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 -
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 -
WillyB-
Were you able to successfully release it?
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Roger Rohrbeck
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Great Photo!
The man who coined the phrase "Money can't buy happiness", never bought himself a good fly rod!
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.
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.
WoollyB:
Jeez, that beats the bats I've managed to catch during evening hatches!
It gives new meaning to the term, "fly fishing".
talk about matching the hatch!
Sir WoollyB:
Care to share the camera used to capture such a fantastic pic ???
So let me get this right...
...you were fishing an ultra-realistic Dragonfly pattern when you accidentially snagged a size 14 Elk Wing Caddis??
JimmyG,
The camera is a fujifilm finepix 2800Zoom.
The picture was taken in macro mode -
it does okay for a 2.0MP camera.
WB