"at least not in the park".....rotflmao.....always knew you were a smart thinker Mikespecially in terms of, "Choices." lmao.............no pain, no gain............lol
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:29:58 -1000 Subject: [VFB] Re: Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] To all: I was fishing the green drake hatch on the Yellowstone and caught a beautiful big cutthroat. As I was playing him a pelican landed and came swimming down the river. I decided to stop playing the fish and let the pelican pass as I had a bad feeling. The fish went calm and all was well until the pelican got close to the fish. The fish panicked and darted. I would never have imagined a pelican could move so fast. Now I had a pelican on my line. He took off. Now I panicked as all the line I had was rapidly leaving the reel. As it hit the backing I dropped the rod grabbed the line and held on hoping that the break would occur at the tippet and not some more critical place - and I did not want the pelican - at least not in the park. (I wonder how pelican feathers are to tie with?) The line did break at the tippet and I was able to get my line back. A couple across the river were laughing so hard tears were flowing. The only other thing weird I hooked was me. Actually, a brownie somehow got me back as I released him. It buried the hook past the barb in my hand. As luck would have it, this was one hook I had forgotten to flatten the barb. The hook was in my right hand and I am right handed. I sat there wondering do I try and push it through, go to the hospital or yank it out. I was just getting started and the fishing was really good so forget the hospital. Now push it through or yank. I was not comfortable with the possibilities of trying to push it through with my left hand and I had nothing to cut off the barb if I did. So I attached the forceps to the hook and holding them with the left hand I pulled my right hand away. It was quite bloody but the cold water helped and I was able to continue fishing all the while bleeding on my grip. I promised myself not to forget to pinch the barbs anymore. Mike On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Rene Zillmann <[email protected]> wrote: Don, I can offer: tie a cat. Bait was an eel. We caught the eel with a worm (Well, in those dark days, trillions of years ago.,.), and when we tried to unhook the eel, a cat took the eel and run away. We played the eel for 2 or 3 minutes, but finally broke off. Never got eel, worm or hook back. My brother: Hooked him on a windy day with a lure. We were not able to remove the hook from the backside of his head. The first doctor was not able to help us, we went to the hospital, and they called all doctors and nurses to the room, to see those crazies. Finally they helped us to remove the hook and inoculate my bro. Pickled fish: Ok, that was not me, but a neighbor took my nod, and knotted the can to the line. I remember being out for a fresh can of beer. Rene Don Ordes wrote: > 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 -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
