I've never caught one of these before...

[WoollyB]

While flyfishing today I got something snagged on my hook - at first I thought I had pulled a leaf or something off of a tree on my backcast, but as I went to clear it off it started buzzing around... I'm glad I had my camera for this -

[Taxon]

WillyB-

Were you able to successfully release it?

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[Ray]

Great Photo!

[Eight Thumbs]

Hi WoollyB,

That is an amazing photo. I was wondering if the dragonfly was just flying along and got snagged or if it came after you fly and tried to grab it. My bet is that you got a vote of approval from the insect community and the dragonfly tied to catch your fly first.

I hope that you are going to practice catch and release. No dragonfly fillets on the grill for this Fourth of July----please. 8t

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You had better learn to be a happy camper. You only get one try at this campground and it's a real short camping season.

[WoollyB]

I don't know how he ended up on there - whether he went for my fly or just had an unlucky day. He lost his abdomen in the encounter, but I removed the hook and he flew away anyway. I also have a short video clip of him buzzing around.

[Bamboozle]

WoollyB:

Jeez, that beats the bats I've managed to catch during evening hatches!

It gives new meaning to the term, "fly fishing".

[D. Micus]

talk about matching the hatch!

[JimmyG]

Sir WoollyB:

Care to share the camera used to capture such a fantastic pic ???

[Bamboozle]

So let me get this right...

...you were fishing an ultra-realistic Dragonfly pattern when you accidentially snagged a size 14 Elk Wing Caddis??

[WoollyB]

JimmyG,

The camera is a fujifilm finepix 2800Zoom.

The picture was taken in macro mode -

it does okay for a 2.0MP camera.

WB