First pickerel on the fly (walleye for youse 'mericuns)

daytripper wrote:
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:31:35 GMT, "Tim J."
wrote:

Peter Charles wrote:
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I'm getting a sneaky hunch that PNW winter steelheading
techniques may be the ticket for these fish -- with the addition of
pulsing the swing to impart a rise and fall to the fly. Next time I
go back, it'll be with the Loop and a set of shooting heads.

That's the fun of it, isn't it - figuring out what works and
doesn't? I had an interesting time at the "secret spot" yesterday.
After switching between quite a few flies during a BWO hatch, I was
casting to a pod of trout and all of them would look at what I was
casting, but wouldn't take. Then I started casting the same fly (#22
Griffith's Gnat) to individual trout and gave them each three or
four good looks. Still no takers. Then I spotted a decent sized
trout a little closer to me by itself. The first cast gained a lot
more interest than the pod had shown, and the second produced the
hook up. What that fish saw that the others did not, I'll never
know. I'd like to think it was a much smarter fish.

Nah, that ain't it.
The fly wasn't dragging that time, 'cuz you didn't have to cast as
far.

I *am* much better with just the leader in the water.

/daytripper (a free r.o.f.f diagnostic service ;-)

Well, you get what you pay for, eh?
--
TL,
Tim
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"Willi & Sue" wrote in message
...

That was a GREAT eating fish you released. Walleyes are usually a pretty
tough target for fly fishermen.


Lake resident Walleyes are usually a pretty tough target for a fly
fisherman, Stream resident Walleyes one the other hand, are actually pretty
easy in some places. On the Fox river in the Chicago far western suburbs,
I've caught them on an elk hair caddis, but most of the ones I have caught
have been dredging streamers in search of brown trout.

From: Tim Lysyk

Now that I am older, I
call them hammer handles, slough sharks, and snot rockets.

"Snot rockets?" ROFL



George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

George Adams wrote:
From: "Tim J."

But never *EVER* fish at the secret spot, because those
fish only reveal themselves to a chosen few. ;-)

And we know who they are.bseg

What? You named the fish?

BTW, I didn't tell you yesterday, but the invasion may have begun.
Saturday I encountered a lovely lady from South Carolina fishing in,
*gasp*, the secret spot. How long will it take for the word to spread
north and those rascals from tons will be underfoot. At first, I
thought that Laurie, ( the aforementioned lovely lady), was indeed
from tons, but when I realized she wasn't speaking in lower case, I
knew I was mistaken. G

Here's the real test: Did she ping you? ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

On Sun, 4 Oct 2004, Joel Axelrad wrote:

Only the nutty Canadians call Walleye -
Pickerel.
A Walleye is a giant member of the perch family.
A Pickerel is a mini member of the Pike family.

There are plenty of references to the "walleyed pike" in older American
fishing literature.
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Peter Charles wrote:

The usage of pickerel as meaning
walleye, has largely disappeared in Southern Ontario but here in
Northern Ontario, only the visiting Yankees call it a walleye.

The charter boat captains on Erie still call it pickerel.

Mu
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From: "Tim J."


What? You named the fish?

The big one is "Herman".

At first, I
thought that Laurie, ( the aforementioned lovely lady), was indeed
from tons, but when I realized she wasn't speaking in lower case, I
knew I was mistaken. G

Here's the real test: Did she ping you? ;-)

No, and I didn't ping her, although the thought crossed my mind. {;-)


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

From: "Tim J."


What? You named the fish?

The big one is "Herman".

At first, I
thought that Laurie, ( the aforementioned lovely lady), was indeed
from tons, but when I realized she wasn't speaking in lower case, I
knew I was mistaken. G

Here's the real test: Did she ping you? ;-)

No, and I didn't ping her, although the thought crossed my mind. {;-)


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:26:39 -0500, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:


"Willi & Sue" wrote in message
...

That was a GREAT eating fish you released. Walleyes are usually a pretty
tough target for fly fishermen.


Lake resident Walleyes are usually a pretty tough target for a fly
fisherman, Stream resident Walleyes one the other hand, are actually pretty
easy in some places. On the Fox river in the Chicago far western suburbs,
I've caught them on an elk hair caddis, but most of the ones I have caught
have been dredging streamers in search of brown trout.


I catch them fairly frequently in the Wisconsin R. near my house. The
first one I ever hooked was such an exciting fighter that I honestly
tought I had hooked a glob of green algae instead. By the way that was
a nice fish, Peter. Its hard to catch a fish near my place that
exceeds the 14" minimum size limit. Anything bigger gets et by the
locals as soon as it cracks the legal barrier and I'm sure more than
one 13" fish gets a little chiropractic stretching done to it before
it goes on the stringer.


g.c.

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:26:39 -0500, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:


"Willi & Sue" wrote in message
...

That was a GREAT eating fish you released. Walleyes are usually a pretty
tough target for fly fishermen.


Lake resident Walleyes are usually a pretty tough target for a fly
fisherman, Stream resident Walleyes one the other hand, are actually pretty
easy in some places. On the Fox river in the Chicago far western suburbs,
I've caught them on an elk hair caddis, but most of the ones I have caught
have been dredging streamers in search of brown trout.


I catch them fairly frequently in the Wisconsin R. near my house. The
first one I ever hooked was such an exciting fighter that I honestly
tought I had hooked a glob of green algae instead. By the way that was
a nice fish, Peter. Its hard to catch a fish near my place that
exceeds the 14" minimum size limit. Anything bigger gets et by the
locals as soon as it cracks the legal barrier and I'm sure more than
one 13" fish gets a little chiropractic stretching done to it before
it goes on the stringer.


g.c.