BTW, If I do go back today, it will NOT be at 1pm.. I'll leave about 4pm..My back and shoulders and face are on FIRE LOL.... Man was it Hottttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!! (10o degrees or more in the direct sun, and at that time of the day there is NO shade, nor was there any wind..)Three hand sized or bigger fish we kept were already FRIED and ready to eat when we got home ROFL!!!! Chuck the lobster boy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fly Fishing question > Jerry: Thanks... I took the nail clippers, and shortened up the rubber legs > to about 1/2" on the ones they WERE hitting, and will try those today or > tomorrow and report on how it did... I know when I crappie fish, with a > Marabou tailed Jig I sometimes have to "shorten their lunch" as I call it > when they bite but don't hook. I learned that from the 7 time Bama state > Crappie champ... Take the nail clippers and 1/8" at a time, clip the marabou > tail till they take it, and it is amazing that it DOES work.. Thanks, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Fly Fishing question > > > > Maybe the fly was too big for the fish that were biting. I had a similar > > experience and kept sizing down and finally caught several 4" perch. They > > were bunched up where I was fishing. > > > > Jerry > > WY > > > > > > At 07:16 PM 6/13/05 -0500, you wrote: > > >Folks: Today, myself and my two sons went fishing for the first time in > > >two weeks, cause of all the storms... HOT as blue blazes, but we caught > > >about 12 various bream, and had fun.. Anyway, my question is this... I > was > > >using sinking flies (mostly a black bream killer with white rubber legs > > >that looks like a water bug), and unless a fish really gets on there and > > >tightens my whole like... I see the strikes by watching the flouresent > > >green end of the fly line, and when I see it jerk, or take off, I know I > > >have a bite... Or, sometimes, a fish would bite it soon as it hit the > > >water and the fish (small bream or tiny bass by the splash they made) > > >would boil the water, but not hook themselves..Trouble is, they woud > jerk, > > >jerk, jerk, but hardly ever get hooked...Like I said, we caught about 12 > > >(I caught 6).. But if I'd have caught all the strikes I had, I'd have > > >landed 200 fish LOL... Can somebody tell me, do I need to sinch backand > > >set the hook faster??? Harder???? Is this just a part of fly > > >fishing???? The ones I did land, the line would take off, and they'd > been > > >well hooked, and I'd get em in, but I misseda a LOT more than I caught > > >like I said..Thanks in advance, Chuck > > > > > >
