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All Just simply about FishingHalloween Fly Fishing - The Ultimate Bite
by:
Richard Chapo
Hallowe'en
and fly fishing may seem like an odd mix, but not for true anglers. Yep, I’m talking simply about the ultimate test of your abilities and nerve.
Dracula’s River
Okay, everyone knows the story of Count Dracula. The book is large and has been turned into more than a few scarey movies. The one the frightened me the most was the recent edition in which Keanu Reaves unsuccessful
to speak with an English accent. Truly scary. Anyway, the exciting thing simply about Dracula is that it is based on a real person.
Vlad the Impaler was a nasty man by any definition. By Vlad, I mean the Romanian Prince, not the Angels outfielder that blasts house runs…except in the playoffs to my dismay. With a nickname like “Impaler”, I shouldn’t have to recite his resume, but wish mention that he had a thing for long sticks with one end buried in the ground and the else end sharpened to a point. It was really wise to stay on his nice side - “Vlad, did you lose several weight?” and so on.
Vlad subordinate
Balkan state during his reign and was such an enthusiast for impaling that those in the lumber business look back upon him with sighs of happiness. As anyone knows from the book, Vlad had his house office at Bran Castle in the Carpathian Mountains though he maintained branch offices in London. In fact, the castle stands now and you can spend your hard attained
traveller
money strolling simply about the grounds, purchasing fake fangs, garlic and so on. What isn’t wide
known, of course, is Bran Castle was ne'er
the house of Vlad, who apparently didn’t care for the too
religious décor and garlic garden in the backyard.
The true house of Vlad the Impaler is Dracula Castle, which sits on the Arges River. The castle is not a hot traveller
destination. Mayhap this is because the only things left are a few stones projecting out of the ground. Nonetheless, below the castle runs the Arges River.
Better-known in antiquity as the Ordessus, this is the spot wherever
Vlad did several of his top-notch impaling and purportedly
tied a unique fly or two. Even as after all these years, the fish remain influenced and it takes a brave angler to hit the spot.
Body armor, garlic and a shield are not typical instrumentality for fly fishing. If you’re going to fish with Vlad, however, each is a must. The fish are odd. The locals with missing fingers and hands wish fill you in. The “Impaler Pike” is better-known to react to being hooked by fast
towards the angler and bound from the water in the direction of one’s nether region. The Arges Cutthroat, of course, of necessity
no description, but the Big Macks emphatically give rise to the need for garlic. Finally, the Vlad Muskie can be caught, but an older gentlemen with only one ear recommended this isn’t necessarily a nice thing. All and all, one doesn’t so more catch a fish below Vlad’s castle as survive the experience.
You may be questioning simply about the better flies to use in such circumstances. The old stand by Woolly Bugger? Mayhap a Clauser’s Minnow? Nope. According to locals, simply nip a finger, rub the blood on a hook and off you go!
Happy Hallowe'en
From Roamer Journals!
By the way, you actually can fly fish on the Arges below Vlad’s true castle. No armor needed, but garlic keeps the mosquitoes off.
Little blood suckers.
Rick Chapo is with Nomad Writing Journals. Fly fishing journals are the perfect fly fishing gifts for fly fishing trips and fly fishing vacations. Visit NomadJournalTrips.com for more fly fishing articles and stories.
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