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Having spent my career in waterfowl/wetlands conservation, carp herpes is something we've been praying for.
Having recently become keen on fly-fishing for carp, I'm starting to feel conflicted! The...

Interesting comments about 30# Maxima and 30# mono. I tried 30# Maxima a couple of springs ago and, after one hour, I had two bite-offs so I ended the experiment! Maybe I should have kept it up...

There was a good discussion in this forum few months earlier about flathead catfish on a fly....TIM

PS. Up here in Manitoba, we do have a fabulous fly-fishing opportunity for channel cats, just as...

Since no one from Manitoba has chimed in yet, I'll give it a go. Up here on the Red River, we have a regular crew of folks who fly fish for channel cats. These fish can run over 30# and fish over 20#...

Up here, (Manitoba, Canada), we have a fabulous channel catfish fishery on the Red River, where 20+ lb fish are commonly caught on the fly (believe it or not, it is uncommon to catch a fish less than...

No one has mentioned pike, at least not as far as I noticed in this thread. My experience is that, in shallow water (< 10 ft), especially in the spring, my hardware buddies rarely outfish me. This...

"The secret of a happy life lies not in getting what we want, but in wanting what we get"

"Things are never as bad as you fear or as good as you hope." (Bertrand Russell)

"Half of the harm that...

I have used 30# fireline for pike and have had bite-offs - and these were not large fish. Also tried 30# flourocarbon and had the same experience (two in one morning before I switched). I keep...

I have owned a couple of bug jackets but have always found that the screening over the head disrupts my vision too much to be acceptable, especially in low-light situations. I'm wondering what...

Joe:

I concur on the 100% brown bread being a little heavier but, when I started using buttermilk as the liquid, I seem to get a better rise, not to mention the flavour hit. There's one in the...

I have an old Black and Decker bread-maker and have only used the dough setting to make bread for some time now.

My daughter is taking nutrition at university now and has been encouraging us to...

I recall reading this tidbit from an earlier thread in FAOL: as I understand it, walleye teeth are like nails - rounded, all the way up to the pointed tip, while the sides of pike teeth have sharp...

DG and Clay:

Thank you!

Of all the components of a fly fishing rig, I husband my $$$ on the reel. To me it is the least important part of the outfit. I have not, and may never have, the...

Speaking of which, does anyone remember Ed Zern's column questioning the existence of Ted Trueblood? His thesis was that Ted was a construction of the editors. The ultimate outdoorsman: a real human...

Up here, (Southern Canada) we are on the edge of smallmouth bass range but in the heart of pike country. I love fishing for both and most of our waters hold both. I think Fly-Chucker nailed it: gear...

My success with walleye over the years has almost entirely been in rivers. When they are holding in riffles or pools below fast water, then fly fishers can to as well, or better, than anyone.

One...

I'm not sure which I find more distasteful, the guy who has to compete against his fishing partners or the guy who, in catching big/lots of fish, thinks he's won a competition against nature. I think...

I think I have to come out of the closet and declare that I prefer carp (and catfish) fishing over just about any other species on the fly rod....(There: now that I've said it, I feel much...

I fish in Stephen's neck of the woods and have recently come upon a spot where the carp hold in back eddies of a fast-flowing stretch of prairie river. Here' the water is murky enough that I can't...

Up in our neck of the woods the common term is "silver bass"; the formal name is "freshwater drum" and occasionally I've seen them referred to as "sheepshead" as well. On the eating side, they are...

We catch lots of drum on flies up here (southern Manitoba). They strike and fight hard and I think they're kinda pretty, in a homely sort of way! I've caught 'em on minnow immitations (especially...

empeekay:

I did not know that you could convert from manual to auto. I've made up my mind. Many thanks!...TIM

Looking for some advice here.

I've decided to get an inflatable PFD for wading. I'm wondering if I should go with the auto or the manual unit? I'm leaning to the manual because I figure that it's...

Up here (southern Canada) we've got six months of winter and, come summer, hordes of mosquitos that seem like they could carry you off to their lairs...but no snakes, other than a few...

You make "geek" sound like a bad thing :shock:

Aren't we all ffing geeks?!...TIM