I had some Agkistrodon's myself... thirteen (incl 10 babies) Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus (Broadbanded Copperhead), one Agkistrodon intermedius saxatilis (Amur Viper) and one Agkistrodon blomhoffi blomhoffi (Mamushi). Pit vipers were the snakes I was most interested in. The only reason I didn't have a Cottonmouth was that I couldn't provide a sufficient habitat. But I really did want one... Nick
-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Steve Brettell Skickat: den 7 januari 2007 20:51 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: [VFB] Black Mamba I had an argument with Agkistrodon piscivorus, the cottonmouth streamer last summer. This critter decided that he had hooked my blue gill, rather than my little black beetle. I knocked him on the head with my rod tip, and his hooks pulled loose, but somehow, after hooking on this wriggly streamer, the idea of munching on the blue gill my self lost some of it's appeal. My dental condition ain't all that sound. Ya never know. On 1/7/07, Niclas Runarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Black Mamba, or Dendroaspis polylepis, the quickest landfly on earth. It's long and slender, usually tied on a 1500x long streamer hook and the body color varies from different shades of olive brown to greyish dun. The name doesn't come from the body color but from the black inside of its mouth. It's got two barbless injection hooks loaded with a both neurotoxic and cardiotoxic venom which makes the fights short. Even though barbless... it's not a good fly to use for C&R. The Black Mamba streamer is actually the originator's fifth try until this fly was optimal. The four before it were Dendroaspis viridis, Dendroaspis augusticeps and two variants of Dendroaspis jamesonii... all four with green bodies. When he was tired of them ending up in trees all the time, he put some extra weight/length to the body and also changed its color. I once was a fanatic in a totally different field... "herpetielogy". I still miss my old slithering flies. ;o) /Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] För Joseph Fusco, Sr. Skickat: den 6 januari 2007 21:26 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: [VFB] Black Mamba Wes - I think the Black Mamba was a forerunner of the Chernoble Ant. Check the following site and note the discussion at the end. www.goulburnvlyflyfishing.com.au/Information/Fly %20Patterns/fly%2029%20chernobyl%20ant.htm -- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and The Virtual Fly Box REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Steve Maryland
