Comments on: The hoary spectre of precise imitation rattles its chains

By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter

A. Wannabe Travelwriter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:18:31 +0000

I have caught zero Shad on every bait I have tried. Maybe the dog poo will work.

And next weekend you won’t have to buy the artificial stuff – you’ll be swimming in the real McCoy.

By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:27:15 +0000

The dining habits of us colonials have been well documented in the Hall of Shame.. Fly 3000 miles to France and the first thing we try is a “Royale with Cheese” (Big Mac) – and only then do we think about the local fare.

I figure the Shad are doing the same thing – they slam the first thing that looks like Ronald McDonald cooked it – and after a painful tussle (or two) decide the local chow might be less arduous.

By: oatka

oatka — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:47:01 +0000

First, yesterday you write about bead chain, something I’ve been looking for. Second, today, you write about how a fly that looks nothing like a natural anything i still being eaten by fish….something I was just talking about for the last 2 days. Someone was looking at one of my orange and green foam predators and said it doesn’t look like anything normally found in a pond. I got thinking, it looks close enough to be edible. Then I likened it to my fat self. When I walk up to a buffet of fine crafted foods, I might see something that doesn’t look like anything I’ve tried before, but there it is, on a buffet table, so it must be food, and it looks close enough. Fortunately for me, I’ve never been surprised by a hidden hook in any of my adventures. A foam predator looks close enough, and it’s on the fishes buffet table, so BAM, fish on!