WAS SHE STUNG ?

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TIDDLER
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WAS SHE STUNG ?

Post by TIDDLER » Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:47 pm

Hi GUYS & GALS ~ I HOPE YOU HAVE ALL HAD A LOVELY XMAS - MAYBE EVEN GOT IN SOME FISHING AS I DID !

SINCE I TOOK UP THE FLY , MY GOOD LADY ALWAYS BUYS ME A FLY OF HER CHOOSING AS PART OF MY XMAS GIFT .
THESE HAVE ALWAYS PROVED VALUABLE . THIS YEAR I GOT A REAL SURPRISE !!
TWO QUESTIONS ....... WAS SHE STUNG ?? ;)
2) WHY - WHEN AND HOW SHOULD I USE THIS BEASTY . I SEE MANIC PROMOTE IT BUT NO INFO .
I LOVE IT - EVEN IF ONLY TO PUT ON THE FLY PATCH ON MY VEST - BUT I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO "CATCH" WITH IT
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Re: WAS SHE STUNG ?

Post by Whio » Wed Dec 28, 2016 4:52 pm

It may surprise you - but I've seen wasps when dissecting fish guts in the past. Going by the news reports there's an invasion of wasps this summer so it could be good if you're fishing around beech trees?


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Re: WAS SHE STUNG ?

Post by TIDDLER » Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:06 am

THANKS WHIO - I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD ANY INPUT . NOT SO ! - SO I'M ASSUMING ITS A RARE BEASTY. YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT RE BEECH TREES . FAILING THAT , I THOUGHT I MAY DROP IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUNCH OF CICADAS WHEN THE TROUT ARE FEASTING IN MY FAVOURITE "PUDDLE"..... NOT LONG NOW :!:



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Re: WAS SHE STUNG ?

Post by Kiwioz » Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:10 pm

Not a wasp story but a few years ago on the Inangahua I came across a beehive in a tree on the bank above a gutter. A large trout was sitting finning in the current below the hive. The trout resisted / ignored all my nymph efforts but remained on station. Thinking he may be sitting below the bee flight path for a reason I put on a yellow humpy I happened to have, which was taken IMMEDIATELY! :D
Cheers,
Kiwioz.


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