I found out that day that 3mm neoprenes have limited insulation value when you are standing waist deep in Puget Sound on a day that is so cold you have to shake your rod every few casts to knock the icicles off. My fingers were not the only part of me that was cold. I guess I am not the polar bear I thought I was.
Of course as the Washington State Flycasting Champion,(or was that a National title?) it must be hard for you to relate to the little people and their problems... :) -----Original Message----- From: rderedfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Salt Action? Ok, Willy, since when do your fingers need to be cold to have loss of motor control AND break off hook points on backcasts? :-) Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willy Gevers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:36 PM Subject: RE: Salt Action? > I had my best day ever in the salt, in numbers, on New Year's Day a few > years ago down in the South Sound. There was snow on the ground and the air > temps were in the low 20's, but just as Leland so aptly described, there > were pods of small resident silvers smutting on the surface in great > abandon. > > I was literally hooking fish on every cast for a time, some right at my > waders. The story does not have a completely happy ending - I forgot my > gloves and after a while, my hands were so numb I started losing motor > control. I started snapping off points on my hook on my backcast, and my > fingers were so useless I struggled to even tie a new fly on. You can't > believe the level of frustration when you are in the middle of an absolutely > awesome feeding frenzy of fish and you are so cold that you can't even tie > on a new fly! > > Leland, have you developed a floating amphipod or euphasid yet? I wonder if > a little pink popper in a size 16 would work? :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leland Miyawaki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:12 PM > To: Waflyfishers > Subject: Re: Salt Action? > > > Cutts have been at the South Sound beaches bulking up prior to > heading up for their yearly river bacchanel and schools of resident > silvers have been reported along the Narrows porpoising for euphasids > and amphipods. > > I've been out some, but not much, and have been doing good, not great. > > Leland. > >
