Bees, Fish, and Beavers (behave yourselves ;-} )

In article , Mike
wrote:

During the first Penns clave Tom myself my helper Brian were fishing Inglebe
(sp) just above the house were the bench is and where Jeff Conoly did his half
Ried climbing over the falls.......I had missed the fish of a lifetime and was
fishing for another looked on the oppisite bank and there was a mink looking
at
me he eases into the water climbs onto a log moves to a rock right where i am
casting to not thinking i continue to fish i see a fish rise get ready to cast
the mink disappears and the little ******* comes out of the water with the
fish
i was casting gives me a backwards glance and shuffles of to enjoy his supper
.....was a kool thing to see......i had an experience with a beaver when i was
young still bare the scars from the barbed wire fence i ran into while
beating
feet from those buck teeth i think i was about seven or eight scared the crap
out of me with the tail slap and swimming right towards me............


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick

Had a mink swim across the Rapid last week with a 6" trout in it's
mouth. It swam to to the other side, sat on a rock and ate, then swam
back across. I'd seen minks up at Penns before but none of them
successful. Their was also an Osprey that showed a unhealthly interest
in the small Salmon I was playing.

People who don't fish usually don't realize how little fishing has to
do with the time we spend in the river.

Allen

"Allen Epps" wrote in message
news:100620041204259778%

Their was also an Osprey that showed a unhealthly interest
in the small Salmon I was playing.

Last week between rain storms Tara (my Lab) and I snuck out to throw a
Crystal bugger. It was one of those quiet evenings, not a ripple on the lake
or a boat in sight. As I slowly stripped back the bugger, an Osprey hit the
water about 30 ft. to my back. Startled (w/ possible stained shorts) we both
turned to watch the bird rise out of the water with a 8-9 inch rainbow
clinched in it's claws, quite a sight at that range. Normally they keep a
good 100 + ft. of distance...

People who don't fish usually don't realize how little fishing has to
do with the time we spend in the river.

True... true...

JT