Comments for Everglades Fishing - Captain Ned Small

Comment on black drum by Ned Small

Ned Small — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:25:34 +0000

Hi John,
It’s a weighted crab, you use a real slow retrieve, just enough to keep the line straight. The bites are very subtle so you have to concentrate on watching the point of the line for the bite, like a trout fisherman using a strike indicator.
Ned

Comment on black drum by John McMinn

John McMinn — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:12:04 +0000

Will

Congratulations on banging the drum. I’ve never heard of anyone catching NINE of these critters on fly. So what is the slo-mo crab technique? Cast close and crawl the crab back??

Sounds intriguing. Good job,

John

Comment on Taimen by Mongofly Fly-Fishing Mongolia | Anglers Fishery

Mongofly Fly-Fishing Mongolia | Anglers Fishery — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:15:38 +0000

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Comment on Taimen by John McMinn

John McMinn — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:21:37 +0000

Marles -

Wow, that was some fishing trip! Good luck on your IGFA application. That fish looks as big as you are.

Did you have any fish on surface flies? I’ve read about some amazing surface takes.

Are these fish at all leader shy? Hopefully you can use heavy material on such big fish.

John

Comment on Haiku Contest by John McMinn

John McMinn — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:08:22 +0000

Slow rollers at dawn,
We creep toward them, tense, sneaking,
Into their bedroom

Waves lap untrod beaches,
While we wait for Gulf cruisers,
High and happy, northbound

Line vaults from the deck,
Roostertailing toward the Gulf,
Burned fingers, broad smiles

Comment on Haiku Contest by Gus Morris

Gus Morris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:11:04 +0000

The snook hides below
mangrove so thick with green leaves
and swallows my fly

Comment on Haiku Contest by Tom Harding

Tom Harding — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:49:48 +0000

Some of my own scribblings:

A woodpecker knocks
All eyes strain at the shadows
Which end is the head?

The Milky Way watches
The James Bond ride before dawn
First on point, fish rolls!

Low low tide at dawn
Clear of the Zone, now let’s fly!
CRUNCH – like a googan

At Boundary Bay
A tarpon leaps clear outstretched
Just taking a look

Cast to the shadow
Tease it like its a kitten
Flare, suction -he’s on!

Comment on Haiku Contest by Tom Harding

Tom Harding — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:38:16 +0000

Here are some from my wife Beverly Minsberg:

Shimmering silver
Explodes in the still water
Gills flared, head shaking

Mysterious still
Elusive shiny silver
Gills in the mangroves

Long large bright silver
Shimmering and montionless
On the mangrove edge

Bursting forth from the
still waters, shimmering silver
Flared gills, head shaking

Comment on Haiku Contest by John McMinn

John McMinn — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:40:09 +0000

Hey Guys,

Here’s three more -

Suspended blackness,
Mysteriosa missile,
Vanishes ‘neath my fly.

Headlights on gravel,
Grimm’s crab pots, bamboo,
Portend adventure.

Wing tips slice water,
With white stars on your black back,
Who’d guess you can fly?

John

Comment on Haiku Contest by Joe McMinn

Joe McMinn — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:01:25 +0000

If the judging has begun please disregard this entry. This is for my dad again.

Waiting for a meal,
An incandescent shimmer,
Tails the fleeting fly

-Joe