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after writing a short paper this morning, and doing some reading for a
class, i decided to pack up the rest of my school-work, and take it to the
park up on the parkway. it was just too beautiful a day up here on the
mountain to spend it inside. i figured that since i was going to a park
with a stream, i might just as well take my fly rod, you know, in case i
needed a break from all that homework ;-).

i got myself up there, and did a little reading like the diligent student
that i am g, and then decided it was time to get into the water. i put my
boots and vest on, and commenced to assembling my rod, tied on some new
tippet, and a green worm. ready for action, i headed across the little
bridge to the spot i best like to fish in that park. i was greeted by a man
and his son, who decided to take up seats on the ground and watch the action
(folks seem to be very interested in watching people fly fish. every time i
go there, i always have several on-lookers). as i stepped to the edge of
the water, i saw my fish! he was fairly long, and dark, swimming just under
the surface- couldn't make out what he was, although i do think i saw some
whiskers. i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared for my first cast,
calculating where i should cast it to get the best results. then, just as i
raised my arm, a quite long, brown, banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the snake
take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was glad that the
man with the little boy did not have his son avert his eyes, rather they
watched the action together. great stuff for a kid, i think.

it wasn't too long though, before i wished the man had left cause i swear
to god he was the freakin howard cosell of fishing! he was all full of ,
"ooh, you had a strike", "oh, looks like ya caught a leaf", etc. it got a
little annoying.

anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

snake-
(who has to occasionally defer to the real thing)

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"snakefiddler" wrote in
:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the best
results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown, banded
snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a kid,
i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.


...great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring when
you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

fc

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"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
"snakefiddler" wrote in
:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the best
results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown, banded
snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a kid,
i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.


..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring when
you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

fc

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my fly
fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my whole life
long.

ever grateful-
snake

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"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
"snakefiddler" wrote in
:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the best
results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown, banded
snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a kid,
i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.


..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring when
you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

fc

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my fly
fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my whole life
long.

ever grateful-
snake

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snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a
kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring
when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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"Tim J." wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a
kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring
when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

snakefiddler
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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"Tim J." wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a
kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring
when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

snakefiddler
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the
better fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to
watch the snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work
it. i was glad that the man with the little boy did not have his
son avert his eyes, rather they watched the action together.
great stuff for a kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last
spring when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

That *is* cool - not something you'd see every day.
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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"Tim J." wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the
better fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to
watch the snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work
it. i was glad that the man with the little boy did not have his
son avert his eyes, rather they watched the action together.
great stuff for a kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last
spring when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

That *is* cool - not something you'd see every day.

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

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riverman wrote:

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. That happened to me years ago on my favorite
local river. I hooked a small bass and a cottonmouth decided he wanted it.

I wasn't about to disagree with him.


Chuck Vance (who executed a different sort of LDR by cutting the
line)

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Conan the Librarian wrote:
riverman wrote:
--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. ...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
...
riverman wrote:

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning
to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. That happened to me years ago on my favorite
local river. I hooked a small bass and a cottonmouth decided he wanted
it.

I wasn't about to disagree with him.


Chuck Vance (who executed a different sort of LDR by cutting the
line)


ha- most excellent! i reckon all the commotion from the fish jumpin around
singled him out from the crowd.

snake

t.r. - the snake got the fsih :-(
 

"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
...
riverman wrote:

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning
to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. That happened to me years ago on my favorite
local river. I hooked a small bass and a cottonmouth decided he wanted
it.

I wasn't about to disagree with him.


Chuck Vance (who executed a different sort of LDR by cutting the
line)


ha- most excellent! i reckon all the commotion from the fish jumpin around
singled him out from the crowd.

snake

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Ken Fortenberry wrote in message ...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

Today I saw something that might be related to that. A water snake
was cruising in the shallows and he was being followed closely by a
couple of decent-sized bass. Neither the bass nor the snake looked
like they were concerned at all by the presence of the others. Maybe
the bass were keeping an eye on the snake just in case he got a
bluegill he couldn't handle. :-)


Chuck Vance

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"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
om...
Ken Fortenberry wrote in message
...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

Today I saw something that might be related to that. A water snake
was cruising in the shallows and he was being followed closely by a
couple of decent-sized bass. Neither the bass nor the snake looked
like they were concerned at all by the presence of the others. Maybe
the bass were keeping an eye on the snake just in case he got a
bluegill he couldn't handle. :-)


Chuck Vance

and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more than just
catching fish.....

snake

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"snakefiddler" wrote in
:


and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more
than just catching fish.....

snake

....now you've seen the light grasshoppa :-)


fc

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snakefiddler wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
om...
Ken Fortenberry wrote in
message
...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

Today I saw something that might be related to that. A water
snake was cruising in the shallows and he was being followed closely
by a couple of decent-sized bass. Neither the bass nor the snake
looked like they were concerned at all by the presence of the
others. Maybe the bass were keeping an eye on the snake just in
case he got a bluegill he couldn't handle. :-)

and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more
than just catching fish.....

Only people who can't catch fish say that. So far, that's you and Frank. Anyone
else? ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
(...and you all know what I *really* think)
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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snakefiddler wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
om...
Ken Fortenberry wrote in
message
...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

Today I saw something that might be related to that. A water
snake was cruising in the shallows and he was being followed closely
by a couple of decent-sized bass. Neither the bass nor the snake
looked like they were concerned at all by the presence of the
others. Maybe the bass were keeping an eye on the snake just in
case he got a bluegill he couldn't handle. :-)

and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more
than just catching fish.....

Only people who can't catch fish say that. So far, that's you and Frank. Anyone
else? ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
(...and you all know what I *really* think)
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:13:54 GMT, "Tim J."
wrote:


and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more
than just catching fish.....

Only people who can't catch fish say that. So far, that's you and Frank. Anyone
else? ;-)

Yep. Except they both catch more fish than I do.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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Cyli wrote...

Yep. Except they both catch more fish than I do.

OUCH!

;-)
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt(nospam) and earthlink dot net to reply via email)

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Cyli wrote...

Yep. Except they both catch more fish than I do.

OUCH!

;-)
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt(nospam) and earthlink dot net to reply via email)

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"Cyli" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:13:54 GMT, "Tim J."
wrote:


and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more
than just catching fish.....

Only people who can't catch fish say that. So far, that's you and Frank.
Anyone
else? ;-)

Yep. Except they both catch more fish than I do.


Hey, I reserve the end of this line for myself!

--riverman
(feared by no fish)

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"Tim J." wrote in message
news:CZJ6d.391994$8_6.251838@attbi_s04...
snakefiddler wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
om...
Ken Fortenberry wrote in
message
...

The Fort wrote:
A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill
(snip)
The Conan wrote:
Today I saw something that might be related to that. A water
snake
(snip)
The Fiddler wrote:
and these are the experiences that make fsihing about so much more
than just catching fish.....
The Tim J wrote:
Only people who can't catch fish say that. So far, that's you and Frank.
Anyone
else? ;-)

Heh . . . heh . . .went out for my first time in a while yesterday. Stupid
health things and timing and such.
Caught NO fish yesterday . . .can't remember when that last occurred.
The weather was dismal. Rain here and snow above 9000 feet. (proved to be
true)
But left West Denver about 7:30 AM and returned about 6:15 PM. with my
fishing partner, Don. Slightly raining when we left, turned to sleet and
snow at 9000 feet and above and rained throughout the day when we dropped to
lower elevations.
Looked at 4 rivers/streams. Found a great area to explore at a time later.
(he has lived here all his life and I only have lived here 15-16 years or so
.. . .in two separate time frames)
Neither of us had explored the place. For any curious it is in the . .
..mumble . . .mumble . . .area.
Anyhow, we traveled several hundred miles, mostly just looking around. Saw
my first moose in Colorado (got one not so good pic . . .I'll post to ABPF
if anybody cares), a mom deer with a couple youngsters, several species of
hawks (one just catching and eating lunch) , several more deer, the
standard squirrel varieties we have out here, chipmunks of course for here,
ravens, crows, only one bunny, a muskrat and the standard variety of little
birds. ( plus numerous active beaver lodges in one area) Also saw fresh elk
tracks from the morning in one area.
This all in the rain. Stopped for lunch at a river. I walked down to it
and saw the first rises of the day. My partner waited at the truck. I went
back to tell him and rain picked up. We waited a bit for this heavier
shower to pass, and I went back to the river to see if the fish were still
rising . . .very sporadic. So, we moved on. Went to another place on the
river. Met some folks leaving who had no luck, but said there were fish
rising. We took a look. Sure 'nuff. My partner was having back problems
all day and said he couldn't fish. We were in an area where it was
"possible" to cast from shore. I got lazy, and decided to try it without
waders from shore. (dumb idea) The fish were rising, but there was no real
hatch happening. Saw an occasional size 26 or so something that looked like
a baetis. I tied on a size 24 thingee, with a size 24 emerger dropper. I
could make the cast to the fish, but I couldn't do the drift, with the
current. Decided to wet wade (dumb idea 2). Missed 2 fish, one on my
original rig, and another changing flies and using no dropper. My partner,
of course, was "helping" me . . . letting me know where all the fish were
rising upstream or downstream of me . . .grinning because his back was too
sore for him to try it.
So . . . after about 15 minutes or so . . .and 2 missed fish . . .and me
trying to try another combination, I noticed my hands starting to shake.
(tying on 6x-7x and size 24, and now 26 size stuff) Tuff to wet wade when
it gets chilly. I just laughed and grumbled about fish trying to eat with
their mouths closed, and my stupidity about wet wading. We moved on.
Babbling ended. I caught NO fish. It rained or snowed on us all day.

One of the best memorable days I've had for quite awhile.
BestWishes,
Dave Mohnsen
Denver
(and NO fish . . .sort of a relief actually . . .didn't have to put any wear
and tear on my reel playing those pesky fish)