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Speaking as someone who is forever searching for quality hooks for many types of flies tied for any number of fish types, I would recommend that you at least carry tiemco, daicchi and mustads. Don't...

If I had to choose one over the other I would opt for the pedestal because of the mobility factor. I tie everything from midges to 4/0 saltwater flies on my Rennzetti travler and if I need to really...

I have a copy of that book and it is very well written and ahead of it's time IMO. Found it and some other first editions on a house clean out I was helping someone with several years a go. Thanks...

I'd take along some Jiggy's in brown/orange, brown/yellow along with some clousers in back country colors as well. I was nailing reds in Virginia last summer with those and also got good resoponses...

I used to have the Griffin one on my vice but as time passed I just use the hook gap as a guide. After you tie a few hundred or a few thousand flies you instinctivly know what feathers to pluck. It's...

The real sucker spawn is tied using Angora yarn and florescent thread, I like to use a very small tungsten bead head as well. You can easily tie this pattern by using a scud hook and begin by...

?????huh????, boy what in the hell are you talk'in about.

Everyone who ever sets foot on a water craft should see this video! When I was about 17, a friend and myself were trout fishing on opening day here in PA which is in early April, we were fishing a...

Look up Terry and Roxanne's Bully spider, it's super easy to tie, craft foam and round rubber legs. It absolutley kills on the panfish and best of all the 'gills strike on the drop and all you have...

A very generous offer, I'm in.

Thank you,

JA

All great advice here, as always. Take a class or two to get down the fundamentals, this will give you a foundation on which to build. I was where you are 15 years ago and I have the confidence and I...

The above is really a great suggestion as is sound proof batting in the walls and a solid door with institutional type lock. If you have kids, you'll understand. The TV is something I often wish I...

If your able to see what the fish are doing, short strikes etc. try using a jigging movement as opposed to a strip and pause retreive. I have experienced what you are seeing many times while float...

Check out the Mustad Signature series of hooks the C52S BLN stinger/deerhair hooks are excellent for bending. I recently tied some bendbacks for bass fishing and they turned out nice.

JA

Regarding cree hackle,

The reason you don't see it called for in modern fly dressing is because of it's scarcity. When tying patterns today like the Adams you would only need one cree hackle as...

I have the traveler and love it, My first was the Thompson model "A" I believe and it served me well for 3 years before it sprung. On my Renzetti I've tied down to size 22 and of late I've been tying...

I am facinated with this thread! I had no idea that tying with silk required special wax and always wondered how some of those beautiful colors came about. Could we see some photos of some of the...

DShock,

I am currently reading Bob Clouser's Fly Fishing for Smallmouth and he describes various color and marking configurations as it can relate to bottom color, water quality, and other...

Just fish, try a google for a man named Mike O'brian, you should turn up his guide service on the Susky. I know there are some dedicated carp anglers that travel to your neck of the woods just to...

HMD,

I sent you a PM.

wonderrod

Thanks for the input, I have been looking at the Sandy Point access pretty hard due to it's close proximity to the bridge pileings. I also appreciate the "rockfish" reminder, I should have known...

I am updating this post in case anyone has gotten the wrong idea of what it is I'm looking for. I just wanted to know if there any among this forum that regularly fish any part of the bay and if so,...

weehooker,

I value your advice, obviously you've been around the block a few times as it relates to paddling. I chose the S.O.T. mainly because I'm a fisherman first, a paddler second, I was...

Does anyone in this crowd flyfish in and around the bay and specifically form a kayak? I have fished out of Tillman(sp)island a few times from a charter with friends and have a desire to flyfish for...

Standing up is an advantage when trying to sight fish for mudding carp, spawning pike etc. If I can't stand and cast, so be it, but I will give it try when the water warms. I plan on taking a basics...