I did the same thing once on a little beaver pond I was fishing for trout. The bats were out flying around one nabbed my fly right out of the air and I actually had to reel him in. It was a cute little furry one and I was able to catch & release with no problem. I wish I had a camera I would imagine I looked pretty funny laughing hysterically and reeling in a bat...
Bill P. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rix Benson Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [VFB] guess what I caught Forget the fly...did you get a picture of the freaking bat on the end of your line??? --- James Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have a picture, but I really need to get the > pattern and figure out > how to tie it. > Thanks, > James > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [VFB] guess what I caught > >Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:08:00 -0400 > > > >I think that mike hubbard tied that fly for my deer > hair swap. He is no > >longer a list participant though I think. James do > you have a picture of > >that hopper? > > > > > >John Ridderbos > > > >"James Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >Last Night, > > >I caught a bat on a hopper fly, I think it hooked > him in the wing, he > >fell > > >right down in the water. �He was biting madly in > every direction and so I > > >pulled it up and cut the line and he swam off. I > got the hopper fly in a > > >bass swap a while back, I wonder who tied it, I > loved that fly, it was > > >bluegill magic. �Was it Ridderbos that tied it? > �I'm not sure but I would > > >like the pattern, it had yellow motteled turkey, > yellow deer hair, red > > >indicator, and black legs, not sure of the hook, > any help of recovering > >my > > >beautiful hopper pattern would be good, > > >Thanks, > > >James > > >talk later �PS: �hows the streamer swap I am > hosting coming? > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > http://messenger.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN > Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
