Ed.. Thanks.. That is what I did mostly... Only problem I had was a cpl tangles if I had drifted out and had a lot of line out... Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "edward s engelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fish Retreval ??? > 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 ------- >
