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    DG here you go stocking as of right now NMF&G...

    DG here you go
    stocking
    as of right now NMF&G stocks around 60,000 4 inch fish yearly this seems to be about right to maintain the fish populations as they have been in the past. however there have...
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    FG66 I am sorry for the tone of how I wrote...

    FG66
    I am sorry for the tone of how I wrote this. However, if you had any idea of how much carbage has been heap up on us for trying to make a diffrence here it would shock you.
    And I just spent a...
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    Well now flyguy66 I will bet my bottom dollar you...

    Well now flyguy66 I will bet my bottom dollar you are in bed with andy novak and his group.
    This has been their bleeting reply from the start of this.
    did you know the stamp was actually the CCSJ...
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    DG, I personally have been working on this for 2...

    DG,
    I personally have been working on this for 2 years now. And I can tell you everything you have asked has been looked at and quite a bit more as well. This has taken a lot of work by a lot of...
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    OK being a member of this board I am going to...

    OK being a member of this board I am going to step in here.
    first off the Oil and Gas industry has already donated well over $200,000.00 towards projects on the juan.
    TU and other groups were asked...
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    Hey guys, greetings from N.M.! know the river...

    Hey guys, greetings from N.M.!
    know the river and know the bug, grey drake. of course the green drake on that river is a mungy olive/gray also.

    Bubba Smith
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    Met Gary in the 80's. As a fisherman he was a...

    Met Gary in the 80's. As a fisherman he was a master, as a jokester he had few equals and as a human being, he had none.
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    No it should never be about how many you catch in...

    No it should never be about how many you catch in a day. However, Flyflinger is on a vacation. Sadly, the lo-do is not a place to fish for the time it takes to get there.
    If my memory is correct (...
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    DG, Honestly if you are going to drive for a few...

    DG,
    Honestly if you are going to drive for a few hours, would you fish a river that holds some nice fish but not many. With a CFS of 5 ? Not to mention sometimes there are more fisherman than fish!...
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    Simple, As you get the fish close, reach your...

    Simple,
    As you get the fish close, reach your right hand back over your right sholder putting a bend in the rod so that the tip is over your left sholder.
    As a side note: the guys in europe have...
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    Pleading with the guys for a 12' 5wt. would be a...

    Pleading with the guys for a 12' 5wt. would be a highsticking, mending machine.
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    Since I guide on the San Juan and drive over to...

    Since I guide on the San Juan and drive over to moab a few times a year, thought I would jump in.
    The flows on the Juan have been back to normal since mid-June, fishing has been good.
    The drive is...
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    I have been testing the upcoming 10' 5wt Helios....

    I have been testing the upcoming 10' 5wt Helios. Sweeet!
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    Sorry guys camera has been ordered, just waiting...

    Sorry guys camera has been ordered, just waiting for the big brown truck. Could tell stories all day on all the interesting shuffling I have witnessed. And a few of them were guides!
    By the way, did...
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    San Juan ant fall

    Every year, sometime in July, it rains hard enough to move carpenter ants out of their dens, and alot of them get into the river.
    In a word, nuts. Fish get in a frenzy for anything black and big...
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    When fishing spring creeks where the water is gin...

    When fishing spring creeks where the water is gin clear I like to color up the first 15 feet or so of my fly line with a black art marker from hobby lobby. costs around 5 bucks and will last for...
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    The Helios 5wt ,I have at the moment, has been...

    The Helios 5wt ,I have at the moment, has been out fighting very large carp in the cattails and willows, night fishing for large brown trout with large streamers, etc.
    When I fish like this it is...
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    For many years I was not a fan of the orvis line...

    For many years I was not a fan of the orvis line of rods, period.
    but that changed with the T3, ok rod.
    I have been able to try out some of the new, yet to be released, Helios rods,I love them.
    I...
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    Sinking line causes micro drag! micro drag on the...

    Sinking line causes micro drag! micro drag on the Juan means no fish! Plus if the line floats it is alot easier to mend, gentlly.
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    Spend the money on the line period. Good line...

    Spend the money on the line period. Good line will wake up an average casting rod.
    I purchase three rods every season for my clients use, they will be in the mid-range price and I buy the best line...
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    Thanks for all the kind words guys, what I am...

    Thanks for all the kind words guys, what I am looking for is a pattern that will look like a baby carp about 2 inches long max. I tie a pattern that works pretty good but just flat out takes to long....
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    New guy here

    Just a quick hello to everyone, new to this computer thing and at 51 not sure computers are not evil.
    I am a long time guide and have been fishing the San Juan river in New Mexico for quite awhile...
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    John, Pictures will be coming asap. We here...

    John,
    Pictures will be coming asap.
    We here been having a problem with siltation in the river during the drought the last few years but after record snow fall in the mountians this winter the...
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    San Juan River N.M.

    Well after 5 months of high water the powers that be have turned down the faucet! water is clearing fishing is picking up. By the 25th it will be on! After 5 months of fishing junk it is good to fish...
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