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Congrats on the first Hog. it's a beauty

Birchy! That was bad. I can't wait until next week LOL.

I did buy this game. It is a real hoot to play when you can't actually go fish'in. It is way easyier to catch fish on it than on the Bow! It also has a fly tie section where you can make your own flys. I haven't tried that feature on it yet though.

Holy Crap! Who needs cable TV when you have this Forum!

It looks awesome. I would definately be interested.

Brownstone I might consider going to one of those lakes. I noticed in the regs those lakes are closed until Aug 1st so anytime after that let me know if you are interested and we will see if we could make our schedules work out.

Beautiful trip. What were the size ranges of fish and how many did you catch?

It sure doesn't look tastier. But maybe there is a reason for that - Maybe evolution planned it that way.

Yup it was a Burbot. I missed looking at it and was hoping there would be a better pic.

Depending on when/where you could put me down for a forward.

SJW-I was on Maxima's website and was wondering if it is the CHAMELEON brand you use since it makes mention of it being excellent leader material?

I know some of the guys use monofilament to tie to the leader verse buying tippet (I hope I worded this correctly). What is the difference between monofilament and tippet material and how does it affect the fly? Is this the same as saying mono verses fluro? Also TM can you use more than one dry fly at a time similar to how you showed us in the nymph clinic? So much to learn! I still haven't mastered the nymphing and now onto dry’s!

You did it perfectly by the book! Good job.

I had a great experience at the new store I would like to share. I went in a day before the grand opening and most of the guys were busy running around getting ready for the next day but George helped me out with everything I needed, and he even suggested I buy the next day as it was all going to be on sale. He also put some stuff on hold for me for the next day as I mentioned I was part of this forum and was doing the nymphing clinic Toolman, Max & Brad were putting on that weekend. My opinion great store and service.

So I was out most of the evening tonight and found a good spot where fish were rising for several hours but I could give them something worthy. I must have tried 5-8 different dry flies until I had to pack it in for the night. Tomorrow I'm going to go and stock up on some more flies, any suggestion to what might be some "must" buys for what is hatching right now?

I'm glad I bought TFO. Sounds pretty easy to replace.