Bob Jacklin's big fish and the Green Rockworm

Last June 16, 2006, Bob Jacklin was filming some video for an upcoming
DVD about dry fly fishing on the Madison River here in Montana.
The dryfly fishing wasn't happening that day, so Bob decided to
try fishing nymphs in the fast water between Hebgen dam and Quake
Lake, near where Cabin Creek dumps in to the Madison.
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Bob was fishing a March Brown with a Green Rockworm dropper, with
a pink yarn indicator at the base of leader butt. Bob was starting
to get a little nervous. The conditions and time of year where right
but the fish just weren't cooperating.
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And then boom. There it was. A fat male brown trout full 30 inches
long.
Unrehearsed. The best part was the audo. Listening to Bob's voice
change pitch and
tenor as he gradually became aware of just how big the fish
was...well...uou can't make
this stuff up. You have to see it to believe it. Lots of people have
caught 12
pound fish before. But never before caught unrehearsed and unexpected,
on
sharp focus professional quality video like that.

I just saw the eight minute video footage about an hour ago,
at the Troufitters Orvis shop here in Bozeman. I almost forgot: the
big fish ate
the Green Rockworm, not the March Brown.
Nice looking fly. Bob sure does put on a good show.

http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/...-Rockworm.html

salmobytes wrote:
Last June 16, 2006, Bob Jacklin was filming some video for an upcoming
DVD about dry fly fishing on the Madison River here in Montana.
The dryfly fishing wasn't happening that day, so Bob decided to
try fishing nymphs in the fast water between Hebgen dam and Quake
Lake, near where Cabin Creek dumps in to the Madison.
br/
Bob was fishing a March Brown with a Green Rockworm dropper, with
a pink yarn indicator at the base of leader butt. Bob was starting
to get a little nervous. The conditions and time of year where right
but the fish just weren't cooperating.
br/
And then boom. There it was. A fat male brown trout full 30 inches
long.
Unrehearsed. The best part was the audo. Listening to Bob's voice
change pitch and
tenor as he gradually became aware of just how big the fish
was...well...uou can't make
this stuff up. You have to see it to believe it. Lots of people have
caught 12
pound fish before. But never before caught unrehearsed and unexpected,
on
sharp focus professional quality video like that.

I just saw the eight minute video footage about an hour ago,
at the Troufitters Orvis shop here in Bozeman. I almost forgot: the
big fish ate
the Green Rockworm, not the March Brown.
Nice looking fly. Bob sure does put on a good show.

http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/...-Rockworm.html


last july, a few of us were in jacklin's shop in the morning, on our way
into the park. we were the only folks in his place at the time. he
showed us the pictures...in describing the event, his voice still had
that same pitch and tenor. awfully nice man...

jeff

"salmobytes" wrote in message
the big fish ate the Green Rockworm, not the March Brown.

Ah, the good old GRW. Louie turned me on to that one prior to a trip to the
East Outlet. Great fly. I do miss the ol' pirate.

Joe F.

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:29:55 GMT, "rb608"
wrote:

"salmobytes" wrote in message
the big fish ate the Green Rockworm, not the March Brown.

Ah, the good old GRW. Louie turned me on to that one prior to a trip to the
East Outlet. Great fly. I do miss the ol' pirate.

Well, cripes, he ain't dead or anything.
He's just still getting over November 7...and every day since...

/daytripper (ahahahahahahahahahaha! ;-)

"daytripper" wrote in message
Well, cripes, he ain't dead or anything.
He's just still getting over November 7...and every day since...

LOL, yeah, I guess my wording could be perceived a a bit maudlin. I meant I
missed him around here.

I've been thinking about getting the vise back out of mothballs. Mebbe the
GRW would be a fun fly to warm up on. (Heck, my youngest offspring could
tie presentable one at age 10. :-)

Joe F.