I would be interested in a pike fly swap! Dennis said: I am getting rather keen on this aspect of our sport and the creations you can produce off your vice is only held back by the size of your imagination.
I would like to add: Or the size of hooks you have for a pike swap!! (Hmmm where did those 3/0 hooks go) Eric --- Chuck Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Denis > I would be up for that. I've been going to fly-in > trip for 3 years now in > Ontario this year I'm going to spend more time with > the fly rod. Got a > 20lber on a light action spinning reel last year > Chuck Dowling > > "Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent > Opposition From Mediocre > Minds" A.E. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "denis goulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 3:34 AM > Subject: [VFB] pike fly swap... > > > > > Hi all. > I was wondering would anyone be interested in a > pike fly swap, i'll just > throw that out there .I am getting rather keenon > this aspect of our sport > and the creations you can produce off your vice is > only held back by the > size of your imagination. > > Denis Goulding > > > > > > >From: "Ken Staples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [VFB] New Swap Idea (saltwater > tangent) > >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 01:46:49 -0400 > > > >Hi Deb, > > > >See, at least you have the option for the "other > trout"! ;-> Actually we > >have pretty good freshwater fishing down here; > especially (from what I > >hear) bass (we even have our own hybrid, the > Sunshine bass), panfish and > >the numerous exotics that people don't want as pets > anymore. Oscars are > >rampant down here (yup, the same ones they sell in > pet stores). We have > >one intentionally introduced exotic, the Butterfly > Peacock or Peacock > >Bass. I hope to go fishing for these soon. They're > a South American fish > >which the state introduced to eat some of the other > fish and provide a > >new species of gamefish. Beautiful fish. > > > >On the saltwater side I'd guess that we'll probably > end up using a lot > >of the same flies, maybe in different colors > though? Since I'm pretty > >new to this I've only used a clouser so far. I've > been unsuccessful but > >I'm sure it's primarily due to my casting ability! > I've tied a bunch of > >others I'm looking forward to using. I also picked > up a bunch from > >Outdoor World/Bass Pro Shops that I don't know how > to tie yet. They ran > >a coupon in Fl. Sportsman: 6 flies for $.99. How > can you pass that up? > > > >By tarpon you mean the pattern? I saw a pattern in > the last issue of Fly > >Fish America called "J's baby tarpon" or something > like that. I have one > >but I haven't used it yet. I did see a tarpon a > couple of weeks ago when > >I was fishing (my first time on a flat with my fly > rod; oh heck my first > >time fishing on a flat) and I did cast to it but no > luck. Probably > >wouldn't have known what to do if I did hook it! > > > >Wow, this ended up being longer than I thought, > signing off now. > > > >Ken > >www.snorkelsite.com > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join > now! > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
