To all: I was fishing the green drake hatch on the Yellowstone and caught a beautiful big cutthroat. As I was playing him a pelican landed and came swimming down the river. I decided to stop playing the fish and let the pelican pass as I had a bad feeling. The fish went calm and all was well until the pelican got close to the fish. The fish panicked and darted. I would never have imagined a pelican could move so fast. Now I had a pelican on my line. He took off. Now I panicked as all the line I had was rapidly leaving the reel. As it hit the backing I dropped the rod grabbed the line and held on hoping that the break would occur at the tippet and not some more critical place - and I did not want the pelican - at least not in the park. (I wonder how pelican feathers are to tie with?) The line did break at the tippet and I was able to get my line back. A couple across the river were laughing so hard tears were flowing.
The only other thing weird I hooked was me. Actually, a brownie somehow got me back as I released him. It buried the hook past the barb in my hand. As luck would have it, this was one hook I had forgotten to flatten the barb. The hook was in my right hand and I am right handed. I sat there wondering do I try and push it through, go to the hospital or yank it out. I was just getting started and the fishing was really good so forget the hospital. Now push it through or yank. I was not comfortable with the possibilities of trying to push it through with my left hand and I had nothing to cut off the barb if I did. So I attached the forceps to the hook and holding them with the left hand I pulled my right hand away. It was quite bloody but the cold water helped and I was able to continue fishing all the while bleeding on my grip. I promised myself not to forget to pinch the barbs anymore. Mike On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Rene Zillmann <rene.zillm...@t-online.de>wrote: > > Don, > I can offer: > tie > a cat. Bait was an eel. We caught the eel with a worm (Well, in those > dark days, trillions of years ago.,.), and when we tried to unhook the > eel, a cat took the eel and run away. We played the eel for 2 or 3 > minutes, but finally broke off. Never got eel, worm or hook back. > > My brother: Hooked him on a windy day with a lure. We were not able to > remove the hook from the backside of his head. The first doctor was not > able to help us, we went to the hospital, and they called all doctors > and nurses to the room, to see those crazies. Finally they helped us to > remove the hook and inoculate my bro. > > Pickled fish: Ok, that was not me, but a neighbor took my nod, and > knotted the can to the line. I remember being out for a fresh can of beer. > > Rene > > > > > Don Ordes wrote: > > OK, we have so far: > > > > Cottonmouth > > Owl > > (bear don't count unless you hooked him) > > bat > > > > This would make for a neat article on Byard's website, if he'd ever > > upgrade it. > > > > DonO > > > > > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
