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Thanks Steve. Cool fly, I'll be tying a few up for the pond bucketmouths and crappie.

If you've ever used the float & fly technique on spinning gear you'll know that big bass will hit small profile minnow patterns/jigs in cold water if suspended at the right depth.

I've thought of...

Wow. That's awesome, what a nice variety of species and REAL nice examples of each. 3 pounder on a 2 wt., that must have taken patience to get it to hand.

I've found that to be true also. I had great luck a couple of seasons ago with some small clousers, say a 6 or 8 (I've tied a lot of flies but don't really get into classifications on sizes all too...

Nice stuff. Thanks for all the responses.

mohawkriverdan: Now there is a bass fly if there ever was one. Have you posted that recipe & pic over at Flytyingforum.com? I'm sure they'd like to have...

So anyone else have any thoughts of chasing smallies this coming season?

Beuller? Beuller? Beuller?

That's especially true for those in the southeast. I drove down to FLA last fall and it was terrible how dry it was. KY was in a drought condition but we've caught up and then some.

That said, my...

This coming year of chasing smallies I think I'm going to go oldschool and use some nymph/wets rigs. That thread on Czech nymphing for bass got the wheels turning and I really enjoy nymph fishing to...

Can't be much help as to why but I've caught smallies that were darn near black and others that were very, very pale. On the same creek. I'm not sure if it is contributed to by environmental reasons,...

I've seen his flies over at Flytyingforum and from what I've seen I'm sure they are some very nice flies.

Oh man...here comes the snow. This makes it even harder.

Oh, I forgot and Joe mentioned it: Forget Safari. Go Firefox. Regardless of PC or Mac.

I'm an avid Mac guy so I'm biased. At work what software will you be using? If it's mainly Microsoft Office apps. then I would not hesitate to get a new Mac laptop. You can start up in a Windows OS...

Wow. Actual fishing this time of year. Thanks for the story.

That's pretty disgusting. I never imagined something like that happens. Thanks for the info.

That's a shame, man I love sushi...more mackerel then tuna but I'll bet it's all got some mercury in it if the tuna does.

Definitely contact the EPA. Polluting the waters of the United States is a major issue to them and trust me, they will not take it lightly if it's a municipal water company. If this has happened...

Like others have said, I tie my own flies and often the most productive is a fly that has been torn to shreds. So I don't think an fly has to be front-page-of-Umpqua pretty to catch fish at all.

I'd never heard of Ward's site until now. Thanks for the link, that's a lot of great info & resource.

America still "could" manufacture anything that anyone wanted but one major reason we don't and can't and why jobs are going overseas is that our labor costs are so high american manufacturers can't...

I forgot about Hatches but then again it's not a typical, off the rack, fly fishing mag. The guys over at Flytyingforum.com started it and it is primarily a tying magazine, the site covers all...

I'm right handed but for some reason I make nice casts with my left hand. I get more loading and more precision so I'd say take a few practices and see how she goes. Like my buddy says, "You don't...

I've done both & have basically decided to go with the knotless, tapered leaders. I've tried several leader formulas when I made them and I just don't see a significant improvement from one to the...

If you were selling I hope it went well for you and I guess it's pretty cool to get a pic with Dave.

Do you know if the attendence met expectations?

I've got a Pamlico 100 with the adjustable padded seat, otherwise there's no way I'd sit in a yak for hours on end without feeling like I'd been kicked in the kidneys.

I'm typically on moving...