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Things my fly line has caught on !

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#1 ·
Trolling motor , front cleat when I don’t put it down , rear platform , front platform , my big toe , push pole , push pole holder , grab rail , fully wrapped around fuel tank , my big toe , cooler latch , other rod in rod holder , tiller extension, front winch point , that entails every item on my skiff ... feel free to add more to this frustrating list have fun ,let it fly ! Pun intended .
 
#11 ·
Trim tabs are tough to clear. Wrapped mine around outboard propeller, trolling motor prop, trolling motor head, my head, my feet, my buddy, my tackle box, tree limbs, my own rod, reel, the line has caught up in itself, welded rod holders on poling platform, oysters (ruined the fly line), tall weeds, short sticker burr weeds, and the list goes on.
 
#16 · (Edited)
Love this! The 3 worse for me when I was fishing someone is they got it caught on the TM prop several times, trim tab and on the prop.


For non-flyline mishaps, the worst thing that ever happened to me is back about 20+ years ago I was fishing a guy from TX that was a bass guide and a conventional fisherman. He insisted he wanted to catch a giant tarpon by any means possible. Back then, we had a no-moon night and the giants were eating in Boca Grande Pass at night. We were in the flats boat but the weather was rough and sporty in that pass, with 4ft peaks on the waves at times with a 30mph wind and a hill tide blowing all the water from Charlotte Harbor out that pass. So winds and waves were colliding in the pass. Probably the roughest I've ever experience there in all the years I've fished it.

He insisted he was going to use his rod he bought to giant tarpon fish the TX coast, which had about 400yrds of 130lb test Spiderwire spun up on it (apparently, he didn't want to loose a fish). We were drifting baseball bat size ladyfish thru the pass and actually hooked a few good ones, including he had a monster that I estimated went about 180lbs up right near the boat and it straighten out a heavy Owner hook before I could grab the leader. So I re-rigged him and set off to start another drift.

So here's the fun part.... The wind started howling (maybe 35mph+) and the tide was ripping so fast, that it spun the boat around to the side and we were taking some water over the gunnel. I told him to reel in and I'll put the motor in gear and spin the boat back in place and told him this was the last drift. So as I had the OB in neutral, I watched to make sure he had the bait reeled in, then I goosed the 200 VMax and starting doing a long turn to nose the boat into the wind. What I DIDN'T realized, is he hit his free spool and that 130lb test braid started spinning around the prop so much and so tightly, that it locked up that big outboard and shut us down (maybe 50yrds of it). Meanwhile, the tide was blowing us out to sea in pitch dark blindness, in one of the nastiest passes and in the nastiest conditions ever, on a low profile 20ft flats boat. He insisted that I didn't "cut" his "expensive" Spiderwire. And so, I spent the next 15 mins hanging over the outboard, in pitch black darkness while the raised motor was bouncing up and back underwater while I was hanging over the back of the motor, being dunked head first (in giant shark waters I might add) trying to unwrap his precious line from around the prop. (it almost felt like I was riding a bull backwards and upside down being dunked in a tank of water each time his rear legs hit the ground!)! :confused: Finally, I reach back by the center console, grabbed the filet knife, looked at him with "that look..... :mad:" and proceed to cut that shitzzit off the prop.

People who know me knows that I'm a very easy going guy, intense fisherman, but relaxed. But THAT day was "one of those days" and I don't think I said another word to him after that.

Ted Haas
 
#17 ·
Ok, where was I....

That curly TM cord! :mad:
The older TM's pull cord...
Cooler handles.
Fishing pole holders on the side of the center console.
Steering arm on the outboard.
I had a pair of Nikes that I like that had built in grooves where the flyline would get stuck up in those cracks. :mad:
The strap buckles on the Crocs that the guy next to me is wearing! People, Crocs went out of fashion about 10yrs ago! Do wear them or all your dignity will leak out of the holes!
Freakin GPS on the console! :confused:
All that cable shizzit down in the outboard well! :eek:
Rod guides, reel seat, my freakin hand.... How'd that crap get wrapped around my legs! :confused:

You ever do the fly line dance on the front deck of the boat and wonder why your non-fly fishing buddy gave you that look? ;)
 
#27 ·
One of my scarier hangups was early on in my fly fishing adventure when my line, or more specifically my fly, got caught in some bushes on a poor backcast. Pretty benign in and of itself aside from the fact that said bushes were on the other side of 41 and there were, of course, cars coming. Not much to do at that point but let the line get run over and pray it didn't get caught up in the tread of the tires passing over it. Thankfully we got lucky and the cars passed right over without picking it up. Didn't breathe for a minute there.
 
#30 ·
My size 15 feet,belt buckle, Pelican cooler, trolling motor tiller handle, trolling motor curly wire, pocket knife clip, hatch lock, my big feet, once around a beer I had in the platform cup holder, a dog, tiller handle, lean post rod holder, prop(that was ugly) pole holder, my watch, I think that’s it...
 
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