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Catching 36" plus Northern Pike on a fly rod is fun too. I caught many that size and larger when I was stationed at CFB Bagotville Quebec.

jsburger wrote:Catching 36" plus Northern Pike on a fly rod is fun too. I caught many that size and larger when I was stationed at CFB Bagotville Quebec.

John not to sound like a bogart, caught many also, in Ontario, on ultra light spinning gear and heavier, its all about the drag setting for line test strength. They make some pretty heavy duty Fly Tackle for Salt water fish, Tarpon and such. I guess what I am saying nicely, it is not about which type of tackle, but the size of the tackle.

ERLover wrote:

jsburger wrote:Catching 36" plus Northern Pike on a fly rod is fun too. I caught many that size and larger when I was stationed at CFB Bagotville Quebec.

John not to sound like a bogart, caught many also, in Ontario, on ultra light spinning gear and heavier, its all about the drag setting for line test strength. They make some pretty heavy duty Fly Tackle for Salt water fish, Tarpon and such. I guess what I am saying nicely, it is not about which type of tackle, but the size of the tackle.

Of course but most people don't do it that way. That was my point. No body in Quebec used a fly rod to catch Pike at that time (80's). Probably don't to this day. My dad decided one day he was going to figure out how to catch Pike on a fly rod and he did. We had as much or more success as anyone in our circle of friends. I caught my first Tarpon on a fly rod on Sanibel Island off Ft. Myers, FL as a kid in the late 50's. That was before anyone knew about Sanibel and long before the bridge. It was a ferry ride back then. My dad was a fly fisherman from the word go. He and his buddies used to catch Striped Bass in Rhode Island in the late 40's and early 50's on a fly rod before most people knew what Striped Bass were. They used to fish the tide and the moon because that is when the Stripers run. Most of the time it was at night and they would fish all night and then go to work in the morning. I remember him telling my mom one time that he wished he didn't have to go fishing tonight. Tarpon, Mackerel, Barracuda, Alligator Gar, Bone fish, he caught them all and many more on a fly rod.

jsburger wrote:

ERLover wrote:

jsburger wrote:Catching 36" plus Northern Pike on a fly rod is fun too. I caught many that size and larger when I was stationed at CFB Bagotville Quebec.

John not to sound like a bogart, caught many also, in Ontario, on ultra light spinning gear and heavier, its all about the drag setting for line test strength. They make some pretty heavy duty Fly Tackle for Salt water fish, Tarpon and such. I guess what I am saying nicely, it is not about which type of tackle, but the size of the tackle.

Of course but most people don't do it that way. That was my point. No body in Quebec used a fly rod to catch Pike at that time (80's). Probably don't to this day. My dad decided one day he was going to figure out how to catch Pike on a fly rod and he did. We had as much or more success as anyone in our circle of friends. I caught my first Tarpon on a fly rod on Sanibel Island off Ft. Myers, FL as a kid in the late 50's. That was before anyone knew about Sanibel and long before the bridge. It was a ferry ride back then. My dad was a fly fisherman from the word go. He and his buddies used to catch Striped Bass in Rhode Island in the late 40's and early 50's on a fly rod before most people knew what Striped Bass were. They used to fish the tide and the moon because that is when the Stripers run. Most of the time it was at night and they would fish all night and then go to work in the morning. I remember him telling my mom one time that he wished he didn't have to go fishing tonight. Tarpon, Mackerel, Barracuda, Alligator Gar, Bone fish, he caught them all and many more on a fly rod.

Nice bit of history, spent some time on Sanibel and Captiva IS in the 80s, bridge now, and no left turns during Early Bird hours on the main road into restaurants!!!

Captiva was an empty island in the 50's. No way to get there unless you had your own boat. You could drive to the end of Sanibel and look across the inlet and see Captiva. That was it, there was nothing there.

My parents were shell collectors at that time. Sanibel was touted as one of the best places to collect shells because much of it's gulf side shore line ran East and West. We found many shells that were rare at that time and can't be found anywhere today. There was one store on Tarpon Bay. Dad and I used to wade out on Tarpon Bay and fly fish. We used to stay in a small cabin under the palm trees on the beach on the gulf side.

jsburger wrote:Captiva was an empty island in the 50's. No way to get there unless you had your own boat. You could drive to the end of Sanibel and look across the inlet and see Captiva. That was it, there was nothing there.

My parents were shell collectors at that time. Sanibel was touted as one of the best places to collect shells because much of it's gulf side shore line ran East and West. We found many shells that were rare at that time and can't be found anywhere today. There was one store on Tarpon Bay. Dad and I used to wade out on Tarpon Bay and fly fish. We used to stay in a small cabin under the palm trees on the beach on the gulf side.

The days B4 Realistate Developers and the Causeway bridges, bet the bridges came first, or in bed together.
Classic again tonight Pulp Fiction, dont tell Skou

I just got word that one of my supervisors from work past back in February. He was quite the engineer and a excellent manager.

It is interesting that I'm now seeing these posts on Sanibel Island because he had purchased property there very early on and when he sold it just before retiring he was quite pleased with the investment. He never said how much he made but it was a bundle.

Of course that was one of his favorite topic, every time a storm came in, and of course nice when it was nice. I never got there but I did see pictures of mostly beaches.

I personally have never been in FL. Been in all the states in that area but never got the opportunity and it is not on my bucket list so don't think it will happen.

Ed

Snack time in the forest.

Yesterday's walk included me getting my fill of black berries. Must be a record crop around here, bushes are just filled with berries. Hope to go back on Sunday and partake of a few more before they are gone.
Ed

Yum! Blackberry cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Thanks for the memory trigger.

Steve, the old swampgator

Sitting on my patio and the sun is now down behind the hill and it's cooling off nicely. The birds are starting to make a lot of noise and there must be at least 15 different whistles going on right now. Quite the racket.