Caught a squirrel today on 5wt

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:58:09 GMT, "Lionel F. Stevenson"
wrote:

in article , Scottish Fly Fisher
at wrote on 10/30/05 12:15 PM:

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:07:16 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Tom Nakashima wrote:
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First time I ever caught something other than a fish on a flyrod.

One of the hazards of fishing the Hex hatch here in the
midwest is that Hexagenia limbata come out at about the
same time of the evening as bats.

Yoo don't want to start your forward cast with a bat on
the end of your fly line. Damn near broke my arm, or seemed
like it anyway. One more good argument for barbless hooks.

****, I should have read through the thread... I coulda just posted
"me too." LoL

John

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

I find that bats often hit the knots in the leader.

That could have happened... sometimes I'm surprised by a "dunt" on the
forward cast, but I put it down to catching the flora behind me, even
though I've been extremely careful to avoid the trees. That would
explain it.

BTW, I'm now wondering whether blood knots or surgeon's loops are more
attractive to bats...

John

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:27:37 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:34:11 -0700, "Bryan"
wrote:

I saw this funny web site about catching prairie dogs:
http://www.lovelandnet.com/toms-plac...f/howtofpd.htm


That is disturbing, not funny. It would have been funny if it was a
parody, but these people actually do this???


Having read the whole site, I can hardly help but believe that someone's
tongue was more or less firmly embedded in his cheek.

I'm not so sure. Usually people put a disclaimer on this kind of site
for the hard of thinking. Still, it's a disturbing thought.

John

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:27:37 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:34:11 -0700, "Bryan"
wrote:

I saw this funny web site about catching prairie dogs:
http://www.lovelandnet.com/toms-plac...f/howtofpd.htm


That is disturbing, not funny. It would have been funny if it was a
parody, but these people actually do this???


Having read the whole site, I can hardly help but believe that someone's
tongue was more or less firmly embedded in his cheek.

I'm not so sure. Usually people put a disclaimer on this kind of site
for the hard of thinking.

Perhaps. I've seen very few such disclaimers myself, but maybe we don't
visit the same places.

Still, it's a disturbing thought.

I'm sure that many people would find it disturbing for any number of
reasons. For anglers, I suspect it's because it bites kinda close to home.

Wolfgang
WELL, what the hell, we haven't had a good round of ethics as dictated by
piscine perception and psychology in WEEKS!

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:09:03 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:27:37 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:34:11 -0700, "Bryan"
wrote:

I saw this funny web site about catching prairie dogs:
http://www.lovelandnet.com/toms-plac...f/howtofpd.htm


That is disturbing, not funny. It would have been funny if it was a
parody, but these people actually do this???


Having read the whole site, I can hardly help but believe that someone's
tongue was more or less firmly embedded in his cheek.

I'm not so sure. Usually people put a disclaimer on this kind of site
for the hard of thinking.

Perhaps. I've seen very few such disclaimers myself, but maybe we don't
visit the same places.

Still, it's a disturbing thought.

I'm sure that many people would find it disturbing for any number of
reasons. For anglers, I suspect it's because it bites kinda close to home.

Possibly. But I think this guy is on a different mind-set. After all,
I have never seen anglers laughing their arses off at the hilarity of
"slamming" their fish.

Wolfgang
WELL, what the hell, we haven't had a good round of ethics as dictated by
piscine perception and psychology in WEEKS!


I think this one has more to do with human perception and psychology.

John

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
...

I'm sure that many people would find it disturbing for any number of
reasons. For anglers, I suspect it's because it bites kinda close to
home.

Possibly. But I think this guy is on a different mind-set. After all,
I have never seen anglers laughing their arses off at the hilarity of
"slamming" their fish.

How many people have you seen laughing their asses off at the hilarity of
this site?

Wolfgang
WELL, what the hell, we haven't had a good round of ethics as dictated by
piscine perception and psychology in WEEKS!


I think this one has more to do with human perception and psychology.

An interesting thought. One we should perhaps take up here someday.

Wolfgang

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:18:09 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Scottish Fly Fisher" wrote in message
.. .

I'm sure that many people would find it disturbing for any number of
reasons. For anglers, I suspect it's because it bites kinda close to
home.

Possibly. But I think this guy is on a different mind-set. After all,
I have never seen anglers laughing their arses off at the hilarity of
"slamming" their fish.

How many people have you seen laughing their asses off at the hilarity of
this site?

Er... one? OK, Wolfie... good point, well made!

Wolfgang
WELL, what the hell, we haven't had a good round of ethics as dictated by
piscine perception and psychology in WEEKS!


I think this one has more to do with human perception and psychology.

An interesting thought. One we should perhaps take up here someday.

Far too depressing... I never recovered my innocence, and belief that
all people were inherently good, until some experience in their life
screwed their heads up. Then I read Stanley Milgram's work on
obedience and authority.

If you have time to waste, and want to justify any paranoia you may
have... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

John

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 22:11:15 +0000 (UTC), Scottish Fly Fisher
wrote:



If you have time to waste, and want to justify any paranoia you may
have... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

It was when I first read about the Milgram experiments that I finally
figured out how good people can wind up doing bad things. Sometimes
very bad things. I put myself in the 'teacher' spot and figured I'd
have gone with it at least part way, maybe all the way. Very humbling
thought.

Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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