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    I'm sure I'll get excommunicated for this...

    I'm sure I'll get excommunicated for this comment, BUT.... why not just buy a pack of Berkley Trout Worms in your favorite color and stop BSing around? They're already the right size, many colors,...
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    None. Zero. I also do not match the stereotype...

    None. Zero. I also do not match the stereotype of the "cool" fly fisher which has developed over the last decade or so; dope-smoking, dreadlocked, million dollars of gear with no apparent means of...
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    I like that one a lot.

    I like that one a lot.
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    I have used Prestige Plus lines for several years...

    I have used Prestige Plus lines for several years in different weights and tapers. Not on bamboo because I don't use it. The lines are the same or better quality of much more expensive lines. Last...
  5. I started tying flies and making lures when I was...

    I started tying flies and making lures when I was about 10. 36 or so years ago. I've fished forever. It's just been a part of life as much as eating and sleeping. There have been periodic lulls...
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    Zebra Mussels Quagga Mussels Spiny Water Fleas...

    Zebra Mussels
    Quagga Mussels
    Spiny Water Fleas
    Gobies

    It's the end of the world every single time.
  7. my next kayak, in a few years probably, will have...

    my next kayak, in a few years probably, will have some version of a pedal drive. As well as fly fishing, I do a lot of trolling, often 20 miles or more a day. It's not only Hobie which has a...
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    a few years back when I lived in the south, I saw...

    a few years back when I lived in the south, I saw a tv show about that place... one or other of the BASCAR crowd was fishing it and it looked awesome. Had a trip to Orlando coming up and thought it...
  9. If you really want to cause controversy here...

    If you really want to cause controversy here about spam, cut some up into little pieces, thread it on a hook, and go catch some Holier-Than-Thou trout with it. They love it.

    And as far as it...
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    Good God, don't ever come to any of the Lake Erie...

    Good God, don't ever come to any of the Lake Erie tributaries for steelhead. If you can somehow get a rod-length of open space on either side of you, it won't last long. It's not my preference......
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    why don't you try it and see? In many ways I...

    why don't you try it and see?

    In many ways I am blessed to have learned, as a child, to fly fish and fish in general, with modest means. I had one hand-me-down fly rod for trout, bass, and...
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    There is no "Left" or "Right" way to wrap thread....

    There is no "Left" or "Right" way to wrap thread. As long as you do it the same all the time, it does not matter. I'm right-handed but for some reason a the time I first started learning to wrap...
  13. Thread: the snails

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    What are they destroying and is their impact so...

    What are they destroying and is their impact so significant that unknown amounts of resources will be expended to "diminish" it? I'm just asking from a detached point of view. There is not a body...
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    I also got the notification e-mail last night at...

    I also got the notification e-mail last night at 9:15pm. The IP came from a TOR network redirector. This does not seem the same as the other comments above as the attack coming "from France". As...
  15. Thread: the snails

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    did they cause any problems? Economic impact or...

    did they cause any problems? Economic impact or decrease in population of the Holy Trout from 8 years ago to today?

    Invasive species suck and they shouldn't be there. No argument on that. I...
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    either way, they were directly under the...

    either way, they were directly under the operational control of "The Administration".... The Administration, who, surprise surprise, has taken basically zero heat from environmental groups OR the...
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    What a contrast to how the coverage would have...

    What a contrast to how the coverage would have been 8 years ago!!
  18. Just saying (primarily) that they should call it...

    Just saying (primarily) that they should call it a TROUT tournament, not a "Fly Fishing" championship. Fly fishing is about so much more than trout.
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    HERESY!!! HERETIC!!! You risk being burned at...

    HERESY!!! HERETIC!!! You risk being burned at the stake unless you recant!

    Every fly fisher KNOWS that in the pursuit of 12 inch trout, one MUST have a reel with a drag system capable of...
  20. world TROUT fly fishing championship... even the...

    world TROUT fly fishing championship... even the BASCAR type tournaments are up front in saying it's all about Bass. In my stinky opinion, this sort of reinforces the fly fishing stereotype to...
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    yep, just the other day I saw a Great Blue Heron,...

    yep, just the other day I saw a Great Blue Heron, a Mallard, a beaver, a muskrat, and a Canada Goose decontaminating themselves.
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    Keep them in their original sleeves.

    Keep them in their original sleeves.
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    If I did not have dots on my rod blanks, I would...

    If I did not have dots on my rod blanks, I would have no idea what to do. Using guides to line up the pieces is for serfs. Or spin-fishermen.
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    My apologies. I forgot we fly fishermen are...

    My apologies. I forgot we fly fishermen are supposed to have such delicate personal constitutions.
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    I never knew certain flies had to be fished in...

    I never knew certain flies had to be fished in only moving or only still water.
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