Thoughts on Catskills w/ kid

In article , Dave LaCourse
writes
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:22:06 -0700 (PDT), Steve Cain
wrote:

Lots of action, minimal surgery.

Which reminds me: Ensure that your barbs are pinched and the kids
are wearing some kind of eye glasses.

Dave

An alternative method would be to fish a very buoyant fly - a deerhair
or elkhair amd retrieve quickly to create a decent wake. The fish will
go mad for it and if you dispense with the actual point, not just the
barb, you won't harm any fish and have some great sport.

I fished like this on a four fish ticket point and had great sport seing
the chasing rainbows. My neighbour angler commented how unlucky I had
been not hooking anything:-)
--
Bill Grey

"W. D. Grey" wrote in
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In article , Dave LaCourse
writes
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:22:06 -0700 (PDT), Steve Cain
wrote:

Lots of action, minimal surgery.

Which reminds me: Ensure that your barbs are pinched and the kids
are wearing some kind of eye glasses.

Dave

An alternative method would be to fish a very buoyant fly - a
deerhair
or elkhair amd retrieve quickly to create a decent wake. The fish will
go mad for it and if you dispense with the actual point, not just the
barb, you won't harm any fish and have some great sport.

I fished like this on a four fish ticket point and had great sport
seing
the chasing rainbows. My neighbour angler commented how unlucky I had
been not hooking anything:-)


Believe it or not, some company used to sell a "Touch and Go" hoook, that
had eyes at both ends.

Ever salt an area with peanuts, tie a peanut to your hookless leader, and
fish for chipmunks??


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Scott
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On 13 Aug 2008 21:02:01 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

Ever salt an area with peanuts, tie a peanut to your hookless leader, and
fish for chipmunks??

No, but I'm getting my mother's old glass rod out and will do it
tomorrow. Hillarious.

Dave

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:31:30 -0400, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

No, but I'm getting my mother's old glass rod out and will do it
tomorrow. Hillarious.

Or maybe Gehrke's ******* Boo.

Dave

Dave LaCourse wrote in
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On 13 Aug 2008 21:02:01 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

Ever salt an area with peanuts, tie a peanut to your hookless leader,
and fish for chipmunks??

No, but I'm getting my mother's old glass rod out and will do it
tomorrow. Hillarious.

Dave



They'll pouch the peanuts, and they get quite surprised when you "set" it.
Soft rod would be kind!



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Scott
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:06:00 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

I fished like this on a four fish ticket point and had great sport seing
the chasing rainbows. My neighbour angler commented how unlucky I had
been not hooking anything:-)

Something similar happened to me. I was fishing a productive hole on
the Rapid, with a fellow waiting for me to finish/move on. Before he
arrived I had landed and released many nice brookies and salmon. The
point on my Goddard Caddis broke off but I continued to fish and set
the hook on another ten or fifteen rises before I left. Of course the
you chap that was watching assumed I had missed the takes.

At dinner that night, he was telling the story about the old guy who
couldn't set the hook, and when the old guy left, he went down to the
pool and took ten fish without too much trouble.

As he passed my cabin after dinner I invited him to look at the fly
still tied on the leader. It was then that he realized I was the "old
guy" and that I was only playing with the fish, intentionally not
catching them.

I always enjoy the take more than the fight afterward. A
long-line-release doesn't bother me anymore.

Be well, Bill.

Dave

W. D. Grey wrote:

An alternative method would be to fish a very buoyant fly - a deerhair
or elkhair amd retrieve quickly to create a decent wake. The fish will
go mad for it and if you dispense with the actual point, not just the
barb, you won't harm any fish and have some great sport. ...

Reminds me of the time Uncle Wally tied one of his "special"
Yellow Humpies on the end of my line. I missed fish after fish
and the assembled North Cackalacky roffians were having great
sport, "Oh, that's tough luck poor Yankee, won't you try again ?",
until I discovered that the hook was snipped above the bend.

Bastids.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:40:30 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Bastids.

Yes. But the story has become a roffian classic.

Dave

In article , Ken Fortenberry
writes
W. D. Grey wrote:
An alternative method would be to fish a very buoyant fly - a
deerhair or elkhair amd retrieve quickly to create a decent wake. The
fish will go mad for it and if you dispense with the actual point,
not just the barb, you won't harm any fish and have some great sport. ...

Reminds me of the time Uncle Wally tied one of his "special"
Yellow Humpies on the end of my line. I missed fish after fish
and the assembled North Cackalacky roffians were having great
sport, "Oh, that's tough luck poor Yankee, won't you try again ?",
until I discovered that the hook was snipped above the bend.

Bastids.

That's just the way it was Ken.
--
Bill Grey