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    « Fly Fishing Jam #1 | Main | Steelhead recovering through Hood Canal program »
    Wednesday
    27May2009

    Bowfin are also called dogfish, mudfish, brindle and WTF is that thing?

     

    The Fish Dog sent us this disapatch and picture of fellow guide Karl Wiexelmann with a bowfin buck in full spawning mode.

    Karl is an Erie, PA, based fly fishing guide, all walk & wade- Scott Pro, Patagonia user. Steelhead 9 months of the year, with warm water in May, June, July. Has a very interesting program of fly fishing for bowfin. The males get a bright lime green coloration on their fins during spawning. They look like something out of Jurassic Park and you can get them to eat a fly.

    Reader Comments (3)

    Thats bad ass! I haven't seen on colored like that before. I live in Dallas, and all my family lives near the Neches and Sabine rivers. I have seen these guys while bass fishing in Kickapoo creek, but have never caught one on the fly. We call them cypress trout down here, or Grinnell...

    Cheers

    May 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJonathan

    I tired my best to catch one of these on the fly on the Roanoke River during the Striper run but failed. Caught a ton on bait with the green fins but no luck on the fly.

    May 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMurdock

    Nice fish, but Wiexelmann is a douche. He is a guide for donny b and the spring ridge club. He has yelled at me before too, telling me to get off posted steelhead water (which I had written permission to fish).

    May 28, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMike

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