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Fly Fishing Enthusiast's Weekly Magazine 'The Fraternity of Fly Fishers' October 18, 2010 - October 25, 2010 Vol. 14 No. 4 |
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“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” Billy Graham |
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issue is sponsored by: And Anglers Like You. Thank You. |
A Late October Afternoon on the Missouri River in Montana
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A JULY DAY ON THE SPRING CREEKS OF PARADISE VALLEY (Part 3)
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BONEFISH AND CREDIT CARDS [OR LOVE THE ONES YOU’VE GOT]
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It was in the low 70’s at 6:30 when I hit the pond. |
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Pero Honored at Wild Trout Symposium
Thomas R. Pero, publisher of Wild River Press, has been awarded the Aldo Starker Leopold Wild Trout Medal. |
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Dan Blanton, from San Jose, California, now living in Morgan Hill, California with his wife, Cindy, is a well-known and respected fly fishing and casting instructor, lecturer, fly fishing author and outdoor photographer.
I would like to start out by saying that many angler come to the spring creeks with preconceived ideas and by doing so they limit their ability for success. If given an opportunity, I love to match wits with the trout during a hatch. However, there are situations and weather conditions that sometimes conspire to destroy the normal fishing that we expect to enjoy on the creeks.
Fall – the word paints an image that flickers across the synapses in the tangle of nerves crowded in the gray matter within our skull. It creates a visual image; an image consisting of a kaleidoscope of colors; reds, oranges, fading greens and vivid yellows. It’s an image of a blue sky so vivid that it hurts your eyes, and low scudding clouds so dark that they invoke images of the coming winter. 
Just when I’ve decided there just isn’t any way I’m personally going to see a running bonefish in the foreseeable future, (something about moving to Arizona for the winter), a couple of emails hit which almost make me wish it wasn’t so.
It was early Friday morning. I had loaded the canoe and all the other stuff the night before. Temperatures would be in the mid 90’s in the afternoon.
I’ve noticed a phenomenon in the several years that I’ve been following this site, and others, which is sometimes mildly disturbing, and at other times distressing. It’s a little hard to identify or quantify, but I’m going to take a stab at it. It deals with opinions and expertise, and the willingness to share one or both.
Albright is this weeks featured Sponsor.
The beauty of the bass bug is its open to what the tier wants to use. You can use Rabbit Zonker for the tail or palmer hackle for the skirt. It’s up to you. Also the shape can be a diver, a popper, ECT. Use your imagination. These flies are so much fun to create. ENJOY!
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