07-20-2008, 07:54 PM
to date the biggest legitimate fish that I have brought to hand on a fly rod is the very first one I ever caught.. it was on a 6wt fly rod that my brother in law loaned me.. I was using size 10 - 12 poppers.. this one was a green frog pattern.. the fish was a good couple of pounds and about 14 inches long.. it only took a few minutes to bring it to hand since it hit the popper only a few feet from the shore..
now.. on the other hand.. this past Thursday I was on the Little Duck river near Manchester TN with MacLarry.. we were both using 5/6 wt pfluger rod comobos.. I had gotten a good nibble on a short cast but missed the hook up.. so I wanted to cast back quickly to the same area... as I started my casting I feel a tug on the and then a loud HOWL.. I turned to see MacLarry with the small wooly bugger I was using hooked firmly in the corner of his mouth.. all he could say was "ya hooked me".. as much as I did not want to laugh I had too.. once he unhooked himself he started laughing as well.. luckily I had debarbed that hook before I started using it..
.. funny thing was.. for some odd reason or the other he stayed away from me for the rest of the evening.. heheh
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now.. on the other hand.. this past Thursday I was on the Little Duck river near Manchester TN with MacLarry.. we were both using 5/6 wt pfluger rod comobos.. I had gotten a good nibble on a short cast but missed the hook up.. so I wanted to cast back quickly to the same area... as I started my casting I feel a tug on the and then a loud HOWL.. I turned to see MacLarry with the small wooly bugger I was using hooked firmly in the corner of his mouth.. all he could say was "ya hooked me".. as much as I did not want to laugh I had too.. once he unhooked himself he started laughing as well.. luckily I had debarbed that hook before I started using it..
.. funny thing was.. for some odd reason or the other he stayed away from me for the rest of the evening.. heheh
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