[VFB] Fish oil

[Dr. Doug Miller]

Murf -   I have to admit that on my first trip to Michigan (my wife's home state) I was appalled at the pheasant "put and take" policy.  Why not just throw one up and shoot it!  Trout fishing in Southern Oklahoma is a lot like that, I'm afraid.   Back to the fish oil. . .I have been in OK for almost 9 years.  I have fished that River 3 times now.  It is beautiful - lots of pools, riffles, small waterfalls.  REALLY hard to wade because of the multitude of boulders.  Challenging - I was making 8 foot casts last time because of the canopy of cedar over my head - mostly pulling my line till my rod got eniough tension to sling the fly past the end of my rod.   But there's just something odd about Day-Glo Green Powerbait floating by that puts me off!   I did see something there I have never seen before.   In one of the larger pools, there is a stump about 6 feet from shore beneath a big pecan tree.  As I was wading towards it, I noticed a squirrel way out on a limb, just over that stump.  There was a pecan on that stump and the squirrel was determined to get it.   Poor thing swayed back and forth for a while before getting enough courage to leap from branch to stump.  No sooner had it landed that the biggest bass I have seen in Oklahoma leaped out of the water and nailed that squirrel!   I couldn't believe my eyes!  I stood there astounded.  A few moments went by and there was a slight disturbance in the water and that bass surfaced and put another pecan on that stump!   C ya! Doug   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fish oil BTW - another Oklahoma nuance:  people are encouraged to KEEP what they catch since there is no possible way for the fish to survive much past mid-April.  The water gets far too warm for them to survive. Doug- Forget those purists on the list who may not have read your last paragraph.  Get some salmon eggs, cod liver oil or some other healthy vitamin for the fish and you won't be baiting but promoting healthy fish.  If this water is not capable of sustaining trout past April, you are fishing in an artificial environment.  Catch em and eat em, say I. OTOH, you are NOT fly fishing in the pure sense, just fishing.  Nothing wrong with that considering the circumstances.  Honey bugs, green weenies (eastern style) and nymphs/streamers would be appropriate since you are not trying to match the hatch but catch the fish in its aquarium.  Scent will likely get the hook deeper in the trout so bring your creel. Murf Dr. Douglas R. Miller Pastor