no, it was night and I was camping down on our pond, wish I had a camera with me, that would have made a funny picture, I guess I should have carried him up to the house for a pic, oh well, maybe next time, with the way bats on our pond swarm flies, there very well may be a next time.
Does anyone know if anyone makes glow in the dark fly line, because it's hard to cast at night, that was just something I was wondering. James >From: Rix Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [VFB] guess what I caught >Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:13:22 -0700 (PDT) > >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 _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
