Wow that's pretty neat! I meant to include that they use their tails to pull the fish under, not neccsarily jump out of the water and pull them under.
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 15:24, Patrick Petersen wrote: > I have a small back yard pond which holds about 2500 gallons of water. In it > resides Seven large mouth, four brook trout, a few browns up to 19"and one > lahontan(Big Boy). While sitting on my back porch last summer I witnessed an > absolute bug assault on anything that hit the water. The dragon flies were > the most interesting because often times the bass would jump clear out of > the water a full 12" to grab one but often times could only grab tail > section, if at all, they would then drag them under water where five or six > other hungry fish would try and take it away. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Steudel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:34 PM > Subject: Do fish actually pull flies under water? > > > > I was reading a book on stillwater fishing, and the author stated that > > fish will sometimes pull flies resting on the surface under water before > > eating them. Anyone head this as well? > > > > Mark > > > > >
