I put up a hellacious fight. I was pissed. It was the last of that particular bugger I had tied w/ me.
From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Ordes Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:56 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? Jay Balmer. LOL Did you put up a good fight? Jeff, gotta tell us how you caught it. DonO OK, we have so far: Cottonmouth- JimmyD Owl- JimmyD (bear don't count unless you hooked him) bat- DonO, Mark R. Herring Gull- Iain Canada Goose- TonyS Freshwater Eel- JeffF Turkey, as in self-hooked -JayB This would make for a neat article on Byard's website, if he'd ever upgrade it. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy D. Moore <mailto:ray...@earthlink.net> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:07 AM Subject: [VFB] Was: QUOTE FOR THE DAY, Now - what other non-fish and other species do you fish for w/flyrod? OK, I'll start the thread. Besides trout, I've fished for all kinds of panfish, largemouth, smallmouth, guadalupe, and spotted bass, salt water blues and speckled trout Yeah, and I've hooked a few tires, rods and reels, trotlines, etc. Caught one cottonmouth and gave my boat to him, while I walked on water to get to the bank. and lest I forget, there was that Owl I hooked on the Rayado, and the young black bear who stole my tippet, fly and my big brown. :-D JIMMY D Don Ordes wrote: "If all the trout in the world suddenly disappeared, I know a bunch of folks who'd go right on with their fly tying as though nothing happened. :-P " JimmyD Jimmy, this is a neat idea for a new thread. What non-fish (or very non-standard fish target) have you caught on a fly, and what's the story? People who complain there's no neat threads about fly-fishing, here's your chance. If you don't have a personal account, look up internet stories on strange creature fly-fishing encounters and post those. It doesn't have to be an intensional catch, even accidental counts. I can think of at least a half-dozen weird things I've caught on flies. 1. A bat. About 20 yrs ago, fishing at dusk, I hung a fly up in a tree branch, with the fly dangling over the river. I was going to try to flick the fly off the branch when a bat swooped down and hit the fly. He foul-hooked in his shoulder- mayby at the last second sensing the leader. Little guy was REALLY mad when I 'landed' him. Safe C&R, though. DonO -- <BR No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.60/2496 - Release Date: 11/11/09 07:40:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
