On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:53:25 -0700, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

On lunch breaks I practice my casting on the nearby lawn. No hooks, just
yarn. Today I saw a squirrel searching for food so I made a tight loop in
the same direction about 50 ft away. Planted the yarn about two feet away
from the squirrel, thought it would be good practice in presentation. The
squirrel wasn't even startled and as I continued to slowly retrieve the line
with orange yarn acting as a fly, the squirrel snatched up the yarn in it's
mouth. I didn't want to set the yarn for fear I would hook the line on it's
teeth, so I just watched in amazement. Shortly the squirrel spit out the
yarn.
First time I ever caught something other than a fish on a flyrod.
-tom


That's so kind of you, Tom... helping a squirrel floss!

I once caught a bat on the backcast. I thought I'd got snagged up a
tree, until I noticed my line was moving. I've never been so glad of
de-barbing my hooks in all of my life. He was a tricky little bugger
to release.

John

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