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Islamorada, tell me you're going for some tarpon Get your big rod casting down before you head out, you need to be able to cast as far as you possibly can, lay it out flat, without watching your backcast.

MOTT THE HOOPLE

My buddy Joe and only his 2nd Chum Salmon, 41 by 26 inches 35 pounds Holy :$*%&:

And to not take away from the original post.. Nice fish FlyGirl its awesome you get out and enjoy the sport so much!!

Yea rainbows do jump as well as many other species of fish but think about how long they are out of water. Seconds at most.. Your right neither of us are biologists but we're out there taking them away from their natural environment should we not do everything we can to ensure they are as healthy as possible. And babies arn't fish, they dont spend 99.9% of their lives in water..

if you were allowing the fish to put its head where it want to be would it not be in the water? In my opinion all BBB and Skeezruss are trying to get at is this, A fish holds horizontally in the water most of the time, when you pick the fish up gravity is now exerted upon on the fish at a much greater force than it was in the water. When you hold the fish vertically or semi vertically, the fish's internal organs are now not only being compressed in a unnatural manner but at a greater force. It can HURT a fish, something that your probably wont notice as they swim away as they effects aren't immediate. Im also not saying that this will occur everytime you hold a fish in any other position other than horizontal but should we not be doing everything we can to ensure that fish we catch are in the same condition when we release them as when we first hooked them?

Nice avatar BBB, thats one huge Brown Trout, anyone catching a fish like that must bell one heck of a flyfisherMAN

Pick up some LOON water-based head cement. Great stuff, i have been using the same container for 2 years now.

the sage 1600 series reels are $110.. a bit closer to your budget

Hey Trout Bum 3 ( or Fish Bum1 as they now call it ) is now at CP. Time to make some popcorn and grab a couple beers and watch all that taiman fishing.

There are actually more environmentally conscience young people coming out of schools today then ever seen before... that is assuming that you are saying young people are responsibe... if not, disregard this post

Trout Bum 3 - Mongolia will be here around march 15th. Checked with Country Pleasures and they will have copies by then.

If you are really serious about prolonging the life of your fly line you should stop messing around and use self adhesive moleskin on the ends of all 8 fingers as well as your thumbs. Keep in mind that the installation of moleskin is optional on the thumb that is on the rod handle as there is no line contact with this thumb. However, to be completely safe why not just make the added expense of a little more moleskin and do it up right. If you are really seriuos about this you will remove all of your fingernails. Also during summer months when wading wet you should remove toenails as loose line around feet will cause premature line coating wear. Furthermore, the wax used for ferrules on rods is very effective at protecting your line when used on knuckles, knees, elbows, etc. You should also consider removing all exposed body hair as the short and curlies really beat the tar out of lines, especially floating lines. Another item to consider is if fingernails lead to this kind of fly line wear we should really think about some sort of felt sleeve or something similar for guides, line guards on reels, etc. Just a few thoughts for those extreme anglers out there who want to get the most out of their gear.

Hey fellow Calgarian, our Race City Speedway is getting shafted by City Hall ( silly hall). The City is refusing to extend the tracks lease past Oct 20 2009, in order to free up space for a landfill site. Lets keep the racers on track and off the streets and streams. Check out http://www.racecity.com and sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/racecity/petition.html

The zipper is great, completely waterproof and if there are ever any problems with them it would be covered by warrenty. The new G3 guide waders are really nice, they have the chest pocket hand warmers, and the front seems. Basically everything the G4's have minus the waterproof zipper so the price drops down to around $450 rather than $800.

Why are the original tiers not being asked to do these patterns?

The Livingstone River has only had 6mm of rain all month! Check out Livingstone Airfield precip report

Last night i noticed white foam at the sewer catch basin in front of the house, i followed it half way up the block to a house where a painter was cleaning out a 5 gallon paint bucket. Looks like he just put the pail under the tap and just let it ran. I had my camera so i took a bunch of pictures and shut the water off, and of course i gave the painter sh!t. Today i phoned the city ( 3-1-1 ) they said its actually a 9-1-1 call and will investigate the case.

to bring in the fish faster try tilting the axis of the rod either to the left or right. the rod should be closer to a 45* angle from the ground rather than 90. try it on your friend, have them hold the tippet and pull, then tilt the rod and pull again trying to keep your pull the same as the first time. ask your friend which one pulled harder...if done correctly the angle will increase pull this way you can also work the fish up and down stream and slow down a rambunkshish fish faster but make sure not to over work him adn revive him well before releasing