bulltrout

just don't do what my ex did...one time i was out in the old cartopper with her fishing away and she was laying down to catch some sun...my back was turned to her when all of a sudden, i heard a splash and a scream...i turned around and her hand is absolutely bloodied...yep, you guessed it, she was dozing and had her hand dangling in the water over the side and a pike came up and took a nip at her...21 stitches later and a vow to never go fishing with me again spelled the end of of a great summer fling...freakin gators...

in my experiences, that sums it up in the evenings till dusk in the summers...not necessarily the case in spring and fall though...

http://members.shaw.ca/clives/pikeflyfish.html this site's got everything you need to know and more...if you need any more info, send a PM to dryfly (AKA Clive) and he'll hook ya up...

all i can really suggest is making the head bigger and the rear legs larger and knotted being that those are a hopper's two key features...other than that, that'll do...good tie... EDIT: looking at the pattern again, if you tied that on a larger hook size, filled it out more, and replaced the extended body with a leather strip, you got an easy mouse pattern there....

not meant to hijack, just replying to LF's question...he was good...took the nephew down there for the day and we caught a beach pail full and brought them home to freak my wife and eat them...almost as good as lobster...to quote Forrest Gump: "I could eat about a million and a half of these."

not always red...usually olive, dark green/blue, dark brown, light brown, etc...here's one out of Nicholas Sheran from last year...

you try staples, walmart or radio shack (AKA the source) yet?

london drugs has got the optio's blair...if it helps any, i use the pentax...

why would i do that?...it's the only time of the year when i have a legitimate excuse for being an hour late to work...

edges around Nicholas Sheran were starting to open up a bit before our recent snow dump...not too much more than that...everything else is solid but lots of melting on top...

this is my version of a dolled up PT emerger that i use around this time of year... Hook: TMC 2457 #12-22 Bead: 3/32 Gold Tungsten Thread: 8/0 Black Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers Abdomen: Pheasant Tail Fibers Rib: Dubbed Rope of Olive Brown Ice Dub Thorax: Peacock Herl Wingcase: Thick Ball of Light Gray Antron Dubbing Pulled Over Thorax

happy b-day "meathook"...

do you take cash or paypal instead?

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this will be the last contest before the KOTV tourney so get in on this one if you haven't gotten in on one yet cuz only those who have entered into the contests will be eligible for the KOTV tourney...this contest is Baetis (BWO) Patterns...patterns can represent any life cycle...pics and recipes in by Wednesday, March 12 at 10 PM MST...have fun!!!

happy to have ya...you want an optical illusion, ask birchy to show you his meathooks, er, i mean, his hands...

started when i was 6 trying to imitate my dad with a spinning rod...needless to say, it didn't work too well and it was one bird's nest after another until i only had like 10 ft. of line left on my old zebco thumbcaster...after seeing my enthusiasm, my old man went out and bought me a fly rod and the rest was history...21 years later, here i am...

i don't think i've met a tyer in my entire life that doesn't use the bathroom as a testing ground for flies...it must be a prerequisite before you are allowed to start tying...

no wonder he's so "deprived"... that explains his enthusiasm to watch the show...

damn... ...them girlies is cute...ditzy, but cute nonetheless...

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best start i've ever had...2 for 4... ...and both of them were free coffees to boot...

as of this morning, it's now OFFICIALLY spring...yay...

i mean the bright red RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRoll up the rim to win cups...

sorry clive but it's not spring officially until you start seeing the red timmy's cups on the side of the road...