It did sting when it first went in. After that it didn't bother me. Several years ago Susan my wife was with me when I got stuck. The fly was buried. I asked her to help me get it out because I couldn't get a good grip on it. She took one look at it and said: "I'm not touching that." So today when I got home I showed her my finger with the fly still in it. I knew what she would say: "I'm not helping with this one either." We both laughed. "Maybe Life is just a memory. We come. We see. We go." Angelina Jordan: What Is Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv0r77KN7RA
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 7:43 PM Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@gmail.com> wrote: > *OUCH!* > > I have had friends do this and have attempted to do it to myself but not > that badly. > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > > On Mar 30, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Gary Webb <glwranger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was out fishing this morning. Crooked Creek in southeastern Minnesota > is a short 30 minute drive away. > This was a KISS outing. Tenkara rod, a small box of Pink Squirrels, and > polaroid glasses. At the first pool I caught a nice 14 inch brown. My > next cast hooked a weed on the bank. I'm blaming the wind. Anyway while I > was trying to retrieve the fly, Shadow my fishing dog ran by and dragged > the line through my hand until my finger stopped the hook. I thought, this > is no big deal. I will just back it out and keep fishing. It would not > budge. > And I didn't have my vest with the forceps clipped to it. I broke off the > fly and went back to fishing. Caught four more before heading for home. > Five fish total. Plus a big guy that broke off. 66 inches and about 170 > lbs. At home I cut the hook with side cutter pliers and removed the point. > I've always said my main reason for using barbless hooks is this: The > "Catch" I most like to release is *ME!* I usually do the Tee shirt test > on all my hooks. But I must have missed this one. > Tight lines you all. But only if your hook is in a fish and not your hide. > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2ib6X21dRiCXZ5ntMFrYQpdik%3DAGPKVsSWk9wgfvW2x_4w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2ib6X21dRiCXZ5ntMFrYQpdik%3DAGPKVsSWk9wgfvW2x_4w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <I thought it was barbless!.jpg> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/596C9B04-DB0E-48BF-9A31-711BFEE88AC7%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/596C9B04-DB0E-48BF-9A31-711BFEE88AC7%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2iaR_OHp5cZRxexUT_oHusouYT6G0-hubhiweUYKYXjtkw%40mail.gmail.com.
