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Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:48:02 GMT, "B J Conner"
wrote: Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? Not much for mr prsonally (a cheap wooden net, a myriad of spinning lures) but I do know a guy who found a set of dentures. I creeped him out. g.c. |
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Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the
water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? Well, found a few fishing rods (diving under the dock to get mine). Found a fly box with about $100 in flie (perfectly sealed, no rust on the flies) at Penns. Found a wallet with a couple of hundred bucks in it. Tracked down the owner and returned it. Found a lot of friends along the way, haven't lost any of them. -- Frank Reid Reverse email to reply |
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"B J Conner" wrote in message ... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? Never found anything strange while fishisn', (yes, I have been fishin'! ) :) , but once while fishing in Michigan with my brother, he reached into the water and scooped up a beautiful pink water lily and gave it to me. I still have it. I know-sappy, huh? Snakefiddler- and i always baited my own hook- i'm not scared of no slimy worms..... |
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Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the
water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? Kind of strange, but I've found 3 fly boxes since 2000. The latest box had well over 200 flies! All of which appeared to be well tied by the owner. In all instances, I've tried to find the owner by checking at the local fly shops. A month or two back we found an oar in the water. This was a very expensive counterbalanced graphite drift boat oar. I sent a few emails to the local shops and low and behold we found the owner. The guy was real excited, since he estimated the value of the oar at $300. I ended up getting a free weekend lodging package down on the Bighorn out of the deal! :) |
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message ... Well, found a few fishing rods (diving under the dock to get mine). Intentionally? ;-) Cheers, Bill |
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"B J Conner" wrote in message ... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? reminds me of a fascinating little vignette i was involved in about 25 years ago. i was living in the front half of a duplex, and my housemate, ben fulton, decided to take up trout fishing. i gave him directions to a few streams, and he spent nearly every weekend learning the craft. late in the summer, pj roberts and i spent a couple days up on big snowbird. the last afternoon, we were subjected to one helluva thunderstorm, and had to seek shelter under an overhanging bank. we had to crawl out of the water through some tough laurel, and i fell neck deep trying to struggle ashore. as we sat waiting out the rain, i suddenly realized my wallet was no longer in my pants. after the storm passed, i walked down stream for quite a ways, hoping to see the wallet and retrieve all the licences, credit cards, and a small amount of cash, therein. no luck. i came back home, and spent most of the week replacing the lost items. next sunday night i was watching tv, and ben shows up. he sat down, chatted for a while, and then says, with a grin, "you been up on snowbird lately?" i say yes, and begin to lament my lost wallet. when i had nearly finished my tale, he casually reached into his back pocket and tossed a wallet on the floor at my feet. yep, it was my wallet. everything intact. he had been wading upstream, and glanced down to better negotiate a tough section of rocks, and saw the wallet, lodged between a couple of sharp edged rocks. he said he damn near fainted when he opened the thing and saw my driver's license. i wonder what the odds are on that "find" taking place? yfitons wayno (about as likely as forty winning roff's "mr. congeniality" award, perhaps?) |
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"bouncer" wrote in message ....A month or two back we found an oar in the water..... Hm.....well, if you didn't find both there's a good chance that it belonged to Jeffie, or wayno, or Mike, or Ken, or Dave, or Joe, or Tim, or Tom, or Steve, or George, or Mark, or John, or.......well, you get the picture. :) Wolfgang |
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"Wolfgang" wrotede... "bouncer" wrote in message ....A month or two back we found an oar in the water..... Hm.....well, if you didn't find both there's a good chance that it belonged to Jeffie, or wayno, or Mike, or Ken, or Dave, or Joe, or Tim, or Tom, or Steve, or George, or Mark, or John, or.......well, you get the picture. :) Boy-howdy (yumpin-yiminy for you cheese-heads)! I've been floating down **** Creek in that condition for YEARS now. -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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Wayne Harrison wrote:
... i wonder what the odds are on that "find" taking place? yfitons wayno (about as likely as forty winning roff's "mr. congeniality" award, perhaps?) I must have heard that story three or four times by now, and it gets better with each retelling. This is the first time you've mentioned the neck deep dunking. Can't wait to share a bottle of whisky and hear the next installment. ;-) And BTW, even I myself wouldn't vote for me as Mr. Congeniality, I'd have to give my vote to my fellow mid-western malcontent Wolfgang. ;-) -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"B J Conner" wrote in message ... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? Took a friend surf fishing over on one of the barrier islands, Baldhead Island, NC, about 15 years ago. Ricky was newlywed and young and poor. I loaned him one of my favorite surf rods with an Ambassadeur 7000 reel and extolled the virtures of a big baitcaster for Red Drum fishing. First cast, Ricky is squealing and hollering that he has something. Things just did not appear right. There seemed to be no fight in this fish, unlock the typical Drum. Ricky keeps cranking and pulls in what appears to be a almost new and in perfect shape Ambassadeur 10000 with a really nice 10 foot surf rod. He picked it up and reeled in the line and there was a Drum rig all ready to be baited and fished. It was a great day for him. The fishing god was smiling. He still fishes that combo to this day. redfishnc wayne w. |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... "Wolfgang" wrotede... "bouncer" wrote in message ....A month or two back we found an oar in the water..... Hm.....well, if you didn't find both there's a good chance that it belonged to Jeffie, or wayno, or Mike, or Ken, or Dave, or Joe, or Tim, or Tom, or Steve, or George, or Mark, or John, or.......well, you get the picture. :) Boy-howdy (yumpin-yiminy for you cheese-heads)! I've been floating down **** Creek in that condition for YEARS now. Hm......wrong Tim, I think. Sounds like you are without one; I was referring to those who didn't have both of 'em in the water. :) Wolfgang who, as always, is surrounded by idioms. :( |
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Tim J. wrote:
Boy-howdy (yumpin-yiminy for you cheese-heads)! I've been floating down **** Creek in that condition for YEARS now. Now see, there's one of life's eternal mysteries. Every time I've heard the expression it's been "up **** Creek without a paddle". But obviously Mr. Johnson is correct, if you have no paddle, you're going downstream for sure. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"Wolfgang" wrote... "Tim J." wrote... "Wolfgang" wrote... "bouncer" wrote... ....A month or two back we found an oar in the water..... Hm.....well, if you didn't find both there's a good chance that it belonged to Jeffie, or wayno, or Mike, or Ken, or Dave, or Joe, or Tim, or Tom, or Steve, or George, or Mark, or John, or.......well, you get the picture. :) Boy-howdy (yumpin-yiminy for you cheese-heads)! I've been floating down **** Creek in that condition for YEARS now. Hm......wrong Tim, I think. Sounds like you are without one; I was referring to those who didn't have both of 'em in the water. :) Wolfgang who, as always, is surrounded by idioms. :( So you've been up **** Creek with one oar in the water? -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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"B J Conner" wrote in message ... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? Once while trolling a shrimp net to gather bait on the way to an oil rig tie up for fishing, we once got the bottom half of a human torso and legs in the net, ****ed that day up. Damn coast guard and the Lousiana state police wanted everything that day, not just the torso. On a more positive note, found a bag once with nice flies and "smoking" supplies, Gave the flies to a kid in the parking lot, didn't even try and return the other stuff :) |
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Fishing the currents in front of Harford's camp on the Rapid, I hooked a yellow
fly line. I pulled on the upstream end and got a little bit of line and then backing. After about 10 feet of backing, it snagged and I couldn't get it off. I imagine there was a reel stuck between some rocks, but I couldn't get it. I brought the line in with a figure 8 retrieve on my right hand. Got all of it plus about 10 feet of hand tied leader. No fly, no reel, but I did remove a mess from that river. Dave http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... "Wolfgang" wrote... "Tim J." wrote... "Wolfgang" wrote... "bouncer" wrote... ....A month or two back we found an oar in the water..... Hm.....well, if you didn't find both there's a good chance that it belonged to Jeffie, or wayno, or Mike, or Ken, or Dave, or Joe, or Tim, or Tom, or Steve, or George, or Mark, or John, or.......well, you get the picture. :) Boy-howdy (yumpin-yiminy for you cheese-heads)! I've been floating down **** Creek in that condition for YEARS now. Hm......wrong Tim, I think. Sounds like you are without one; I was referring to those who didn't have both of 'em in the water. :) Wolfgang who, as always, is surrounded by idioms. :( So you've been up **** Creek with one oar in the water? Lived there most of my life. :) Wolfgang |
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"B J Conner" wrote in message
... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? My sanity. Was it valuable? Not much, apparently did you return it or try to? My boss bought it off me for what he thought it was worth. Bob |
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, redfishnc wrote:
Took a friend surf fishing over on one of the barrier islands, Baldhead Island, NC, about 15 years ago. Wayne, did you move back to Carolina? Mu |
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"Wayne Knight" wrote in message gy.com... "B J Conner" wrote in message ... wanted everything that day, not just the torso. On a more positive note, found a bag once with nice flies and "smoking" supplies, Gave the flies to a kid in the parking lot, didn't even try and return the other stuff :) Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez, I guess... |
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That's why I started this tread, though surly someone had found some of the
crap I've lost. Mostly I decorate the trees with flys, calculated losses. So far I have not had anyone break into my car but it is happening more and more. I have an extended cab pickup and it's hard to lock things up in it. I am going to get a big lockable metal tool box to go in the bed. I am working on a quick bolt in -out system for it. Got any suggestions? I also have stuff that is "lost" around the house. I have some double eyed parachute hooks within 20 yars of me and I have been looking for them for a couple of months.. "Greg Pavlov" wrote in message ... On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:48:02 GMT, "B J Conner" wrote: Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? How about the converse ? What's the best or strangest thing you*lost* while fishing ? My candidates: 1. A very, very nice spinning gear combo: went over the side of my boat while floating down the Niagara River 2. A fly box stuffed with about 40 streamers: lost on the shore of the lower Genessee in Rochester, NY 3. A brand bew reel spool filled with backing and a brand new Teeny line: in the parking lot at Nauset Beach, Cape Cod 4. Another spinning rod, taken from my very obviously unlocked car (it had those big lock buttons that stood way up), about 200 yards from #1. |
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Greg Pavlov wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:48:02 GMT, "B J Conner" wrote: Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? How about the converse ? What's the best or strangest thing you*lost* while fishing ? My candidates: Now you're talking in my specialty! I've lost so much stuff I now keep everything in my vest tied in in. I once lost the pair of pants I was wearing when I left the house. Willi |
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I once lost the pair of pants I was
wearing when I left the house. Boy, I'd love to have been a fly (perferably blind) on the wall when you explained that to your young lady. Frank |
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Warren wrote in message . ..
wrote... That's why I started this tread, though surly someone had found some of the crap I've lost. I can be surly, but I haven't found any of the crap you lost. g So you can spell. Your surely won't get the surly title in this group. You're like a kid riding a three wheeler in the Tour de France. |
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Willi wrote in message ... Wayne Harrison wrote: yep, it was my wallet. everything intact. he had been wading upstream, and glanced down to better negotiate a tough section of rocks, and saw the wallet, lodged between a couple of sharp edged rocks. he said he damn near fainted when he opened the thing and saw my driver's license. Quite a story, but how'd the wallet end up upstream? Willi "wading upstream" was not intended to indicate that he was wading upstream of where i lost my wallet. it just describes a method of fishing. i don't know how far it was from the point that the wallet left my pants to the location where he found it, days after i lost it. hth yfitons wayno |
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"Warren" wrote: wrote... That's why I started this tread, though surly someone had found some of the crap I've lost. I can be surly, but I haven't found any of the crap you lost. g Don't call me Shirley. |
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"Wayne Harrison" wrote in
: Willi wrote in message ... Wayne Harrison wrote: yep, it was my wallet. everything intact. he had been wading upstream, and glanced down to better negotiate a tough section of rocks, and saw the wallet, lodged between a couple of sharp edged rocks. he said he damn near fainted when he opened the thing and saw my driver's license. Quite a story, but how'd the wallet end up upstream? Willi "wading upstream" was not intended to indicate that he was wading upstream of where i lost my wallet. it just describes a method of fishing. i don't know how far it was from the point that the wallet left my pants to the location where he found it, days after i lost it. hth yfitons wayno At least the wallet wasn't in your pants when you lost them. That happened to a roomate of mine in college. Really turned into quite the problem. Scott |
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Hemostats, Full box of trout flys, nippers, strap that holds your glasses
on, glasses, hats, many lures, reel, other odds & ends. Richard "B J Conner" wrote in message ... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? |
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"B J Conner" wrote in message
... Whats the best or strangest thing you have found while fishing? In the water, in the parking area? Was it valuable? did you return it or try to? On the Salmon River (NY), I had a foam fly box of beautiful stoneflies, hoppers, & a few other nice ties drift down to where I was standing. I went as far as to look upstream for a fisherman frantically patting his vest; but the rightful owner was not apparent among the hoarde. I still have the box & most of the flies. A few years later, same river, different spot, I turned around to see something uncharacteristically shiny on the bottom. Managed to pick up a good-as-new medium sized Penn spinning reel without getting my shirt wet. Again, nobody nearby with an "oh ****" look. I still have that, too. I took it down, dried it, cleaned it, & lubed it; but I'll probably just put it on Ebay one of these days. Joe F. |
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"RDL" wrote in message om... Hemostats, Full box of trout flys, nippers, strap that holds your glasses on, glasses, hats, many lures, reel, other odds & ends. Hm......odd.....that's exactly what I lost. Where and when was this? Wolfgang |
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Flys and box, E. Walker River. Glasses and strap, Lee's Ferry. Hemostats,
Trinity River. Other stuff, I think was all in the Feather River Richard "Wolfgang" wrote in message ... "RDL" wrote in message om... Hemostats, Full box of trout flys, nippers, strap that holds your glasses on, glasses, hats, many lures, reel, other odds & ends. Hm......odd.....that's exactly what I lost. Where and when was this? Wolfgang |
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"RDL" wrote in message m... Flys and box, E. Walker River. Glasses and strap, Lee's Ferry. Hemostats, Trinity River. Other stuff, I think was all in the Feather River Mmmm......close enough. Please hang on to it till me meet. :) Wolfgang same goes for all the rest of you, o.k.? |
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
... //snip// Mmmm......close enough. Please hang on to it till me meet. :) Wolfgang same goes for all the rest of you, o.k.? Nope. On those rare instances where I am able to find sanity, I'm keeping it, by gosh! Bob |
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"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message ... "Wolfgang" wrote in message ... //snip// Mmmm......close enough. Please hang on to it till me meet. :) Wolfgang same goes for all the rest of you, o.k.? Nope. On those rare instances where I am able to find sanity, I'm keeping it, by gosh! Bob Wow, that is just ****in' COLD, man! ****, has anybody here seen a place that could use a bit of sanity more than ROFF? I mean, that's like watching one of those Sally Struthers commercials and saying, "Yeah, o.k., gimme some more bacon on that cheeseburger!" :( Wolfgang who, come to think of it, supposes that ms. struthers......properly dressed......could personally feed about half of biafra. |
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