i got hung up in a tree once.....(very near where i caught that Bat that time, right at the mouth of Elm Hollow Brook on the Willow), and game outta the tree with two flies. i hadda climb up (sorta halfway to get a limb down), to get them both.....
Also caught my biggest Brookie ever, (4 lbs. 7 oz.), twice on two consecutive cast.....lost him right at the net the first time and then caught him again on the very next cast...........real small pool on the Connetquot River on Long Island, beat 10 i think it was. Friend i was with had a scale in his priest. This Trout was a searun fresh back from the Atlantic. Misa got a Searun Bow (Steelie) that day as well.....hers was double the size of mine.......unreal fish.....but the Connetquot is a magical place. Oldest hatchery in New York is right in the middle of the river.....at beat 15. It's all a state park now and has been for some time.....but originally it was a private preserve for ONLY the Mega Rick Cats who worked in Manhattan and partied on Long Island. Somehow the state took it over or inhareited it. We fished there up to 4 times a year from 1992 til 2006.....or '07, i forget. Always caught 50/60 fish a day there.....no problem. My biggest Brown ever, 26 inches, came outta there as well. Some beats you can get a fish on almost every cast. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Re: Wierd Catches was QUOTE FOR THE DAY > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:01:56 +0100 > > None-fish: > * A 4" frog (or toad) taking one of the left-over flies from my first swap. > Slimiest catch of mine. > * A dragonfly. The failed underhand cast made the fly hit the bushes right > next to me, where he sat. > > None-animal: > * Going deep for grayling I got stuck. After moving so I could pull from > another angle, I managed to save the fly... which had become a tandem fly. > It had caught up in a 'NoName' streamer (or "something") from the bottom. > And since I didn't lose any of my own that time, it's now saved as a memory > of "the day when I left the water with MORE flies than I had when I came". > > /Nick > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] För Jack > Lehman > Skickat: den 11 november 2009 21:25 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: [VFB] Wierd Catches was QUOTE FOR THE DAY > > > > 1: 4 foot alligator in Naples Florida. Fishing for bluegill with a > popper. I knew gators were there but didn't see him until he took the > popper from beneath. Billfish rules apply. If you can get your hand on > the leader its called a catch and you can break him off. > > 2: Seagull that took an EP streamer on the backcast turnover while > fishing for red snapper in the Gulf. Hooked him in the foot. He just > sat down on the water and glared at us until we pulled him to the boat, > wrapped him in a towel and released him. > > 3: A dragonfly took a small nymph at the end of a puddle cast while > fishing Austin Lady Bird lake for sunfish. He ended up spinning the > tippet around himself so bad I couldn't save him. I won the best liar > category in the Austin Fly Fishers Perchmaster's Classic tournament. > > Jack > Austin > > 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 <mailto:[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[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. 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