With all the self-control I could muster, and knowing that the very next cast with the Popsicle could result in a strike, I clipped off the fly and knotted on a Pink Pollywog.
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The band's 2008 children's album, " Snacktime ! " features Creeggan co-writes " Louis Loon " and " Pollywog In A Bog ", the latter of which he sang.
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An hour later, I slogged through a wet field of sphagnum moss, armed with an 8-weight fly-rod and a fly box filled with assorted silver salmon flies, including a generous supply of Pink Pollywogs.
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But to silver ( coho ) salmon, the West Coast cousins of the Atlantic salmon, a Pollywog unceremoniously splattered down and chugged across a pool has the same effect as a home run hit into crowded bleachers at Yankee Stadium.
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After landing a dozen salmon up to 15 pounds, I actually began feeling twinges of relief when a fish would throw the fly prematurely, knowing I wouldn't have to wrestle the Pollywog from another angry silver's jaws.
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As late as World War II, the line-crossing ceremony was still rather rough and involved activities such as the " Devil's Tongue ", which was an electrified piece of metal poked into the sides of those deemed pollywogs.
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The two-day event ( evening and day ) is a ritual in which previously inducted crew members ( Trusty Shellbacks ) are organized into a " Court of Neptune " to induct the Slimy Pollywogs into " the mysteries of the Deep ".
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Perhaps the world's ugliest salmon dry fly, the Pollywog is tied on a bass-bug hook with gobs of fuchsia marabou for a tail, followed by clumps of similarly colored deer hair spun and clipped to a pot-bellied shape.
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In the 19th century and earlier, the line-crossing ceremony was quite a brutal event, often involving beating pollywogs with boards and wet ropes and sometimes throwing the victims over the side of the ship, dragging the pollywog in the surf from the stern.
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In the 19th century and earlier, the line-crossing ceremony was quite a brutal event, often involving beating pollywogs with boards and wet ropes and sometimes throwing the victims over the side of the ship, dragging the pollywog in the surf from the stern.
