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jagori	PRELUDE: "Hissing" Glass	Lead	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 207 (05/11/08 05:47:37) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Last weekend saw me on an outing to a mini water reservoir. We camped there - and I managed to do some night fly fishing. Different experience nevertheless a pleasant one; when you only guided by the splashes made by the fish - "sound-casting" not "sight-fishing"... Hooked this "Striated Snakehead", which we called "Haruan" in native tounge (comes exclusive with mating scars) - our only company for the night. Me & Al are going to a major trip end of this month to target its gigantic cousins on glass - aptly named "Giant Snakehead" or "Toman". Hence the prelude. Hopefully we'll get some good catches to make up a decent report here... __________ [ r i k i ]
Cornmuse		#1	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 478 (05/11/08 07:06:26) Master Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Nice choice of glass and reel - great pics! Those look like they're a mean fish. They look something like a bowfin.... Joe C "Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau Visit www.flyfishohio.com for great fly fishing and fly tying articles, the "Adventures in Fly Tying" monthly video podcast and the "Adventures in Fly Fishing" monthly audio podcast. The Midwest isn't a place you fly over to get to good fishing - it's right here in our own backyards. Think globally - fish locally. Last Edited By: Cornmuse 05/11/08 16:31:08. Edited 1 times.
cofisher		#2	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 665 (05/11/08 13:30:05) Master Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I always look forward to your posts Riki. Seeing what you are catching there is a lesson for all of us. Thanks.
Cameron		#3	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1819 (05/11/08 16:33:37) Moderator and Chat Room Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	riki...excellent post...and another fish that scares me from Malaysia! HA... Like others here...I enjoy your posts as well for the education in new fishes that I would have never expected to take a fly.
jagori		#4	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 208 (05/12/08 05:27:08) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I tried looking up Bowfin after Joe C. mentioned it - this bugger is huge...! Wonder why no report on them ever appear here. Can it be taken on fly? It looks ferocious (more than our Haruan), I'm sure it'll readily attack any Bass Bugs that crosses its nostrils. And Cam - Haruan is a very dormant species. No attack on human has ever been recorded. But I wont say the same thing about the Toman - the same reason why we don't use floater around here. Anyway, thanks for the kind words, people... __________ [ r i k i ]
kimosabe131	Toman	#5	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 329 (05/12/08 06:31:21) Master Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	hi Riki, nice haruan! I bet they love a katak imitation :-) Can't wait to see a picture of a toman on glass!!!
jkurtz7		#6	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 179 (05/12/08 06:44:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Riki, Great post. We do have some snakeheads in certain areas here in the States, people would buy them as pets and then release them into the wild where in some waterways they have managed to reproduce. We are supposed to kill them if we catch them and report it to the proper authorities. There are Bowfin in my area, but folks don't seem to catch them that often and they are considered rare. I met a gentleman once that fished for them pretty much exclusively and he told me that he only catches a few a year. I've never heard of one taken on a fly, only live minnows. J.
evanslmtd		#7	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 219 (05/12/08 07:08:44) Sport Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Riki Great post and photos! Cornmuse & jkurtz7 They do look a lot like Bowfin don't they? We catch a few Bowfin/Mudfish on fly every now and then. They'll take a Clouser if you drop it right in front of them. They are a damn strong pulling fish with lots of teeth. So.......one doesn't catch a lot of them per fly. And.....whatever you do, don't try and lip one....don't ask me how I know this! (LOL) Time is precious. Waste it wisely! Barry
jagori		#8	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 209 (05/13/08 06:04:31) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	J., I heard about that snakehead invasion in US a couple years back or so. I heard it was terrifying. How is it doing nowadays...? I wished I was there to help you guys relocate / eradicate the Northern Snakeheads... __________ [ r i k i ]
jagori		#9	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 210 (05/13/08 06:06:04) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Kimo, Katak-imitation sure is irresistible. Then again - the tying part is the worst. So have to settle with simple gurglers & bugs... ;) Wish us luck on the Tomans... ;) *Katak = frog __________ [ r i k i ] Last Edited By: jagori 05/13/08 06:11:03. Edited 1 times.
jagori		#10	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 211 (05/13/08 06:09:53) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Barry, It'd be great to have a photo of Bowfin-on-fly in this thread. That's gonna be refreshing. Although I still can't get enough of those beautiful Gills just yet... __________ [ r i k i ]
jkurtz7		#11	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 186 (05/13/08 06:52:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Riki, I guess that the Snakehead problem is getting bad in some areas of the States. Once you have a breeding population in the wild, what can one really do about it. They seem to spread like wildfire. http://www.nbc10.com/news/5089075/detail.html J.
jagori		#12	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 212 (05/13/08 17:50:46) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tell me about it! We have the same problems with Peacock Bass / Butterfly Pavon. Latest rate is that this species dominates all still waters area in one whole state. And the depletion of our native species in these particular still waters is going at a really alarming rate. But there's nothing we can do to get rid of it... nothing. The good thing is (relative to your Snakeheads) that they do not harm or eat human. Secondly, they're sooooooooo partial to red & white Clousers. Real fun on glass... __________ [ r i k i ]
evanslmtd		#13	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 228 (05/13/08 18:01:14) Sport Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Riki Next time I catch a "Bowfin/Mudfish on fly I'll get you some photos. The Pavon's/Peacock's are a great fly rod fish. I used to catch a lot of them in the Canals in South Dade County when I lived in Florida. The State released Peacocks to help control a lot of the other tropical aquarium fish that had started to establish themselves in the canals in South Florida. Time is precious. Waste it wisely! Barry
Cornmuse		#14	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 482 (05/13/08 18:31:19) Master Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A small bowfin, the first I ever caught actually. I thought it was a fair sized musky until I got it close, which took a lot longer and was a lot harder than it's been with any other fish I've hooked. That's a six weight rod (Orvis Silver Label 906-4 graphite in a useful 'midflex' format) and this fish took below a dam in some slow water - ate a streamer on 6lb tippet with no bite guard. I was lucky and hooked the fish in the corner of the mouth. Tough, tough, tough these are.... Joe C. "Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau Visit www.flyfishohio.com for great fly fishing and fly tying articles, the "Adventures in Fly Tying" monthly video podcast and the "Adventures in Fly Fishing" monthly audio podcast. The Midwest isn't a place you fly over to get to good fishing - it's right here in our own backyards. Think globally - fish locally. Last Edited By: Cornmuse 05/13/08 18:50:09. Edited 1 times.
ribs1		#15	[-]
Guide Posts: 52 (05/13/08 20:46:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've got one little spot where I target bowfin. Seems like there are always 2-3 of them there. I really like to catch these fish. The take off like small fresh water tarpon. Buy the way, very nice post Jagori. I love the exotic pictures. Thanks
yuhina		#16	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 809 (05/14/08 01:13:28) Master Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	nice report! Riki... I bet they are hard hitting fish and must be some of the eating machine! : ) www.yuhina.blogspot.com
jagori		#17	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 213 (05/14/08 18:04:17) Guide Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Evan & Ribs1, Please do post Bowfin pics. I want to also know & learn the vast variety of the American species... Joe. C, Is that u in the pic? Any other way, that is a beautiful catch... Yuhina, Thanks for the praises. This is an eating machine - particularly now when they're voraciously mating & later spawning... __________ [ r i k i ]

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