Sounds fun Steve. Never caught a carp before. BP
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Brettell Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] Anyone Been fishing? I went fishing on Tuesday afternoon, and after two weeks of blanking, I had a great surprise. I caught what was probably the biggest fish I ever caught: a carp that was 25-30 inches long. I was fishing in a big pond in our county seat, right across from the county office building. I was using a 4 weight with floating line, and a size 14 F-fly. I was fishing for bluegills basically. This was like a text book event. The carp jumped out of the water, going from left to right. It came completely out of the water, and was really big. I guessed where the fish was going, and threw the fly where I guessed would be about 3 feet from his nose. I guess it was because he grabbed it imediately. We wrassled for about 10 or 15 minutes - I had to let him run, but had to keep him out of the dock pilings and a couple of logs. I guess I didn't tire him out completely. I got him up to the dock, which was about 3 feet above the water, and got his head, back to the pec. fins out of the water when the 4X tippet popped. I got a face full of line, and he swam away. It was a thrill. --- Steve, In Maryland ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005
