Gopher,
Thanks for responding.
Yes I have been to Bass Pro a lot. I went to a class to learn to tie flys at
the Blue Heron in Colleyville until the closed. I have learned a lot and I
have a lot tying material. Maybe we could get together and tie some like you
were talking about. In fact I have an older vise that I could be talked out
of real cheep if you want to do some on your own. I bought a new one
recently.
I have fished Grapevine for bass, and bluegill and in the process I caught a
small channel cats.
I went to Texhoma below the dam and caught a nice blue. I have picture of
him. I have a kick boat that I use in small water. I was fishing from it. He
was my motor for about 15 minutes.
I have also fished Bridgeport for channel cat in May when they are up in the
rocks. I used a spinner with a crappie hook and good quality shrimp. I will
be going to the Brazos below the PK dam on highway 16 for trout later this
month.
Jim
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From: "GOPHER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [FantasticFishing] Re: Poll results for FantasticFishing
> Jim, it's good to see another fisherman from this part of the country. I
never have fly fished. Always wanted to learn someday but them day's are
getting fewer. I bet you like to go out to that Bass Pro Shop over there
close to ya. That's my favorite spot for now. Have to see what that new
Cabela's looks like when they open it up over here.
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> When you catch catfish with the Clauser Minnow Fly, are you using a fly
rod and reel? Or a spinning reel with them? I have a few photo's of a
large bucktail fly a friend sent to me and one of the way he rigs for big
blue catfish. He's been catching a lot of real nice ones out of the gate
area of a dam he goes to. He'll cast up close to the gates and let the
current carry the rig downstream and them big huge blues will nail the heck
out of it. I thought he was using a 6oz bank sinker with the rig but read
his tips again he sent me and he's using a 4oz one with it. Say's he always
has some really big ones hit about everytime he goes that will just burn the
line off the reel and he can't do anything with them except cut the line or
let it break.
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> That's why I'm pretty well interested in tying some big bucktails like
that on some 6/0 hooks. Then try them over at the Lake O The Pines and
Caddo in East Texas. Do you fish mostly at Grapevine and Ray Roberts? My
two favorites close to home is Lake Worth and Eagle Moutain. Arlington and
Joe Pool sometimes. I've fished Grapevine there from the Rocks up at the
dam and caught some nice pan sized channel cats. Would like to get out on
that lake a little more and find out where them flathead holes are on it.
Maybe we can get together over that way and wet a hook. I've got another ol
boy gonna go fish with me this weekend for some blues. We're headed to a
few spots a guy told me about that had been pulling some 50 and 60lbers out
of there. Hope I hook one or two myself and can post a photo. If not
theres plenty of time to go between now and Feb. If you tie your own flies,
would you know a place I could buy some thread and adhesive so I don't have
to buy a whole kit? The
> flies I wanna tie are pretty simple looking with just two colors of
bucktail. No eyes or anything else added to them. Hollar if ya ever wanna
wet a hook.
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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indyCatfishers
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lonestarcatfishers
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