I was fishing at a beaver pond once at dusk and was casting a dry fly and caught a BAT in mid cast, I snagged the cute little furry guy in the wing and was able to "catch and release" with no problem aside from a little trauma for the bat who was happily hanging from a tree when I left.
Bill www.nwtroutchaser.com <http://www.nwtroutchaser.com/> _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Lehman Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] What have you caught on your flies? I hooked a small alligator once, came outta nowhere and took my popper. Billfish rules apply. If you can get your hand on the leader, its OK to break it off and still call it a catch. Jack Niclas (Gmail) wrote: W I remember who that cocky "fly alligatoring" inventor was... ... the one who chickened out when it came close to the boat. ;o) /Nick On 3/28/07, DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are we talking strictly flies here? On bait-hooks and lures: Snakes, turtles, alligators, pelicans & gulls (ate live bait), salamanders (mud-dogs), choupique, frogs Snagged: Snakes, alligators, and a nutria. On flies: a huge soft-shell turtle, sea-gulls, a 'junior' gator, cotton-mouths/watersnakes, bull-frogs, sting-ray DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bliss To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:39 PM Subject: [VFB] What have you caught on your flies? Chuch made me think of something that I have wanted to ask. What other than fish have you hooked on your fly? I have hooked and lost a bat, a muskrat and a pelican (actually he took my trout and flew away with my line. Got the line back when the tippet broke. Any one else? Mike _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.18/734 - Release Date: 3/26/2007 2:31 PM _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.22/739 - Release Date: 3/29/2007 1:36 PM
