Yeah, the little Zebco. My kids wanted to learn how to fish. I'd never seriously done it, so went to Kmart and bought a couple of Zebco sets, which included lures of sorts. I took 'em to a stream and they imediately caught fish. It made it good for me, though the kids got bored with fishing, and won't do it these days. I keep trying to get at least one of them interested in fly fishing so all this equipment doesn't end up in a thrift store when I go to my reward.
On 1/8/07, Ken Staples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
