Glad to help Steve, hope that little place is how I remember it. I used to hike the little nature trails there as well. Nice spot in the middle of suburbia.
I just came off of a great weekend of bream fishing out in the everglades. Took my wife & daughters out and everybody caught fish (except our 6 month old who slept). My 4 yr old caught her first fish on....another little zebco spincast outfit. :) The smile on her face was priceless. I'll write up a report soon. Enjoy! On 1/8/07, Steve Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Ken, It sounds like the kind of spot I'm looking for. My brother in law talked me into fly fishing. I did everything wrong: I bought the cheapest set up I could at Walmart, and took about a week to figure out how to hook up backing, line, leader, etc. Who ever heard of such crap? Too many parts! Then I went to a little pond and learned about the back cast the hard way by catching many trees. Finally I got a rubber spider into the water, and bam! caught a fish. I was hooked. I'd caught other fish, bigger fish on spinning gear, much more easilly, but this has taken over my total interest in fishing. Catching that little sunny on the first cast that actually made it into the water made the difference. On 1/8/07, Ken Staples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Off of route 50, just north of 66 in Northern Virginia there is a small > pond called Walney Pond in Eleanor C. Lawrence park. I have only fished it > once years ago. I was trying to teach myself to fish at the time and managed > to catch bream with one of those little 1 1/2 foot zebco spincast reels. No > elegant knots (probably a square knot to tie the hook on :> ), threw some > fake plastic worms on a hook that was probably too large and caught a fish. > So, if it's still in good shape, I'd imagine somebody who knew what they > were doing might do alright. Room to cast if I recall correctly. Sure would > love to go back there now that I can tie a proper knot. I'd probably get > skunked though. Good thing I still have that little zebco... > > On 1/8/07, Steve Brettell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone been fishing in Maryland this week? > > > > I've got the pleasure of introducing my doctor to fly fishing. He's > > from LA, and has fished all his life, but this will be the first time fly > > fishing. I'm going to teach him the whole thang. :) > > > > I want him to catch a fish on the first cast or so, and a blue gill > > will do. Does anyone know of a good public access lake in Northern > > Virginia, and then a good trout stream in the same area. Small mouths will > > do, but trout would be great. I figure to teach him casting over a lake, > > and then go to the stream with it's special opportunities. > > > > I love this guy. He's saved my life at least 6 times in the past few > > years, and I want this to be a great time for him. I want him to want to do > > it again. > > > > On 1/8/07, Jimmy D. Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > As most of you who have been on the list for long already know, > > > weekends > > > are the slowest on the VFB for posts. Many of us, (the fortunate > > > ones), > > > are out fishing However, some of us can't fish because of the > > > weather, > > > so we post. You can almost tell by the posts, what section of the > > > country they're from by the amount of traffic. A lot of traffic from > > > the > > > "snowed in" folks this last week or so. Then, some of you blamed > > > this > > > grumpy old man for cutting down on the posts. Really Now! We had a > > > flurry of traffic from Wednesday through Friday and everybody pretty > > > much behaved themselves. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!. > > > > > > Have A Great Day! > > > JIMMY D > > > VFB Moderator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Steve > > Maryland > > > -- Steve Maryland
