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... and there were a number of salmonflies out and about on my home water in Northern Idaho yesterday.

At one point, just after my FEB Salmonfly hit the water, a natural flew over to it and landed...

... is a term that came up on a thread on the Fishing Reports Forum.

It was used in reference to simply identifying by name a 50 mile long river that is well known in Western Montana ( and...

Karen -

I haven't fished the lower stretch of the river so I can't compare where I fish to down there. But I don't consider the Lochsa tough wading from a slick and slippery point of view. In...

... was to fish ten different places, expecting to stop the catching at a given place when I hooked up five fish, and move on. That would be fifty fishies if all went as planned.

Of course, it...

If you get back to this thread, Jack, here's something else for you to chew on. In the meantime, Brad and other leader furlers and those thinking about taking it up might get some mileage from this...

The Thompson River runs about 50 miles. It is well known to most people in Western Montana and it is covered on several major fly angling websites. For example -
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I think Warren has suitably described how to do it.

That is not something that I have tried to include in my approach to intentionally moving nymphs during the drift. I just lift the rod tip ( and...

Just to be clear - I'm not advocating for this technique, just describing it in terms of my own experience on several cricks and relating the experience of one guide on one river.

"Analyzing" it...

Larry -

The things you describe which will give some action to the nymph are less likely, maybe much less likely, to happen in soft water, for which the agitating technique is recommended. ...

And which way is that, Dennis ??

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The above...

Scott -

That surely does look like a 1970 Pontiac Lemans convertible. I had the T37 version. That was the worst piece of junk pretending to be an automobile that I ever owned.

Those are some...

Karen -

There are many, many streams and rivers in Montana that are open all year. A lot of the smaller streams that are closed are not usually accessable nor fishable for a good part of the...

Looks like a good time in some miserable weather. Good for you and the fishies.

John

... I hear that some folks like to dodge runoff. Personally, I prefer to deal with it headon.

My home water is dropping like a rock ...

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... a few days ago. Fishing can be so good during runoff on my home water that I decided to experiment with...

I ran into one of these situations this afternoon on my home water where runoff is on the wane but still a real factor. An acquaintance, who is a fairly competent fly angler, showed up at a place I...

A study ...

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... in simplicity, for sure, Doug.

My kind of fly.

But for whatever reason, I've...

Almost certainly, Jeff.

Now, about that Turner ham ............

John

Probably about $5, Ray.

But I'll give you $6 and pay the postage to mail them to me.

John

... on my home water yesterday, I saw an adult salmonfly for the first time this season.

Looked kind of like this ...

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Jack -

I've been doing strain tests on furled leaders for years. My latest one was yesterday.

My new fluoro nymph configuration has three strands of 2# test material passing through the tip...

I am to the point that I only fish, with a couple exceptions, my own original patterns - about a dozen originals that have proven to be fish-magnets.

The exceptions are a Griffith's Gnat and a...

... about that long, slow downward slide ...

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... with a drop over 7,500 CFS in about 36 hours.
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The thing is, we all have a choice about what we bring to the Bulletin Board. Personally, I like to bring and appreciate others bringing positive stuff about fly angling and directly related...