Jean, our first member from France? Best Rene, Germany
-----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:11:26 +0200 Subject: Re: [VFB] Fall Fishing Report and Photos From: jean françois daures To: SORRY TOM, I AM NOT TONY REGARDS JEAN-FRANçOIS DAURES FROM FRANCE ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- FROM: Tom Davenport [1] TO: [email protected] [2] SENT: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:26 AM SUBJECT: Re: [VFB] Fall Fishing Report and Photos 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 [3] 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 [4] Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd [5] Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav [6] Links: ------ [1] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2532350950000212931ZGLSNa [4] http://www.wishberrie.com [5] http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd [6] http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav
