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As I arrived at the river I paused to take it in and scout for fish.
The bank I was standing on was about 20 feet above, and 20 feet back from the waters edge. A hell of a view, and the weather yesterday was beautiful. As always I had approached in "full stealth mode". I stood like a predator, fully aware, yet like I was not really there. Out of the corner of my eye I catch movement. And then I know. It's still my spot; nobody is here. The Great Blue Heron flies on downstream. Then he swoops in. The Belted Kingfisher. He holds at about a foot above the water. Then it happens. BAM......, GLURP......., SPLURT..., SPLASH..., BLURP..., BAM........ Like machine gun fire hitting the water as the kingfisher flies over, fish ( I am pretty sure bass ) start hitting the surface, there had to be about 8 fish, and they were not small. The churning of the water in it's self was impressive. I would like to think that they were hitting on the bird but I find it more likely that a minnow, scared by the bird was soon terrified by the fish. Either way it leads my to this... Does anybody have a good fly pattern for a Belted Kingfisher? I am thinking: a beer can (a piece of duct tape to close the hole), dipped in glue, rolled in feathers, a broke off pencil as the beak, and a bent and sharpened coat hanger for a hook. ;-) |
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Kingfisher Boat | Bud | Bass Fishing | 0 | January 19th, 2004 12:16 AM |