Marsh Madness, November 2018 update page 12

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Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353532

By thalweg - Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:16 pm

- Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:16 pm #353532

Those tail shots really put those fish in perspective.
That is the good stuff right there.

"only two things smell like fish... and one of them is fish." -grandpa

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Do you have the coin to pay for your passage, or the courage to take up the oar?" -the sword

"Dreams are free motherfucker!" -d boon

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353537

By BigCliff - Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:20 pm

- Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:20 pm #353537

Damn. I'm headed to salt Saturday, maybe I need to drive further east.

Buy better hooks and bourbon.

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353540

By Redchaser - Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:28 pm

- Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:28 pm #353540

BearsFan wrote:Damn Ron! How did the circle hooks work out for you?

Never got around to trying the circle hooks. I fished the same fly all weekend, a big black and red seaducer tied on a 2/0 Gamakatsu sc15 with big lead eyes plus more lead wire wrapped around the shank...getting hit by it on the back cast would be a memorable experience.

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Plow, I'm not sure what's up with the spots. I had the no spot fish yesterday, Devin had the barely spotted fish, and Barret had a fish a couple of weeks ago with no spots on one side. Apparently some spotless genes have gotten thrown into the mix around here.

Thalweg, those big tails work too. Today I saw parts of my backing that haven't seen sunlight since I put it on. I almost lost my first big fish today because he got me way into my backing and hit a spot where my backing had dug in and basically knotted itself. Luckily he didn't surge hard when he hit that spot and I was able to start regaining line and never let him get that far out again. Devin also had a mishap on the big fish of the day. The fish started running and Devins fly line came out of the stripping basket with a big tangle in it. The tangle caught in the guide of the tip section and pulled the tip section off of the rod. I poled toward the fish to make sure it didn't break off while Devin recovered the tip section, untangled the knot, then got the fish back on reel and landed it.

"... don’t let your life become the sloppy leftovers of your work" Jim Harrison

"Put in the effort and good things happen"... Hogleg

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Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353542

By BearsFan - Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:36 pm

- Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:36 pm #353542

Believe I would have de-barbed that fucker. Hopefully before the ~~fucker~~ gentleman up front stuck it in the back of my head.

"I've been searching my whole life for a woman to feed me once a day and eat me once a day. My needs are simple." - Outcast

"Mostly I think about hookers and Tarpon fishing." - blumpkin

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353563

By SOBF - Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:54 am

- Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:54 am #353563

This is going to be a long ass winter with you bastards putting shit like that up. Well done.

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353566

By deerfly - Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:07 am

- Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:07 am #353566

absolutely incredible

porcupines are normally peaceful creatures, but Dog saw fit to give them quills

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353572

By hickdawg - Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:01 am

- Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:01 am #353572

Good times RC! Nice report. BTW thanks for using a font color that is easy to read.

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353576

By B.M. Barrelcooker - Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:31 am

- Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:31 am #353576

WOW>>>>>>>>>>THATS THE NUTS!

"worst that can happen is a big fat zero and a fine walk out of doors"---Chadroc

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353577

By The Volfish - Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:36 am

- Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:36 am #353577

Damn.

Do I pay full price for every place I get to fish? Fuck no. - nemo

Re: Monsters In The Marsh - TR continued#353592

By Hogleg - Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:45 am

- Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:45 am #353592

Wow. I mean, wow. You and Devin both suk

"girls with eating disorders will usually let you come in there in butt." -Jhnnythndr
"...my grandmother’s Tang always tasted like rusty water and dirty socks." - Average Joe
"with some limited exceptions steelhead live where the lady selection is sparce." - MTG