Well as some of you know from my previous post I finely got to go fishing today for Walleye in Lake Brantly. Now for the rest of the story. While I was fishing the rip rap near the discharge pool I was using a very slow twitching retrieve right on the bottom, ( Actually bumping it). As I was retrieving near the wing rubble of the dam the fly stopped and the line was tight. I set the hook and felt a steady pull on the line. I meticulously kept a steady pressure on it and at first thought I was snagged, but it was moving, "Very" slowly. After about 3 minutes of nearly steady pumping and retrieving line it came to the surface. Theresa was ready with the camera in the front of the canoe as it surfaced. I almost had a heart attack as it surfaced, there it was and "Perfectly" hooked. I have Photographic proof, ( as soon as we can shoot the rest of the pictures and get the film developed). I not only hooked, but landed, in the canoe and got pictures of one of the rarest fish in all of the fishing world. I have yet to encounter a fisherman anywhere that has not encountered this fish but never landed one, much less seen one in the natural habitat that it frequents. I actually landed a perfectly hooked 6 pound "Snagitus Granitus", ( Also known as a "Granite Rockfish). Yes, you heard me right, I actually landed a "Snagitus". I have contacted the Fish and Wildlife department to report the great catch, however, they are reluctant to publish the catch, for some strange reason, But, I have the proof and it will be on my web site for all the world to see as soon as the film is developed. So for everyone that has lost their favorite fly to a "Snagitus", I have evened the score now, I have caught one of them.
8^) Jimi
