| The art of fly catching was just brought to the | | | | through a swarm of flies and inhaled a large number |
| attention of the American public by Obama's show of | | | | of them. I was coughing up flies for a long time. And |
| force in the Oval Office when he killed a fly during a | | | | then there was all the stories about flies leaving larva |
| news interview. | | | | in peoples heads and causing sores, gross! |
| I have had a note on my desk for several months | | | | It is hard to believe the things that we become |
| about doing an article on how to catch a fly, but | | | | preoccupied with. I have always been impressed with |
| have put it off as being too trivial. But now with all | | | | the person who could nail a bug at ten feet with a |
| the attention and concern over the killing of bugs, I | | | | knife or rubber band, but again there is always the |
| believe that it is time everyone found out how to | | | | mess to clean up or worse yet the hole in the wall to |
| properly catch a fly. | | | | patch. |
| I have been catching flies most of my life and | | | | So Obama has the right ideal, but he needs to |
| releasing them back into the outdoors. Not because I | | | | improve his technique in order to avoid upsetting |
| care about the fly but because I don't care for the | | | | Peta and getting blood on his hands. |
| mess they cause when you smash them. Even a fly | | | | What everyone needs to know about flies: |
| swatter leaves that bloody mark on the wall! | | | | Flies always began their flight by taking off |
| My dad used to catch flies and use the larva for fish | | | | backwards. Knowing this fact makes it easy to catch |
| bait. He would place two buckets in the woods, one | | | | or kill flies. Fly swatters should have this information |
| with scraps of fish remains, tilted at a 45 degree | | | | printer on the instructions on how to use. If you |
| angle and the other up right under the lip of the tilted | | | | approach the fly from the back and about two |
| bucket. As the maggots would get their fill they | | | | inches high, with your palm open then close your |
| would climb up the edge of the bucket and drop into | | | | hand about one inch before reaching the fly, it will fly |
| the waiting container. Dad would then collect the fish | | | | right into your fist every time. You may wonder if |
| bait, bag them and place them in the freezer for | | | | you have him, but don't be tempted to look until you |
| future use. He fished for a living for a while on a lake | | | | are ready to release him. |
| in Florida, and baited the fish lines with soap, maggots | | | | I have impressed many with my art of catching flies |
| and anything else catfish loved to eat. | | | | and they never believe that you have actually caught |
| While in the service, I learned the art of catching flies. | | | | it until you open your hand and it flies off. |
| At first I caught them the hard way, out on | | | | To kill a fly, approach the fly with the swatter from |
| maneuvers in Germany while breathing hard, I ran | | | | the back and you will get him every time. |