JIM HATCH

[Jim Hatch]

Mike, I'm looking forward to fishing with
you. I'd be just as tickled if you caught
the biggun'.*G*

Robert, while I was looking for a sinking
snail pattern, I found several threads while
doing a google search that indicated the
floating snails might be very effective.
Might make a good indicator when fishing a
scud.

RG/AR, I missed your comment on 21 Dec
about my obsession. Your right, I have not
been "normal" since that hulking red ear
destroyed the beautiful little cane Pete
built for me and started this obsession
with the redears.*G* He went back to the
drawing board on that one and came up with
a special design for Santee Cooper redears.
It has put several 16 inchers in the boat
and a heck of a lot of 13 inchers.*G*

RW, I'm looking forward to the results of
the 1 wt vs redear contest this year. I
hope to get a series of interesting pic's
of the battle.*G*

If anyone is interested, this link will take
you to two Lake Moultrie readear pics over
5 pounds, including the current world record. [url=http://realindy.com/recordfish.htm:0448a]http://realindy.com/recordfish.htm[/url:0448a]

By the way, while researching the records,
I found out that the two 40+ pound grass
carp I landed on the 6 weight a few years
ago were both world records.*G*
Warm regards, Jim


[This message has been edited by Jim Hatch (edited 18 March 2005).]

[white43]

Oh my soul! Now I can relate to your passion, Jim. And, thanks to this site I now have learned that redears and shellcrackers are the same species. With all the issues here in the frigid "Central Coast" area of the States with zebra mussels, maybe we should import some redears into our waters up here. JGW

[beadleech]

Jim,
Have you tried a cream scud for your snail pattern? I developed one origionally for my son who ice fishes to replcate a beemoth. The redear really eat it - I catch many more redears than bluegills on this one. Maybe they are actually hitting it for a snail?? I never considered that. The interesting thing is that our scuds are [for the most part] a brown-olive colour is a size 20 or 22. I tie the Bambi Scud on a #12 scud hook. This results in a curved fly - really sorta snail lookin' now I think about it.
Pattern-
#12 2487 scud hook [or similiar]
Body - crean Caddis Life Cycle dubbing
Back - strip of latex cut from cream coloured medical glove.
Rib - either white tying thread or 6X tippet material.
Start dubbed body "around the bend" of the hook. [Form a dubbing loop first and cut one side to form ribbing from tying thread -white.] Dub body, pull back over, rib with thread, and tie off. Colour hear brown with Sharpie pen. Pick out "legs" from the dubbing on bottom of fly. You're done!
Fish below indicator or fly.

Donald

[ohiotuber]

Jim,
Great pictures on that site & interesting...while I knew redear feed on snails & the like, I did NOT think about zebra mussels, which were mentioned on that page. We have had real problems with them in Lake Erie & it started me wondering...should Ohio give thought to stocking redear in our big lake to control the mussels? If they had redear in Lake Erie, I'd be fishing there a lot more!
Mike

[lee s]

WOW Jim Hatch!
YOU are a VERY interesting read for sure.....thanks.
Here we thought a 11"-12" RE was a grand specimen from L. Sonoma or the delta. Hah, I see they gotta grow some.
Gonna give your scuds a serious try this summer. Too much distraction before and after then.
The "kid" in many of us will not or cannot abandon BG's and RE's.
......lee s.

[Jim Hatch]

Thanks Donald,

I'll give them a shot. Nothing
ventured, nothing gained.*G*

I put just over 10 miles on the kayak
today and found no fish. Started off at 36
degrees and paddled until it finally warmed
up to 52 degrees with 20mph NE winds. Good
workout and none the worse for wear.*G*
Saw two midge hatches and one hatch of the
smallest mayflies I've yet seen on the lake.
March Browns? No sign of fish all day. Not
yet moving up on the flats. Couple more
weeks I guess. Sunday it's offically Spring. Want be as long as it has been.*G*
Warm regards, Jim