[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY
During our Annual Trout Kicking Festival on Taneycomo a couple of years ago, the wind changed while I was casting a heavy #10 bugger. I pinch all my barbs before tying. The hook caught in the skin behind my elbow. I couldn't pull it out I didn't have the leverage to push it through. We had just gotten back in the water after lunch, so I clipped the tippet, tied on another fished for four hours. Apparently, the skin behind my elbow is very tough. I had to have someone hold the skin while I pushed the tip of the hook through w/ a pliers far enough to cut the barb off w/ a wire cutter. I still have the bugger as a reminder. J -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Bliss Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:06 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY Wes, It was a horror the last time it happened. I almost joined PETA. Mike On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com wrote: The one time you forget to pinch the barb down on your hook is the time that when extracting the fly from the mouth of the trout he returns the favor imbedding it deeply in your hand leaving you with a decision - do I rip it out or push it through and then pinch down the barb before extracting. Any decision hurts. Michael, you might have a promising career out there for you, as a horror film director! *big grin* Wes Wada Bend, Oregon --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] mini-studio
If you want a ministudio for photographing fly's nows the time. Go to http://www.1saleaday.com/ and they have a ministudio for just $14.99. Only good until midnight tonight, May 13, 09. Looks like quite a bargain for taking fly pictures and pictures of other small items. I like the lights. Wonder how bright they are? Jim May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY
From a recent post on the Wisconsin Fly Fishing Board: ...Having never had a hook in my hand that deep, I soon realized just how effective a barb can be. I tugged and pulled, but no avail. I then realized I had the same fly in my box, so I cut the line, left the fly in my thumb and fished for another hour or so before I had to leave. I had to leave the water to get my kids picked up and to the dentist, something that in the morning, I viewed as an intrusion. However, I began thinking novacaine. I stopped at the well-known meat market nearby for some wild rice brats and thick cut bacon for the mother's day breakfast in bed plans, and oatmeal-raisin cookies for the drive home, freaked the lady out at the counter who saw the fly still in my thumb and I was off. Our family dentist is great and he was gracious enough, after checking the rugrats, to help out with a little novacaine. After the thumb was thoroughly numbed, I was able to push down on the eye of the hook and back the hook out. I wasn’t able to back it out unless I pushed down quite steadily and forcefully on the eye. I have read about the other way involving pushing the hook through the skin past the barb, then cutting the hook and pulling it through. That would have been the next option, but fortunately didn’t need it. I didn’t feel ready to push the hook through the skin past the barb and cut it. Great way to start off the season… You can't let a little hook in your thumb stop you from fishing. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Fishhook Removal - was quote for the day
Here's an article on removing barbed hooks. http://www.bishfish.co.nz/articles/general/hookout.htm The method called string-yank works very nicely. I've used it successfully on three different friends on-stream, using tippet material to do the 'yank'. In all three cases, the hook came out cleanly with no problem and very little additional twinges of pain during the 'procedure'. Unfortunately, in one instance, we were fishing in a giardia-laden stream. The contaminated hook in the finger was like giving an inoculation of giardia and my buddy ended up in the hospital a week later and nearly died. The other two guys had no after-effects at all. The description doesn't point out one thing - speed. Instead of pressing the eye of the hook down and holding it before yanking with the string, do it in a Push/pull with the pull just an instant behind the push. Otherwise, if you push the hook down and hold it, it's gonna hurt like the bejabbers! I like the idea in the article of being sure to wear glasses, because the hook does come out rapidly. Of course, if you're fishing by yourself, you might as well go on fishing, then go to the grocery and gross out the clerk, then wander around till you find someone willing to help you. g a. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Fishhook Removal - was quote for the day
The method called string-yank works very nicely. I've used it successfully on three different friends on-stream, using tippet material to do the 'yank'. In all three cases, the hook came out cleanly with no problem and very little additional twinges of pain during the 'procedure'. As long as you're ready for it and duck in time, the procedure always works nicely without much additional twinges of pain WHEN YOU DO IT ON SOMEONE ELSE. (Wait with a statement like that until you've been the hooked one.) /Jester -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För Allan Fish Skickat: den 13 maj 2009 17:43 Till: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Ämne: [VFB] Fishhook Removal - was quote for the day Here's an article on removing barbed hooks. http://www.bishfish.co.nz/articles/general/hookout.htm The method called string-yank works very nicely. I've used it successfully on three different friends on-stream, using tippet material to do the 'yank'. In all three cases, the hook came out cleanly with no problem and very little additional twinges of pain during the 'procedure'. Unfortunately, in one instance, we were fishing in a giardia-laden stream. The contaminated hook in the finger was like giving an inoculation of giardia and my buddy ended up in the hospital a week later and nearly died. The other two guys had no after-effects at all. The description doesn't point out one thing - speed. Instead of pressing the eye of the hook down and holding it before yanking with the string, do it in a Push/pull with the pull just an instant behind the push. Otherwise, if you push the hook down and hold it, it's gonna hurt like the bejabbers! I like the idea in the article of being sure to wear glasses, because the hook does come out rapidly. Of course, if you're fishing by yourself, you might as well go on fishing, then go to the grocery and gross out the clerk, then wander around till you find someone willing to help you. g a. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Fishhook Removal - was quote for the day
As long as you're ready for it and duck in time, the procedure always works nicely without much additional twinges of pain WHEN YOU DO IT ON SOMEONE ELSE. (Wait with a statement like that until you've been the hooked one.) ' Hm. Did I pull one out of you? -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Fishhook Removal - was quote for the day
Not that I know of... do you have a black eye? ;o) It was just a joke my friend. You know us... /Nick -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För Allan Fish Skickat: den 13 maj 2009 18:28 Till: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Ämne: [VFB] Re: Fishhook Removal - was quote for the day As long as you're ready for it and duck in time, the procedure always works nicely without much additional twinges of pain WHEN YOU DO IT ON SOMEONE ELSE. (Wait with a statement like that until you've been the hooked one.) ' Hm. Did I pull one out of you? -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] my mess-finally- material bag hangers
Don, Since VFB is now on Google, you can attach photos to the e-mails..I think. Or is that another list? At least you can put them on the VFB account in Google. Send 'em on! a. If you want photos to show how I'm doing it, let me know. DonO - Original Message - From: mailto:galeforce1...@googlemail.comashley strutt To: mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.comvfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:13 PM Subject: [VFB] my mess-finally Finally I get around to posting my 'mess'. Currently in the middle of tying some Wulffs for a friend in Ireland but a few experiments as well. This is reasonably tidy for me. Ashley Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 4/30/09 5:53 PM -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: my mess-finally- material bag hangers
Hi DonO, Yes, I would very much like to see them. Thanks Ashley 2009/5/13 DonO f...@tribcsp.com Ashley, I noticed on your photo that you like to hang your long material bags on a rod, using the hole in the header card. I designed a small plastic stick-on hook and gave it to a packaging outlet line here (U-Line), and now thay are up to three versions, so I guess it's popular. It sticks to the header card at the top and hangs from the hook portion, making the bags of material removable from the rod without having to take all of the ones off between the one you want and the end of the rod (as you must if using the holes). I did find that after a couple of years that the adhesive degraded and my bags were falling off of the pegs (I use rods and pegs), leaving the plastic hook hanging. I found that by stapling the adhesive portion to the header card that this doesn't happen, and I can also store much heavier stuff now in hanging bags. (A doubled-up hook holds quite a bit.) As I mentioned, this allows the easy use of peg-board rods to store bagged material without having to take off all the bags in front to get to the one in back. I also started using the zipper-pouches that drapes and linen and such come in for material bags. By using a peg-board with cross rods extended out on peg-rods, I can hang these using my hooks (some come with hooks- not holes) and have easy access to bulk materials like deer, elk, foam, etc. These contoured bags are thick- 1/2 to 2, so they don't crush your materials while hanging. The 3-sided zipper (on some) makes accessing the contents easy. If you want photos to show how I'm doing it, let me know. DonO - Original Message - *From:* ashley strutt galeforce1...@googlemail.com *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:13 PM *Subject:* [VFB] my mess-finally Finally I get around to posting my 'mess'. Currently in the middle of tying some Wulffs for a friend in Ireland but a few experiments as well. This is reasonably tidy for me. Ashley -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 4/30/09 5:53 PM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Removing fish hooks! Why you wear sunglasses when fishing !!
Now THAT HAD to HURT! So what happened? Did they get the hook out without blinding him? Curious minds... DonO - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:37 PM Subject: [VFB] Removing fish hooks! Why you wear sunglasses when fishing !! In response to methods for removing fish hooks from your body. These photos are not for the squeamish. JIMMY D º ** JIMMY D. MOOREjdmo...@fishgame.com North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish Game Mag, Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º * Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 4/30/09 5:53 PM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
AW: [VFB] Removing fish hooks! Why you wear sunglasses when fishing !!
Thats why I hate rusty hooks ... Thomas R. Eckert royalcoach...@bluewin.ch Sonnhaldenstrasse 14 CH 8032 Zürich 7 ZH Switzerland Tel.: +41442628367 Mobil: +41796795463 www.royalcoachman.net -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von Jimmy D. Moore Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Mai 2009 20:37 An: Virtual Fly Box Betreff: [VFB] Removing fish hooks! Why you wear sunglasses when fishing !! In response to methods for removing fish hooks from your body. These photos are not for the squeamish. JIMMY D º ** JIMMY D. MOOREjdmo...@fishgame.com North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish Game Mag, Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º * Eingehende eMail ist virenfrei. Von AVG überprüft - www.avg.de Version: 8.5.329 / Virendatenbank: 270.12.27/2112 - Ausgabedatum: 05/13/09 07:04:00 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Removing fish hooks! Why you wear sunglasses when fishing !!
This guy is one of these who will think: Why couldn't I be like my friend, who could appreciate a day just sitting listening to the water and watching the birds? -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För Jimmy D. Moore Skickat: den 13 maj 2009 20:37 Till: Virtual Fly Box Ämne: [VFB] Removing fish hooks! Why you wear sunglasses when fishing !! In response to methods for removing fish hooks from your body. These photos are not for the squeamish. JIMMY D º ** JIMMY D. MOOREjdmo...@fishgame.com North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish Game Mag, Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º * --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Bug Swap -- Bugs A Flyin!
Hey guys your bugs are winging their home! I aplogize for the delay had a couple of drop uots that kept stringing me along. they never bother to send their flys in or say they had dropped out! BobH --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
