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Patcrisci	March 7th, 2009, 4:18 pm
Lagrangeville, NY Posts: 119	What's the weirdest thing you've ever hooked -- on the stream, of course. Let's keep it clean...heh, heh...
	Pat Crisci
LittleJ	March 9th, 2009, 3:49 pm
Hollidaysburg Pa Posts: 252	a dead squirrel.....seriously
BrownTrout8	March 11th, 2009, 9:49 am
New London, CT. Posts: 5	Hi everyone. New here. I live in southeastern CT. Grew up in Pleasant Gap, Pa. Visited the Pl. Gap fish hatchery many many times growing up. Hatchery was a short walk from where I lived. Knew a few of the PA. Fish Commission workers there. Coming down again in May to see family and try some fly fishing there. My mom & pops still live there. My father told me that years ago when he was doing alittle fly fishing on Logan Branch he had a bat take his fly also. Quite interesting to say the least.
Shawnny3	March 11th, 2009, 11:00 am
Moderator Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 1108	Hey, BrownTrout8. I live in Pleasant Gap, a short walk from the hatchery. If you get to do any fishing when you visit, I'd be happy to join you. As for the strangest thing I've ever hooked, one time I hooked someone else's fly from a submerged rock (why don't I ever hook my own after I lose them?). The weirdest thing I've seen caught, though, was on the Salmon River. I saw a guy hook a stringer with a large salmon swimming on the other end of it. -Shawn
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Martinlf	March 12th, 2009, 5:53 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1722	Hi Shawn I once hooked a length of monofilament and when I reeled it in and started to pull on it, I found it hooked to a large brown trout with a plastic bait in its mouth. I had hoped to get the hook and bait out, but as I pulled the fish close to me the mono broke. But, I thought, at least it won't be dragging a mile of line now.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Flatstick96	March 12th, 2009, 9:06 am
Posts: 114	I've never hooked any of these odd things, but I do remember one time when I was trying to fish a dry on a gorgeous looking run I had a bird that was just driving me nuts. He'd sit in a tree next to the stream, and as soon as my fly would hit the water, he'd swoop down and try to take if off the surface - or course, I'd have to yank it away from him. We must have played this game for 10 or 12 straight casts, me never getting more than about a 2' drift on any of them - I finally tipped my cap to him and moved on.
Flatstick96	March 12th, 2009, 9:10 am
Posts: 114	Oh, and on the muskrat thing - I've never hooked one, but one day I saw this brown thing drifting down Spring Creek toward me; I couldn't tell what it was, but it wasn't moving, just drifting - so I figured it was a piece of wood or something. I don't know if he was just conserving energy or what, but when that muskrat bumped into my leg he looked up at me and we both got animated in a hurry.
CaseyP	March 12th, 2009, 4:28 pm
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 557	i don't know if this counts, 'cause the bird never got hooked, but one evening when i was lawn casting a white fluffy, a mockingbird got really interested. she would hop out of her low bush and head for the fluff when it landed, and when i stripped it back, she'd hop back into the bush. we kept at it for about 15 minutes, but she never did quite take it in her beak. if she had, no damage, but much surprise, i'm sure!
	"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
BrownTrout8	March 13th, 2009, 8:09 pm
New London, CT. Posts: 5	Hi Shawnny3! Glad to hear from someone from my home area. I'll keep it in mind. Feel free to message me.
Martinlf	September 5th, 2009, 9:03 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1722	RE recent reports of bat hookings, here's a classic thread on the topic, along with some other tales for new folks on the site. I've learned to keep my line speed up when bats are about and try to time casts to avoid them, but the backcast is still problematic. I have a love/hate relationship with evening fishing. Mostly I do it from dusk to about an hour after it gets dark, often fishing spinners, then am happy to get back to the car and head home. I've only fished well into the night a time or two, and despite the promise of big fish, don't plan night trips per se. Hexes and big fish might change my mind, if I lived where the combination is endemic.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
OMG	September 6th, 2009, 6:42 pm
Posts: 8	hello guys,MartinLF I could'nt resist,after reading your post on tiny flys eg Tricos.I'm on that thing also,just,"bang" like that.Sooo I'm leaning towards at least a 1wt. But I'm getting off the subject.One evening on Van Campens brook abouve the Water Gap area I decided to stay late,just so many of those night monster stories to a point of no return. Waited till "round midnight" tied on a #6 long shank full dress grey ghost eased it out into the pool towards the backwash on the oppisite undercut bank and under the huge boulder at the head of the pool.One of those moments you know you are in kharma. Wham! A tru monster grabed it and everything went fast forward to the end of the skinny water and stopped for seconds,limp line,micro thots,comprehend,and the beast runs full on into my right forleg, bounced off my left leg,bulldoged thru both legs and went north in the skinny water in back of me.Sounded like a pig. I'm certain one could hear the yell out of me 11 miles south of me at the Gap.MarinLF, I'm interested in further chat about your Trico flys.Maybe some input here in the forum.
Ericd	September 20th, 2009, 8:24 am
Mpls, MN Posts: 112	I didn't read through the entire post, so maybe this was already mentioned. I was casting to a small pool in a small brook trout stream and couldn't locate where my fly landed and then I saw my line going up and circling around above me. It was a dragonfly. Not a bat yet, but it's not surprising that it happens.

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