DonAndersen

RussC, Could you take some pictures of the black on black and the brass on olive and post them? catch ya' Don

Hydropsyche, The wing case has a small strip of black Phentex yarn pulled over the herl. The bodies are of Flashabou. Numbers on the flies correspond to the numbers stamped on the packaging. The bodies are either glued with Loctite Super Glue or Sally Hansens Hard as Nails. catch ya' Don

chronie63, The body is invisible sewing thread available @ most sewing shops. You'll have to load the invisible stuff to a empty spool as the invisible spool is about 1000 yards. The head is Arizona Sparkle Yarn - herl color - the gills are Stillwater Solution gill yarn - the rib is 0.003" copper wire - glue is Loctite Super Glue from CDN Tire. To load the spool, I use a 3/8 variable speed drill, a 1/4"*1.5" long bolt c/w nut. Slide the MT spool on the bolt and tighten nut. Chuck into drill. Put invisible thread spool on some type of post. I use a Robertson screwdriver mounted @ a slight angle in my 4" metal vise. Don't put too much on the MT spool. The thread tends to "spring". catch ya' Don

And the last one till I snoop out the flies directory.

Note the absence of beads on most of the patterns shown. In my experience, they really are not required. The un-beaded hooks sink quite well and may take a couple of seconds longer to reach depth if you are using an indicator. Using a quite long leaders of +20' and a floating or neutral density line, an un-beaded pattern fishes a tad better as you can fish it slowly w/o hanging up on the bottom. And if I use a bead, it is typically a plastic or glass bead to slow it's descent. Like this one:

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Here are some ideas + add a chromie Don

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Guys, Page 19 of General Regulations under Additional Restrtictions says " Angling not permitted through ice [a] into beaver ponds or into flowing waters in Zone 1. Guess that settles the fishing through the ice issue. Guess the dates regulation was chosen to limit ice fishermen. Govt' must recognize an issue and therefore installed dates. The issues are fishing through ice. And Clive, I fear that some ice fisherman or other WILL FALL THROUGH a hole provided by aeration units. The Govt will get sued and back out of aeration quick. There goes a pile of possible lake opportunities. catch ya' Don

cheeler, The tape was found when the NDP was moved to the offices of the previous occupants [Conservative]. Appears like the Conservatives don't clean up after themselves. So they suffer a tad. Don

Guys/Gals, Each of these lakes has a date when it's legal to fish. Problem with dates is Clive. The climate is getting warmer or colder depending on his issue of the day with the result that date ice disappears keeps changing. OK - been in Alberta for +60 years. Think I discovered ice about age 2. So most of us know what ice is. Just publish the regulations saying no fishing through the ice. Simple!! Dates don't matter. catch ya' Don

Taco, The jigs are spin rod equipment or you could dap them with a shiny new spey rod. The ones in your picture a a tad involved with a whole lot more materials than needed. Bulls can be caught on rabbit turds. They aren't terribly bright. catch ya' Don

Some times little creeks are good. Sometimes you see them. And sometimes you don't

Hey rick, Hate is a purty ugly word. Don't hate Walmart. We haven't got one. Rocky Town Council turned the leeches down. Walmart wanted $800,000 in tax relief to locate here. Hell, we don't subsidize local merchants and most of them were born here. Now why in the devil would we subsidize a business whose aim is to put local merchants outta business all the while sending the profits south. We want a second chance @ the dollar and that can only be obtained by merchants who shop locally. As far as prices - taint the law @ Walmart. You better do a little competitive shopping - a whole lot of business provide goods cheaper and of better quality. Yupe - been in the place - twice - know thy enemy. And whats a MTB? Don

And rickr, Cheap is what you get + where else would you kids get lead poisoning @ a discount. Don

Guys/Gals, Here are some tips about hand care for tying. 1] The best hand lotion I've ever found is Corn Huskers Lotion unfortunately only found in the USA. It's not popular and therefore suffers the indignity to being stuffed on the lower shelves of the drug stores. It's oil free and cheap. Google it for a list of suppliers 2] The little "wickers" on hands grabs everything. The best cure I've used is a teaspoon spoon of salt poured in your palm with a table spoon of baby oil or cooking oil added to it. Liberally rub your hands together. Will remove most of the little skin breaks. 3] For that junction between your finger and thumb where all the fly tying thread has to slip through when holding materials, use a finger nail buffer. Buff the area on your finger and thumb. It is available in four grits mounted on a foam block. See your local cosmetics counter. For those really cheap, a piece of 400 wet/dry sandpaper glued to a hockey stick end works as well. The buffers are about $4.00 4] Bounce or anti-static cloths work well to get rid of the static that dry climates seem to suffer. Rub your hands in the cloth. Now you will able to keep up to marabou. catch ya' Don

Jon, Never thought of them as suppliers of gold. Good idea. regards, Don

Weedy 1, Ya' gotta get out more. From my experience of picking up @ Beaver Lake. I found my first identifiable piece of FF garbage last year. I usually fill 1>2 grocery sacks of bank garbage consisting of bait containers and beer bottle/cans/timie cups and the odd spin rod. You want to see a real pile of bank trash, go to Bullshead. Sorry to inform you, but FF types seem to be cleaner. Do recall a guy who owned land along Stauffer creek who told me he sure liked the new regulations of no bait. He hadn't kicked off anyone for garbage throwing or fire-lighting all summer. Used to fill 2 garbage bags each spring prior to the bait ban. Rarely get garbage there now. Did you ever wonder who drives the trout agenda in Alberta. FF types. Still waiting to see my first worm dunkers trout club doing anything. Whoops - there are no worm dunkers clubs unless you can call the AF&G their representative. Whoops yet again - don't see AF&G doing spit either. Wished that the worm dunkers would step up. Sure, some do - not a lot. Don

Least I tried! Don

Hi All, A friend has been pestering me. He's trying to determine what is good about a Walmart. Finally in desperation, I told him that the paved parking lot may have destroyed some gopher holes and that was the only good thing I could come up with. Any other ideas? catch ya' Don

Guys/Gals, If your rod is completely made of synthetics, getting it wet may not harm it a lot. However, if you have a cork handle, wood insert, or other organic products in the rod, soaking will cause rot and failure. In the case of reel seat finishes - maybe a trip or 2 and it peels off. Reels are another touchy one. Simple click/pawl reels using bushings rather than bearings - a wipe to clear the water & grunge + some decent reel grease will suffice. For the others ustilizing bearings, cork or synthetic drags, you best clean and dry them well. Sealed bearings help a little but are not a total cure. Dunking ain't good!! Don

Guys/Gals, Got some time to play with a new feather after gluing up a rod today. Been looking for a good hackle for bugger patterns and there it was. The craft shop next door. EMU hackle from an Alberta Company. The shop that carries it is Creative Artists Dream Ltd. @ 403.845.3704 in Rocky. A couple of notes about the flies. The tail & body are olive marabou. The hackle is EMU in a brown/olive dun counterwrapped by a thread loop tiwsted Holographic silver Flashabou. The head has a strip of hot orange denoting an unweighted pattern. The EMU feathers are longgggg and fluffy. Should give great movement in the water. Here are some pictures of the fly and the fly/feather. catch ya' Don

The stuff I hate is mascara. Getting it on straight on clouser eyes drives me crazy. Don