Tom, Very interesting story, thanks for sharing. Tony --- Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That was a very interesting trout, Tony, and comes > with a story. I > was visiting my brother in the DC area. He took a > day off so we > could hang out together for a day, and I suggested > he decide what he > would like to do most, and I would just tag along. > My brother worked > for the Department of Wildlife Resources at the > time and was a > Wildlife biologist, so he wanted to take his small > aluminum boat up a > local river to look at the waterfowl there. I had > my fly rod along > and figured I might as well take it and see if I > could scare up > anything. > > Well, this was a classic warm water river, as slow > moving as a lake > with lots of plant growth. I had never fished a > warm water river > before (other than our outing to Crooked Creek at > Sowbug 2004 but > that didn't count because it was March, the water > was still cold, and > none of us even saw a fish). Anyway, I figured I > would just fish > with a mohair leech and see what would happened. > What happened at > first was nothing at all. > > After and hour or so, we stopped and were looking > at a Great Blue > Heron. I had quit fishing and let my sinking line > hang in the water > behind the boat. When we decided to move on, I > quickly pulled my > line up and suddenly got a strike! I couldn't have > been more > surprised if I had caught a fish in a parking lot. I > had no idea > what it could be, but I could tell it had decent > size. Up came the > "trout" you see pictured in the net. > > > http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2532350950000212931ZGLSNa > > Well, I tried doing the same thing again, and caught > another. Then a > third. My brother was amazed, he didn't think there > were any > catchable fish in the river. I was amazed too, I > had never caught a > catfish on a fly. > > I cast out a fourth time, let it settle, and gave > the rod to my > brother. He started stripping it in fast, and he > hooked up! We > ended up catching six catfish in six casts. On the > seventh we > caught a yellow perch. All in all, it was a fun > experience and a > great memory. > > Tom > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote: > > > What kind of trout is that in the net with the > > Whiskers and the Spine on it's back. LOL > > Tony > > > My Daughter's Name Art website: www.wishberrie.com > Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd > Webshots Albums: > http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
