t.r. - the snake got the fsih :-(

snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a
kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring
when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a
kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring
when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

snakefiddler
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the
better fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to
watch the snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work
it. i was glad that the man with the little boy did not have his
son avert his eyes, rather they watched the action together.
great stuff for a kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last
spring when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

That *is* cool - not something you'd see every day.
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:
Tim J. wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the
better fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to
watch the snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work
it. i was glad that the man with the little boy did not have his
son avert his eyes, rather they watched the action together.
great stuff for a kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last
spring when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

That *is* cool - not something you'd see every day.

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

riverman wrote:

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. That happened to me years ago on my favorite
local river. I hooked a small bass and a cottonmouth decided he wanted it.

I wasn't about to disagree with him.


Chuck Vance (who executed a different sort of LDR by cutting the
line)

Conan the Librarian wrote:
riverman wrote:
--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. ...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message ...

A weird thing I saw one time on Fountain Creek was a live
bluegill with a dead snake stuck to its head. The little
snake literally took on more than he could chew and died
with a fish stuck in his mouth.

Today I saw something that might be related to that. A water snake
was cruising in the shallows and he was being followed closely by a
couple of decent-sized bass. Neither the bass nor the snake looked
like they were concerned at all by the presence of the others. Maybe
the bass were keeping an eye on the snake just in case he got a
bluegill he couldn't handle. :-)


Chuck Vance

"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
...
riverman wrote:

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning
to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. That happened to me years ago on my favorite
local river. I hooked a small bass and a cottonmouth decided he wanted
it.

I wasn't about to disagree with him.


Chuck Vance (who executed a different sort of LDR by cutting the
line)


ha- most excellent! i reckon all the commotion from the fish jumpin around
singled him out from the crowd.

snake

"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
...
riverman wrote:

Especially if you didn't have any fishing gear because you were learning
to
fly fish and Frank didn't send you anything...

--riverman
(who has never seen a snake take a fish in the wild.)

What's really interesting is having a snake take a fish that is on
the end of your line. That happened to me years ago on my favorite
local river. I hooked a small bass and a cottonmouth decided he wanted
it.

I wasn't about to disagree with him.


Chuck Vance (who executed a different sort of LDR by cutting the
line)


ha- most excellent! i reckon all the commotion from the fish jumpin around
singled him out from the crowd.

snake

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:
Frank Church wrote...
snakefiddler wrote:

i unhooked my fly from the guide, and prepared
for my first cast, calculating where i should cast it to get the
best results. then, just as i raised my arm, a quite long, brown,
banded snake swam up and snatched him!

well, i was quite put out, but there is no question that the better
fisherman won, and it was nothing less than fascinating to watch the
snake take that fish up onto the sloping bank, and work it. i was
glad that the man with the little boy did not have his son avert his
eyes, rather they watched the action together. great stuff for a
kid, i think.
anyway, the star of the day was that awesome fish stealing snake.

..great story unbanded snake, just think, wasn't it just last spring
when you wanted to learn to flyfish? ;-)

yes, and i despaired of doing so. thank you frank- you have made my
fly fishing dream come true ;-), and given me something to enjoy my
whole life long.

I wanna know why Frank didn't send me one freakin' thing when I was
learning to fly fish. Maybe I need soliciting lessons. ;-)

maybe ya do, but hey, what about that snake. is that not too cool?

snakefiddler
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj