Went to Kitty’s pond yesterday. Two objectives.
One, give Dinah a couple hours out of the house. She has been REAL confined since her spinal “injury”.
Two, try out some long shanked bluegill bugs we concocted after reading about them maybe here, but somewhere anyway and not our idea. We tied up some dark woolybuggers and some of Marv’s favs…prince nymphs. #10’s the lot. We used several style hooks, all at least as long shanked as a tiemco 200R. Bugs were tied no further up the shank than about even with the hook point. Sorta like some tarpon bugs you see.
The second objective worked grand. While the princes caught some fish (probably should have had Marv manning them 
) the woolys (our fav) were best…FOR US. And the bugs were soooo much easier to remove…the primary objective of the long shanks.
A bit of success maybe.
Objective one did happen but it is still questionable if the results were beneficial or not.
Dinah injured her spine 3 weeks ago and was flat out down…all fours on her side. We have had to be (one of us) with her 24 hrs to keep her desire to MOVE and be with her human in a state of abayance. Seems to be working as she is now, WITH a butt sling, able to hobble for necessities.
Well anyway, with the windows down for air, the window between cab and camper open for air, a coat hung for cab “shade” and temp control, we figured she would be comfortable and entertained for a couple hous anyway and we could pester BG’s for dinner. The lowered tailgate should not be an issue as she cannot leave the cab anyway.
WRONG!
After about 1 1/2hrs as we were half around the lake and returning to check on our girl, Loretta asks why Dinah is in the water?
WHAT!!!?
Dinah had removed herself from the PU and hobbled to the pond where she was sitting in the water “waiting” for her human.
After we got to her and she regained composure, we used our T-shirt for a butt sling and hobbled her up to the PU where sitting around for a bit seemed in order.
THEN she wanted back to the pond for more semi-immersion. OK, we did this for awhile. Fishing, for us, was done but Dinah seemed OK and entertained, so…?
Our 3hr day turned to a 6hr day. It seems luck was with us and that the only outcome was, the hydro-therapy scheduled to start next week for Dinah, started yesterday. Thankfully it was a GRAND day.
Hope all enjoy some part of their weekend as well…
…lee s.
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Dinah and Marv…
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Hi Lee,
Sounds like a great outing. Glad to
hear that your fishing buddy is on the way
to recovery.
I’ve had some problems with some wet
patterns that are effective with my gills
but they tend too swallow them too often.
I’ve had pretty good results with #8 crappy
hooks putting a 45 degree upward bend at
midshank and tying my fly on the back half.
The extra shank extending forward does not
seem to bother the fish at all and they are
very easy to remove without injury to the
fish.G Warm regards, Jim
[This message has been edited by Jim Hatch (edited 25 June 2006).]
Looks like she certainly has you trained doesn’t it?
I’m real glad to see Dinah appears to be on the mend. Good thing she likes water.
Cheers
Bob
I’ve been experimenting along the same lines, first with Aberdeens, then Tiemco 400T (swimming nymph hook). On the latter, I’ve used about the bottom 2/3 of the shank. Definitely easier to remove without tools, and the tiny ones have trouble getting hooked, so less time spent with the runts.