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

"Willi" wrote in message
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Todd Enders wrote:

In snakefiddler wrote:

the other thing flying around was that pretty little fly
that looks like a fairy dressed in a green gossamer gown.
what is that?


Sounds to me like maybe a green Lacewing. Looks like this:

http://entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/c...fici/ce171.htm

Todd (remove hook to reply)

Nice Todd.

How many hours you got in that thing?

Willi




that would be the one- i need a fly for that, i'll check appalachian
anglers. what would i ask for? any special name for it?

snake

snakefiddler wrote:

that would be the one- i need a fly for that, i'll check appalachian
anglers. what would i ask for? any special name for it?

Have you ever seen a fish eat one of those ? I never have.
The green lacewing is a terrestrial insect that isn't likely
to end up in the water. Terrestrial insects that are likely
to end up in the water, and on the menu, are beetles, ants,
crickets and hoppers.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Allen Epps" wrote in message
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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

"Frank Church" wrote in message
beaver story snipped- another to follow.

Frank the fearful...


A couple years back fishing a special hole on the Clark Fork (Darin may
recall the "flat tire hole") the river does an offset maneuver at this
particular point- sideslips over a long gravel bar and then runs roughly
parallel to its original course. I was standing on a bar on the inside
corner of the offset and watched a beaver swim downstream in front of me.
About 10 minutes later "SLAP" from about 5 feet behind me. The big SOB went
downriver about 150 yards- crossed the gravel bar, swam back up the main
channel and got behind me. Malice of forethought or what! He for sure
didn't like me fishing in his little spot!

A mink story- Travis (my son-in-law) and I were fishing the Bitterroot up by
Darby this spring. We had seen a mink on the bank and watched it slip into
the water. Well, the area he was in looked like a nice lie for a trout so
Travis throws his Skwalla pattern into the slick- next thing you know he has
the damn mink on the line hooked in the tail.- being somewhat knowledgeable
about the general demeanor of mink, I was getting ready to throw Travis out
of the boat when the mink solved the problem and pulled free. The little
fella climbed up on a rock and gave Travis the coldest look imaginable, man
what a look.

John the " I have to agree with Frank"

In Willi wrote:

Todd Enders wrote in
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In Willi wrote:



Seems Willi's been getting terse lately!

Scott

In . 4 Scott Seidman
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Todd Enders wrote in
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In Willi wrote:



Seems Willi's been getting terse lately!

Scott

Oops, fumble fingers strike again!

Todd (remove hook to reply)

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
snakefiddler wrote:

that would be the one- i need a fly for that, i'll check appalachian
anglers. what would i ask for? any special name for it?

Have you ever seen a fish eat one of those ? I never have.

no forty, in my extensive experience fly fishing i have never seen a fish
eat one of those! SEG


The green lacewing is a terrestrial insect that isn't likely
to end up in the water. Terrestrial insects that are likely
to end up in the water, and on the menu, are beetles, ants,
crickets and hoppers.

thanks for the tip- i saw some grasshoppers at appalachian anglers that were
so realistic they were almost too creepy to touch. (but then, ripping worms
in half and sticking them on hooks isn't creepy? ;- )

got some beetles among the goodies that frank sent me. i'll try em.

snakefiddler

--
Ken Fortenberry

snakefiddler wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
snakefiddler wrote:
that would be the one- i need a fly for that, i'll check appalachian
anglers. what would i ask for? any special name for it?

Have you ever seen a fish eat one of those ? I never have.

no forty, in my extensive experience fly fishing i have never seen a fish
eat one of those! SEG

Well then, why in the hell would you want to fly fish with one ?

... on the menu, are beetles, ants,
crickets and hoppers.

thanks for the tip- i saw some grasshoppers at appalachian anglers that were
so realistic they were almost too creepy to touch.

Those are the ones tied to catch fishermen, not fish.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
Have you ever seen a fish eat one of those ? I never have.
The green lacewing is a terrestrial insect that isn't likely
to end up in the water. Terrestrial insects that are likely
to end up in the water, and on the menu, are beetles, ants,
crickets and hoppers.


Here is a link for information about some forgotten terrestrials.
http://www.westfly.com/feature/0308/feature_747.htm

I've never noticed an inchworm in the water, but I'm just getting to the
stage of curiosity that I'm considering getting a seine and small kit to
capture bugs in the stream flow. It has been a long time since high school
biology, but I'd try to do the easy identifications with a field guide.