Post by jlibs on Jun 11, 2006 21:46:26 GMT -5
Has anyone experienced the following:
OK, I'll probably catch some criticism for A) worm fishing on a fly fishing board and B) keeping a fish. Here goes....
My friend and his 12 year old son were visiting me and they wanted to experience fly fishing. The 12 year old boy ties some flies for a hobby, but he has not really fished much, and his dad is not a fisherman. Our plan was to fly fish, but the water was super high, fast, dangerous and looked like coca cola down here in South County on Saturday.
I took them to the green river with a light tackle spinning rod and worms and taught them to find and catch trout, and to set the hook extra fast so that the fish would not swallow the worm. We released 5 trout in one hour (it does not always work this way). They thought I was a fishing God. Frankly, with the fast muddy high water, I was surprised at the success.
The boys last cast and dead drift of the worm enticed a huge 2.5 - 3 lb, 18" brown to take the worm and swallow it down (unfortunately). We kept this one and I went about teaching how to clean the fish, once back at my house, and to look in the stomach to see what he'd been eating. We pulled out the usual nymphs, some little pebbles, a 4" trout, and the not so usual and extremely gross dark brown/black mole with teeth, hair and claws the size of my fist. I have the chills typing this. I couldn't believe it!
I told a friend who said he was not surprised as he coincidentally witnessed a big bass eat a small bird sitting on a reed at Laurel Lake a few years ago.
Has anyone tried a mouse pattern around here, or has anyone seen or heard of rodents being eaten by fish in the Berkshires?
JLIBS
OK, I'll probably catch some criticism for A) worm fishing on a fly fishing board and B) keeping a fish. Here goes....
My friend and his 12 year old son were visiting me and they wanted to experience fly fishing. The 12 year old boy ties some flies for a hobby, but he has not really fished much, and his dad is not a fisherman. Our plan was to fly fish, but the water was super high, fast, dangerous and looked like coca cola down here in South County on Saturday.
I took them to the green river with a light tackle spinning rod and worms and taught them to find and catch trout, and to set the hook extra fast so that the fish would not swallow the worm. We released 5 trout in one hour (it does not always work this way). They thought I was a fishing God. Frankly, with the fast muddy high water, I was surprised at the success.
The boys last cast and dead drift of the worm enticed a huge 2.5 - 3 lb, 18" brown to take the worm and swallow it down (unfortunately). We kept this one and I went about teaching how to clean the fish, once back at my house, and to look in the stomach to see what he'd been eating. We pulled out the usual nymphs, some little pebbles, a 4" trout, and the not so usual and extremely gross dark brown/black mole with teeth, hair and claws the size of my fist. I have the chills typing this. I couldn't believe it!
I told a friend who said he was not surprised as he coincidentally witnessed a big bass eat a small bird sitting on a reed at Laurel Lake a few years ago.
Has anyone tried a mouse pattern around here, or has anyone seen or heard of rodents being eaten by fish in the Berkshires?
JLIBS
