OK. I have to ask. How does one catch fish with 8 inches of ice on the water
and what is a "ice fly" ?
Regards,
Ken Browning who lives in North
Carolina and most of the ice that he sees is in his glass.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric the Flytyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] fishing and weather
> Went "fly" fishing today through the ice. Caught a 22
> inch pike on 2 pound test and a number 14 ice fly
> (char green rabbit body, black soft hackle weighted).
> Eight inches of ice in the greater Ludington area now!
> Light snow with a 15 mph west wind, temperature
> around 10 degrees Farenheight. Winter steelheading is
> even out of the question in this stuff.
>
> No change in the weather coming for a week-looks like
> tying,rod wrapping, and ice fishing!
>
>
> --- Chris Broomell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey everyone. I just saw Dave's post about playing
> > golf yesterday. I only
> > live about an hour south of Dave. I went fishing
> > yesterday...one of the
> > more beautiful days that we have seen around here
> > lately. I went out to
> > Santa Barbara harbor with a friend and fished for
> > about 3 hours. We caught
> > somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 dozen fish
> > apiece. This is not a usual
> > occurrence, so it was quite fun!
> >
> > Most of the fish that we were catching were walleye
> > surfperch and barred
> > surfperch. The walleyes are not very big...about
> > hand size (depending on
> > your hand size!) The barred perch can get quite
> > large (though most of them
> > in the harbor aren't very big). Still....lots of
> > fun with a good friend in
> > wonderful weather with an incredible view. Sort of
> > like fishing for
> > bluegill on the beach.
> >
> > I hope that everyone is well. It will be
> > interesting to hear about the
> > frenzy of activity from all of you weather-bound
> > people when it starts to
> > warm up in your respective areas! About that time
> > Dave and I will be
> > starting to grumble about the tourists!
> >
> > Best to all,
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
>
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