 20 yrs ago, fishing >> at dusk, I hung a fly up in a tree branch, with the fly dangling over the >> river. I was going to try to flick the fly off the branch when a bat >> swooped down and hit the fly. He foul-hooked in his shoulder- mayby at >> the last second sensing the leader. Little guy was REALLY mad when I >> 'landed' him. Safe C&R, though. >> >>DonO >> >> >>----- >>> Original Message ----- >>>From: Jimmy D. >>> Moore >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: >>> Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:17 AM >>>Subject: >>> [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY >>> >>>If all the trout >>> in the world suddenly disappeared, I know a bunch of folks who'd go >>> right >>> on with their fly tying as though nothing happened. :-P >>> >>>J Balmer wrote: >>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>>Or >>>> how long would fly tying as a business lastJ >>>>From:[email protected] >>>> >>>>[mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore >>>>Sent: Wednesday, November >>>> 11, 2009 9:45 AM >>>>To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill >>>> Coountry Fly Fishers >>>>Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE >>>> DAY >>>>"When you are next complaining about the selectivity of trout, bear the >>>>thought in mind: were it not for this fortunate trait, how long would our >>>>stream fishing last?" >>>> >>>>Art Flick "Streamside Guide" [1947] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>**************** ><((((((((º> ***************************** >>>>JIMMY D. MOORE, Amateur Radio Station WB5RHT- >>>>FREE Classic & Antique Golf Club Evaluation >>>>Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, >>>>Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, >>>>Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, >>>>Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret. >>>>Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html >>>>***************** <º))))))))>< **************************** >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>No >>>> virus found in this incoming message. >>>>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>>Version: 8.5.425 / Virus >>>> Database: 270.14.52/2484 - Release Date: 11/11/09 >>>> 07:40:00 >>>> >>>> >>> >>>-- >>> >>> >>>**************** ><((((((((º> ***************************** >>>JIMMY D. MOORE, Amateur Radio Station WB5RHT- >>>FREE Classic & Antique Golf Club Evaluation >>>Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, >>>Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, >>>Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, >>>Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret. >>>Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html >>>***************** <º))))))))>< **************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > >-- > > >**************** ><((((((((º> ***************************** >JIMMY D. MOORE, Amateur Radio Station WB5RHT- >FREE Classic & Antique Golf Club Evaluation >Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, >Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, >Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, >Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret. >Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html >***************** <º))))))))>< **************************** > > > > > > > > > >>> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
