Yep - sounds like a catfish to me. Got lucky and landed a 27" about 10lb cat on 6lb tippet one time. It was a fun battle :)
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:38 AM, J Balmer <[email protected]> wrote: > While I never saw the fish, it acted like catfish. I used to have a two > piece 5 wt that I kept rigged for when I only had time to go to the pond, > had a cat in almost the same exact place crack the rod right @ the ferrule > while I was fighting it. That was a smaller fish:) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing > > I had the same thing happen at a slew on Crooked Creek but I got the see > the Carp. I thought I was snagged but the line slowly started coming up. > The Carp was right up on top, it looked like a submarine coming up. It just > stayed there for a few seconds and rolled breaking off my last Chili > Pepper. I tried to have it take another fly with no luck. > Tony > -------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 6/6/16, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, June 6, 2016, 2:59 PM > > > Threw back & hit > what I thought was a snag, until it started moving. Moved about ten feet > along the shore, realized it was hooked & even though I was letting line > out through my fingers, the 3x tippet snapped > > about 6 inches from the leader. > > Sounds like a big old > catfish. > > Get some heavy > tippet on and go back and catch that dood so we know what > > it was. <G> > > af > > -- > -- > 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. > > -- > -- > 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. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
