i've hooked and landed American Eels before.....in the Willow, the Beaverkill and both branches of the Delaware........never the mainstem Delaware though............there's tons of eels litterally in the whole system.....they come up outta the Atlantic to spawn......just like the Shad do. i know one guy who traps them and sells them for food.....and they are good to eat too. Specially with Japanese BBQ sauce, Japanese pickles, Brown rice & Miso soup. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:44:53 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: [VFB] Re: Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? To: [email protected] 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. 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