On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Jack Harford <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
