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Heck no. The fish will keep coming. Coho are charging in. Summer steelhead still on the way. The summer run overlaps with the winter fish. I don't even remember ice in the guides for the last 3...

For those kind of flows, I would guess a T-300 or T-400. The mini tip will not get down in those kind of flows, and the T-200 will be a little light. I would get the T-300, which would give the most...

Fly organization is a problem. I started out with different wheatley boxes, 1 for nymphs, one for wets, one for spey flies, etc.

Then I sat down and made a list of flies that I will use and will...

I have used the Teeny lines quite a bit. I have the mini-tip, and the T-200 through T-500, and the chuck-and-duck, plus the longshot.

What line you use is very dependant on the water you will...

Its great though. Sometimes (at least I do) we tend to concentrate on the fly, rather than what we are actually imitating. I don't go for realistic tying, but I think profile, size and color are...

Read one of your favorite fly tying books, or just page through them. You will often find a fly you forgot about that will get you motivated to tie.


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Excellent. I scored ok, but I am constantly looking at reference books to help my color/profile selections when tying. I got about 75% I think. This is a great little reference.

I missed the...

Pierce Riffle in October.

http://webpages.charter.net/dfenstemaker/pierce_riffle.JPG

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Trout that large are rare, unless you fish in certain lakes or rivers. Read Taylor's "Big Trout" book for specifics. Based on normal growth charts, a 18.5 inch rainbow is 7 years old and a 22 inch...

One thing that I do because I tend to tie a broad range of pattern's is to create a note book with specific's about the fly that I can refer to the next time I tie it. Its helps prevent those "trial...

Jack,

I bought the thread rack at a sewing shop. I got the idea from an Al Campbell article I think. It is pretty handy. If I don't have my thread out, I forget what I have.


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Jim,

That is a pretty nice setup you have. I did not notice it before. Myself, I do not have the woodworking skills or tools.

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I never ask for fishing tips, what is working, etc. It is probably just me, but fly fishing to me seems more like an art than a science. I will talk to other anglers just to talk, or if someone asks...

I ended up using a butcher block kitchen table as the worktop, and then an Oasis bench and a thread rack.

http://webpages.charter.net/dfenstemaker/tie_table.jpg

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Bob, I just looked at your flies. Kind off topic, but they are amazing looking.



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I had to comment on the the Fly Rod and Reel Magazine article.

Ashland, Oregon is one of the towns, 30 miles south of me. I think the median home price is about $450,000 not $140,000. If they just...

bartleby,

I used 4 strand red floss. It has silver mylar underneath which gives it a sheen when it is wet. It was kind of a copy of the "Butcher" from "Forgotten Flies", but with a grizzly hackle...

My latest fly is in the Winter 2005 issue. page 99, next to last row, 2nd fly.

I mailed my Mayfly nymph for the next one. Summer 2006 is mayfly emegers, my best.

My neighbor next door has a...

Thanks for the info, its appreciated.

I found a web site with a guy who wrote a book on the area, and has a web site. There is a picture of Steele's farmhouse, and the path has many memorys of...

I will often pack a trash bag, and pick up as I walk home. Its a small thing. but every bit helps.

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For me, It depends.

If nothing is hatching, and I am fishing a generic nymph, I'll just keep at it. Especially, if its is one I know works. I will more likely move than change flies in this...

Joke posts aside, my guess is we all would help the polite beginner, the befuddled, or the person next to us we just met, if we found them agreeable, and some of us probably always, bless those...

The idea was to save them any disapointment, or to give them a pleasant surprise. It has been difficult. The mapping I have looked at is missing alot of key information. I was going to go at it with...

Is any one here familar with it? I have a very personal reason for asking. My grandparents owned an island on it, with a wonderful cottage. I spent 10 or so summers there, and they sold it and moved...

I found that tying well was learning how to handle materials properly, and control the thread. Books do not usually explain this well. A fellow tier, or a DVD will allow you to see what to do, and...