Too bad you didn't keep her..I love eating catfish dipped in egg and flour with salt and pepper. But good for her she got away. A 10 pounder is begger than any of them I ever caught. I'd love you to post a picture of one of those buggers. Joyce
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Jack Harford <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok - here is an Article written for the Armchair Angler of the > Indianapolis Fly Casters - enjoy. > > *Wimpy Indecisive Fisherman Looses Prized Fly* > > > One of my friends invited me to come over and fish the big lake behind > his house the other day and it was my pleasure to take him up on that > offer. We took off in our kayaks after an excellent burger on the grill > dinner. It had rained some that day and was windy at times, but as we > pushed off from the dock the water was calm and no rain in sight. > > > A hopper/dropper combination were the flies of choice this evening with a > giant house fly on top and a blue glass bead black redneck wooly bugger > size 8 about 18” below. The fish were cooperative, but not overly so. > Several decent bluegills and a few one pounder bass made for an enjoyable > evening. All but one were caught on the bugger. Several little bluegills > nipped at the house fly, but the #6 hook was a lot more that they could > handle. I would like to show you the bugger that caught all the fish, but > unfortunately it didn't come home. > > > The sun was going down and there was one more bank to fish. This bank had > a wall of railroad ties 3 or 4 feet high holding back the earth. There were > a lot of stringy weeds and the spot to cast to was in between two rows of > these weeds. A cast was thrown out and shortly after the flies hit the > water, the house fly disappeared. As the hook was set, it felt like the > flies were snagged on something, but then that something started to move, > and then a little faster, and then back under the kayak, and then deep into > the weeds. > > > At that point it seemed that the fish was lost, but she sat in the weeds > only a few moments and made another run for it. I definitely did not seem > like a bass. After a fight of about 10 minutes something emerged to the > surface. It was completely black, covered with a luminous shiny slime – big > – bad – and ugly. As some of you must have guessed already, there was a > catfish on the end of the line. And when I saw her, I started asking myself > questions like: Do I really want to bring that slimy mess into my nice > kayak? How do I pick this gal up without getting one of those sharp spines > rammed into my hand? And other nice questions like that. > > > While all these questions were circling in my mind, I had grabbed the > leader and worked my way down to the tippet. Get the picture - Wimpy > indecisive fisherman, holding a ten pound catfish by a four pound tippet, > just at the surface of the water. That catfish just smiled, shook her head, > snapped the tippet and lumbered off with my beautiful blue glass bead head > black redneck wooly bugger. > > > I better get back to the bench and tie some more. > > > Tight lines, > > Jack Harford - editor - Armchair Angler > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 9/4/14, 11:13 PM, Jack wrote: >> >>> Which article were you thinking about :) >>> >>> >> >> ANY of them. They're all great and interesting reports. 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