I'll find the article in the mag stack if anyone is interested...I think it was by the guys who set up the fishing camp there. Pls let me know who wants it.
R -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 3:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference This fish sound pretty neat, I used to talk to a guy every once in a while in a fly shop in Sellersville PA who went frequently, told some great stories. These things grow to something like 6 feet long and can weigh over 100 lbs. Think my 9' 4wt would do the trick? Mike M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reuven Segal Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference I read about it not long ago...apparently they use a huge rabbit strip-based fly and float it across the current to represent a marmot or Chernobyl rat. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 2:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference Reminds me of a story I read recently about the IGFA retracting a world recod for the Taimen (a really monstrous trout found in Mongolia) the record was for any means and it was caught on bait casting gear with live bait. The problem was with the bait, a live marmot (kinda like a groundhog) apparently the IGFA does not allow the use of mammals as live bait!! Mike M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henk Verhaar Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference On 19 Dec, 2005, at 15:40, Mike Morris wrote: > What kind of fly can you tie with a wombat? A whole wombat? Probably a shark or crocodile fly... D&R =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Stichts End 17 | mobiel: 06 26 136034 | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | web: www.xs4all.nl/ ~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< ===============================
