Cats on the fly

[Stu Thompson 0]

Had a great evening with a couple of friends. I landed 5 Cats from 34-37 inches and Derek and Brock, brothers, landed 8 fish between them. Of course I didn't get pictures of myself but I did get a couple of the boys landing some nice fish up to 38 inches.

[skeet3t 0]

What flies were you using? Those are some big cats!

[Mark Knapp 0]

Never caught a cat on a fly, I did catch my Labrador once. 😁 Nice fish

[Stu Thompson 0]

Pattern was a tan DDH Minnow. Great all around fly for just about anything. That Lab must have been on heck of a fight!!!!

[Mark Knapp 0]

1 hour ago, Stu Thompson said:

Pattern was a tan DDH Minnow. Great all around fly for just about anything. That Lab must have been on heck of a fight!!!!

Yep, the Lab was catch and release. Did you get to eat any of the cats,? Are they as tasty as the smaller ones we eat? I'm going to look up that fly, I can always use another good minnow. Thanks. M

[feathers5 0]

I love eating catfish. To catch them that big would be awesome on a fly rod.

[skeet3t 0]

I like catfish to but don't eat anything out of the rivers here in Tennessee. Too many chemical advisories. There are other places.

[Mark Knapp 0]

21 minutes ago, skeet3t said:

I like catfish to but don't eat anything out of the rivers here in Tennessee. Too many chemical advisories. There are other places.

Sorry about that, maybe they can be cleaned up.

[skeet3t 0]

13 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

Sorry about that, maybe they can be cleaned up.

The chemicals have been accumulating for decades. Here is the guide. Scroll down to page 51.

https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/21TNFW-LR.pdf

 

[Noahguide 0]

See our discussion here:

 

[Poopdeck 0]

Yep, big fatty river catfish are toxic. Advisory’s against eating them out of the Delaware river. You can eat the small short lived fish that don’t call the bottom home but one should stay away from fat bottom dwellers on any industrialized river 

[Stu Thompson 0]

Yep agree with everything you guys say about big Cats. But I hate to say this but on the Red River (in Manitoba) I have only caught 3 Cats that were 20 inches or smaller. Every thing else has been 30 or above. Just lucky to live in the home of big Cats.

[richmce 0]

how is the book progressing .  ? nice big cats

[Steeldrifter 0]

That had to be a blast on the fly rod

[Stu Thompson 0]

Just waiting for my final proof copy to come. It should be here this week. Once I go through that then it's publication time. Shouldn't be to much longer.