Tony
Have you considered a magnetic hook threader like this? Neville Gosling The Enbridge pipeline is a project so toxic that it brings global shame to Canada. On 2013-09-15, at 6:21 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote: > Sitting on my porch looking out the window at the river I noticed a large > number of rises around the dock. It was dead calm and the river was as smooth > as glass.This is not normal when they are releasing water from the dam. I > watched a while and then could not stand it any longer, I had to give it a > try. I keep a rod ready under the porch but I had a Froggie tied on the > leader so I had to change to a trout fly. This took me at least ten minuets > as my eyesight is not what it used to be. I tied on a sz 16 Green Mylar body > Soft Hackle that was a killer the last time I was on the river. Got down to > the dock and made a few casts, no takes. Then two boats came past my dock > right through the feeding lane. This put the trout down. Waited a bit and the > rises started again. Made a few more casts and still no takes. Switched over > to a Brown Soft Hackle, another ten minuets lost. > There was a steady riser and I cast a bit above and upstream from it. That > was a take. A nice 14"+ Rainbow. Cast to a few more rises that yielded > another two more Rainbows in the 14" class. In a sloppy cast I hit the dock > rail that broke off my fly. It was the only one I had like it. I tied on > another soft hackle with a Peacock Herl body. No takes and then tried another > with still no takes. These two were sz 14 flies. I guess they wanted the > smaller flies. By this time my legs and back had given out so I decided to > call it quits. I had been on the dock almost an hour. As I was leaving I > heard a big splash. Waited a bit and watched the area where I heard the > splash. Sure enough It came up again clean out of the water. This trout had > to be at least a three pound fish. What a thrill to see a Trout that big come > full body out of the water. It cleared the water by several inches. I did not > know what it was taking ,I could not see any bugs on the surface. > That made my day. > 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.
