I almost never use the reel. Ocassionally I will for a large fish, but even then I prefer the hand to line combat method.
Ed -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:27:10 -0500 Subject: [VFB] Fish Retreval ??? > Folks: Yesterday, I went back to the lake Bluegill fishing, armed > with some BEAUTIFUL Flies I got from Richard Zieger and, unlike the > day before.. I landed at least 15 fish.. Mostly bluegill and a cpl > shell crackers.. I am finding that getting them ON the hook after a > strike, is like my crappie fishing with Jigs, Takes PRACTICE... I > used to get the little strikes on grub tailed Jigs when crappie > fishing and lose 90% of the fish.. I can now land, (or at least hook > LOL) 75% of all strikes.. Anyway, I caught these yesterday (most) on > a fat tailed grub, and a black spider and a white spider, which I > caught more off the white one than black I guess cause the water is > atill very stained form flooding we have had. Anyway, my question is > on retreival method.. Do ya'll reel in the fish, or just stip the > line to retrieve the fish??? Situation is this.. I drift fish 25-30 > ft from the bank (as they are still on the bed), and when one gets > on, I reeled a few, and stripped in a few.. Reeling was more fun, > but I lost more fish, and it took longer...So, is there a proper > method??? Or a personal thing??? Or some way that is totally > different from the ones I mentioned??? Thanks in Advance, Chuck ------- End of Original Message -------
