"So first thing this morning I hop into the ford ready to do battle, I mean work for the company, my fly rod which is 9 feet long is poking over the front seat, so I hop in and feel a sting in my ear, look in the rear view mirror and have hooked my ear on the fish hook on the end of the pole....
....after a few seconds of reflection to plan my escape, I tugged gently, nope, she's a-holding on...wiggle the hook, no escape, finally I took the old military mantra and put it into effect, " A wrong action is better than no action at all"... and popped the hook out of my ear, along with a chunk of Me, and drove into work holding a hunting glove to my ear to staunch the blood flow...now I kinda know how the fish feels!..."
Ouch! It looks like that hurt. :sad3: I once hooked myself in a finger with a small, barbed hook. I couldn't get it out backwards, so I snipped it off below the eye and drove it through with a pair of needle nose pliers. It hurt a bit, but not as much as I expected. :puke:
Pat
Damn thing was stuck right in the cartilage, she didn't give up the ghost easily ha ha :whew:
It was a Muddler Minnow streamer.
Muddler Minnows tended to catch big ones!
It Did that day :alscalls:
When I was a kid and started fly fishing the only fly I used for the first two years was a muddler minnow. And I got plenty of fish on it. :yoyo:
I was at a public boat ramp one evening and a guy hooked himself in the back of the head with a big green hula popper. He came over and said can you give me a hand with this, I looked at that thing buried in the back of his head, treble hooks everywhere, I said I'm going to cut the line for you then you need to head to the emergency room buddy.
I was fishing with a buddy and hooked myself in back of the shoulder. Told buddy to cut it out ad when I looked back at him he had my knife and two closed eyes :doh2: . I took the knife away and just jerked the little fly out.
I was fly fishing a beaver pond once with a tiny little white dry fly and my younger brother kept getting behind me in the way I told him about five times not to stand behind me.
I started casting one time and I heard him yelp and my fly had got him right in the upper lip and drew blood but it did not hook him. He got the hint and finally moved.
Quote from: pitw on June 01, 2026, 01:20:40 PMI was fishing with a buddy and hooked myself in back of the shoulder. Told buddy to cut it out ad when I looked back at him he had my knife and two closed eyes :doh2: . I took the knife away and just jerked the little fly out.
Barry was about to lose an entire arm :eyebrownod:
Nasty, next time get us a photo with the earring in. We promise not to laugh :sneer:
This is an earring free zone thank you Mr. Champion!.