"Tim J." wrote in message
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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.

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.)