Count me in. Have some good size pike and muskie here in PA Gary S fight crime...shoot back
denis goulding wrote: > Hi all. > I was wondering would anyone be interested in a pike fly swap, i'll just > throw that out there .I am getting rather keenon this aspect of our sport > and the creations you can produce off your vice is only held back by the > size of your imagination. > > Denis Goulding > > >From: "Ken Staples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [VFB] New Swap Idea (saltwater tangent) > >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 01:46:49 -0400 > > > >Hi Deb, > > > >See, at least you have the option for the "other trout"! ;-> Actually we > >have pretty good freshwater fishing down here; especially (from what I > >hear) bass (we even have our own hybrid, the Sunshine bass), panfish and > >the numerous exotics that people don't want as pets anymore. Oscars are > >rampant down here (yup, the same ones they sell in pet stores). We have > >one intentionally introduced exotic, the Butterfly Peacock or Peacock > >Bass. I hope to go fishing for these soon. They're a South American fish > >which the state introduced to eat some of the other fish and provide a > >new species of gamefish. Beautiful fish. > > > >On the saltwater side I'd guess that we'll probably end up using a lot > >of the same flies, maybe in different colors though? Since I'm pretty > >new to this I've only used a clouser so far. I've been unsuccessful but > >I'm sure it's primarily due to my casting ability! I've tied a bunch of > >others I'm looking forward to using. I also picked up a bunch from > >Outdoor World/Bass Pro Shops that I don't know how to tie yet. They ran > >a coupon in Fl. Sportsman: 6 flies for $.99. How can you pass that up? > > > >By tarpon you mean the pattern? I saw a pattern in the last issue of Fly > >Fish America called "J's baby tarpon" or something like that. I have one > >but I haven't used it yet. I did see a tarpon a couple of weeks ago when > >I was fishing (my first time on a flat with my fly rod; oh heck my first > >time fishing on a flat) and I did cast to it but no luck. Probably > >wouldn't have known what to do if I did hook it! > > > >Wow, this ended up being longer than I thought, signing off now. > > > >Ken > >www.snorkelsite.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join now! > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
