I'm a travelin' mannnnnn.....

No TR from Panama City, FL because it was raining and forecasted to stick
around for a day or two. No matter, I just beat feet back north in time to
get another dispatch to central Florida this coming week. Moody AFB in GA
has a "Family Camp" with a 500 acre lake called Grassy Pond. I stopped by
to chat and found out that the speck fishing is hot right now (that's
*crappies to us yankees) and the "brim" and bass fishing are picking up as
well.
On the way south I will tow my boat down in a 3 way hookup, drop it off at
the camp and fish on the way home. RV spots and cabins available at very
reasonable rates make this a place to rest after deliveries in Florida.
Unfortunately, this neat little camp is only available to active duty,
retired and DOD employees.

Frank Church..who thinks I one damn lucky fella...
*pronounced "croppies" to our offshore brethren

"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
No TR from Panama City, FL because it was raining and forecasted to stick
around for a day or two. No matter, I just beat feet back north in time to


I hear you were browsing the Orvis shop in Indy yesterday for deer hair,
seems to me there would would be plenty of road kill along the way

Hi All,

We are headed to Florida tomorrow to the Cape Canaveral area to visit the
grand kids for 3 weeks.

Hope to get some fishing in with a few local fly fishers down there.

I hear the American shad are running in the St.Johns River west of
Titusville. Also this is suppose to be good fresh water time too.

I will have give a report.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
No TR from Panama City, FL because it was raining and forecasted to stick
around for a day or two. No matter, I just beat feet back north in time to
get another dispatch to central Florida this coming week. Moody AFB in GA
has a "Family Camp" with a 500 acre lake called Grassy Pond. I stopped by
to chat and found out that the speck fishing is hot right now (that's
*crappies to us yankees) and the "brim" and bass fishing are picking up as
well.
On the way south I will tow my boat down in a 3 way hookup, drop it off at
the camp and fish on the way home. RV spots and cabins available at very
reasonable rates make this a place to rest after deliveries in Florida.
Unfortunately, this neat little camp is only available to active duty,
retired and DOD employees.

Frank Church..who thinks I one damn lucky fella...
*pronounced "croppies" to our offshore brethren

"Wayne Knight" wrote in
:

I hear you were browsing the Orvis shop in Indy yesterday for deer
hair, seems to me there would would be plenty of road kill along the
way

....wrong kind of road kill, I ran over the remains of a skunk, damn near
barfed. Hey, nice guys in the Royal River fly shop, very helpful. I
bought a book on tying bass bugs and did my first one today...looks like a
very bad haircut!

Frank Church

"Bill Kiene" wrote in news:wCOXb.23967$cz4.2212
@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com:

Hi All,

We are headed to Florida tomorrow to the Cape Canaveral area to visit the
grand kids for 3 weeks.

Hope to get some fishing in with a few local fly fishers down there.

I hear the American shad are running in the St.Johns River west of
Titusville. Also this is suppose to be good fresh water time too.

I will have give a report.


Yep, the bass are in pre-spawn (so I'm told) and the specks are hitting.
You should have your choice of fresh or salt species with no problems.

Frank Church

(Greg Pavlov) wrote in news:4030f41f.16459787
@news.cis.dfn.de:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 22:16:45 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:

I bought a book on tying bass bugs and did my first
one today...looks like a very bad haircut!

Are you talking about spinning deer hair ?
I've had some serious problems with that,
even with someone sitting next to me who
knows what they're doing. I decided to
shelve it for the time being.

....yep, worked on that sucker for nearly an hour. My main problem was
getting that last bunch of hair on behind the hook eye. Pain in the ass!
Hair bugs are cheap, the hell with it.

Frank Church

Frank Church:
No TR from Panama City, FL because it was raining and forecasted to stick
around for a day or two.

It was flat nasty here yesterday in the Tampa Bay region. We set out for
the Skyway flats with a SE wind and overcast skies. By the time we got
rigged up and walked up the beach to our chosen area, the sky was lowering
and a few ominous large drops of water were splattering around. We fished
for about half an hour and the wind shifted to the SW. Within another 30
minutes it was blowing a sustained 30 MPH with gusts over 35. We played at
fishing back toward the cars, mostly seeing if we could get a backcast up
high enough to let the wind carry it forward with any accuracy. By the time
we got to the cars it was raining in earnest. So we wound up hunkered down
in a barbecue joint while we watched the weather deteriorate.

Still, I was surprised at how well the TFO Signature model does in adverse
conditions. Tomorrow the weather should be pretty much back to FL Chamber
of Commerce ideal for Feb and we're heading out again.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

"Frank Church" wrote in message :
I stopped by
to chat and found out that the speck fishing is hot right now (that's
*crappies to us yankees) and the "brim" and bass fishing are picking up as
well.
Frank Church..who thinks I one damn lucky fella...
*pronounced "croppies" to our offshore brethren

Wait a minute! I don't understand. Specks are Speckled trout or Spotted Sea
Trout and are salt water fish and Crappie are freshwater fish in the same
family as Bass and Sunfish (Brim). Is that what you meant to say?


--
TL
Ed (remove nospam to reply)

"egildone" wrote in
news:wrTXb.1463$Mf.36@okepread04:


"Frank Church" wrote in message :
I stopped by
to chat and found out that the speck fishing is hot right now (that's
*crappies to us yankees) and the "brim" and bass fishing are picking
up as well.
Frank Church..who thinks I one damn lucky fella...
*pronounced "croppies" to our offshore brethren

Wait a minute! I don't understand. Specks are Speckled trout or
Spotted Sea Trout and are salt water fish and Crappie are freshwater
fish in the same family as Bass and Sunfish (Brim). Is that what you
meant to say?

....nope. Crappies south of the Mason/Dixon line are "specks", and true,
they are freshwater fish. Some call them "papermouth" for good reason. I've
lost more than a few due to their tender mouth.

Frank Church

"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
"egildone" wrote in
news:wrTXb.1463$Mf.36@okepread04:


...nope. Crappies south of the Mason/Dixon line are "specks", and true,
they are freshwater fish. Some call them "papermouth" for good reason.
I've
lost more than a few due to their tender mouth.


Along the southern coast when one mentions Spec's they are usually speaking
of the speckled trout. So you're both right to small degree.

Next time you're in Indy, drop me a note.

Wayne