I was hoping to do that again tomorrow but we have severe weather predicted for the next three days. I hate these storms. Tony
From: Martin Westbeek <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing today Great to see a fishing report from you, Tony! Lots of fun next time. Mart ----- Original Message ----- >From: Anthony Spezio >To: [email protected] ; >[email protected] >Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:57 AM >Subject: [VFB] Fishing today > > >Today I got a treat, I got to go fishing for a short while. I have not been >fishing for about eight months. My wife Dot had a doctor's appointment that I >knew would be a long wait. I put my fly rod in the car and we left. The doctor >has a pond right next to the parking lot at his office. I have fished there >before when Dot has to go in to see him. >It was overcast so I rigged up with a Sparkle Olive Dumbbell eye Bugger. Made >the first case and just stripped about two strips and Fish On. It was a small >Bass. The pond was thick with moss along the bank. so landing the fish was a >mess. It came in with a big load of moss on it. I made a few more casts and >decided the fly was too heavy with all that moss so I switched over to a sz 14 >Chili Pepper. Caught another bass and then another. I broke off trying to land >the next bass in the moss. Tied on another Chili Pepper and the same thing. >Got a couple of bass and again lost it landing a bass in the moss. I was down >to one Chili Pepper. Lo and behold If I did not do the same thing and lost >that one. >I then tied on an Olive Bugger with a red bead head. The first cast produced a >Bass a few casts later another Bass. then I managed to hook a tree behind me >and broke off. Now that was four flies lost. I then tied on a Purple Marabou >Bugger and on the first cast I had a fish on. A few more casts and short >strikes I had another bass landed, again loaded with moss. I hooked up again >and the Bass got into the moss after a couple of nice jumps and I broke that >one off. Total five flies lost. I fished just over an hour and my wife came >out to the car just as I tied on a WRD. I did not get to cast it. I spent a >lot of time cleaning moss of my flies but it was a real good day fishing. I >did get photos of two of the Bass. All Bass were released unharmed. I landed a >total of ten Bass. >Arkansas Tony-- >-- >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/ >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB >Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >-- -- 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
