Well, I finally got a few hours to go fly fish Saturday morning. I went up to the local state park and was pleasantly surprised to see that many of the weeds had died off in the most accesible of the ponds...and at least the bluegill were cooperating. No monsters, but caught 8 fairly easily in a slow 2 hour walk around the pond. The water is quite clear, slightly tannin stained from the cypress, so you can often see the fish as they hit. I did also see to 15" spotted gar, (they weren't interested in my bluegill bug) and one about 14" bass, going his own way (also not interested). After 2 hours I had to stop, the back was giving out, which happens when I walk without my cane (taking it with me just makes it worse since I have to bend over and keep picking it up). It was enjoyable, but now every other weekend I'll be grading about 50 tests. I think maybe I'll take my travel rod up to my office and try the bayou behind the science & math building during the week...I've occasionally caught bass, bluegill and later in the summer ladyfish there.
Mark Delaney > > > >> I hate to bring this up, but either everybody is > fishing or too tired > >> to check in or,or,or whatever! > >> > >> We used to do a lot of visiting in the chat room, > but I've not seen a > >> single invitation to chat since the one I put to > the list a little > >> over two weeks ago. Including my daily quote, > there's been only a > >> handful of posts lately. > >> > >> Are ya'll still there??? If so, please let me > know. I'd hate to > >> see our List die because of lack of use. JIMMY D > >> > > > > > > > > -- > ******************************************************************* > Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G > Contributor, GRTU Past VP. Past Pres. McGregor > Rotary. Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist, > half-assed Texan and collector of classic bamboo fly > rods and classic golf clubs > > Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting > Club", � > > JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website: > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > > RAYADO CLASSIC GOLF: Classic Golf Clubs for the > discerning collector > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/ > > ******************************************************************** > "Being able to read trout streams is just as > valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a > defense is to an NFL Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore - � [2004] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html
