Welcome aboard. Tony --- jean françois daures <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry Tom, > > I am not TONY > > Regards > > Jean-françois DAURES from FRANCE > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Davenport > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a été contrôlé > par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu à ce jour par nos services n'a > été détecté. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
