Glad to see you are finally out of the snow.....YUCK!!!!! You have got to get out more often. It does the soul good.
Alan On May 3, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > Gorgeous day here in Indiana. Took an Arborist friend from Indpls down to > the southern part of the county to an orchard he'd never heard of which is > owned by a friend who used to work with me. He was VERY impressed. She has > over 7,000 apple trees, plus peaches, strawberries, raspberries, etc. We > found her in the greenhouse and ended up buying some plants. I mentioned we > were going over to a DNR site to try to tease a fish or two. She said, > "These two ponds over there (pointing) have a ton of fish if you'd like to > fish here. But....." I spoke up and said, "We're strictly catch and > release." She said good. > > We caught a ton of fish. The ONLY fly that worked well I'll have to call the > Ziegerbug. It's a bug that Rick Zieger sent me. Rick's bug has speckled > rubber legs. I didn't have any, so I tied some of them with solid rubber > that I had marked with a Sharpie. It looks like most of the Sharpie wore off > after catching so many bluegills. (1st attachment) I don't know what Rick > tied the body with, but I used black ice dub body with mallard feather tail > and a duck-quill wing case. Weight was 1/8" brass bead on a size 10 94840 > hook. > > I out-fished my buddy, but he took the cake with a 11+ inch bluegill. > Gorgeous fish. (2nd attachment). It looks kinda small in his hands, but he > is 6-10" tall and the rest of his body is proportional. His hands are huge. > > It was good to actually feel the tug of a different fish on the OTHER end of > the rod again. > af > > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > <ZBug.jpg><Big Gill2.JPG> -- -- 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/d/optout.
