Weird fly-catches 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, MikeB
Alligator- DonO, Jack L,
Companion- hopefully C&R- Rene
Seagull- Jack L,
Dragonfly- Jack L
Pelican- MikeB
This would make for a neat article on Byard's website, if he'd ever upgrade
it.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: Jimmy D. Moore
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
--
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
