Eel was on a black wooly. Scared the dickins out of me and my daughters. Had my brother-in-law with a Clouser once, but failed to land him.
________________________________ From: Don Ordes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 11:55:36 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? Jay Balmer. LOL Did you put up a good fight? Jeff, gotta tell us how you caught it. DonO OK, we have so > far: > >>Cottonmouth- >> JimmyD >>Owl- JimmyD (bear don't count unless you hooked him) >>bat- DonO, Mark >>R. >>Herring Gull- >>Iain >>Canada Goose- >> TonyS >>Freshwater Eel- >> JeffF >>Turkey, as in >> self-hooked -JayB >> >>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 >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
