Fly Attacked.
I recently went fishing and had the
following experience, which was, at
least for me, unique.
I had been fly fishing for bass and
panfish off of the end of a dock.
when I was gathering up equipment to
go home I noticed a commotion at my feet.
I looked down and witnessed the following.
A terrestrial fly that I had dropped by accident was lying on the wood and
being eaten by ants. Two of the four
rubber legs had been chewed off and the ants
were busily chewing down to the hook itself.
The ants clearly figured, like the fish, that this was a tasty meal for the taking.
I rescued the fly (after beating off the ants with my net handle- well, not quite-)
and swore to be more carefull about dropping
flies by accident again.
The victim of the attack is being repaired.
I thought I would share this little adventure with you and my grandkids.
I swear its true. All of it.
I have encountered skunks, deer and a mountain lion (at a distance) during my
fishing adventures, but never ants who
chewed on my flies instead of me.
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