SilverDoctor

Come over to the dark side Luke!

Haven't had much luck with patterns along this line had more luck with the other streamer patterns. Might make a good one for bull trout if that's what you're thinking. Wool is easier to build a head with than deer hair.

Wow thanks for posting, great trip

Come on down to the hook and hackle club next session. I should be there, good group of people.

Looks like a great DVD.

Been having a lot of luck on dries the last couple of weeks. Surface hatches will run their course till the end of October then nymphs it is.

I think what it breaks down to is personal reference. No one rod or casting style is perfect for everyone. It would depend on what type of water you fish and what presentation for the time of year you want to achieve. I know a lot of us will carry several rods at times to cover vastly different presentations of fly fishing. Get out there and try different rods, see what suits you. Those Spey gatherings have been fun to try a variety of rods.

You basically have to find at what depth and how close to the shore the whities are hanging, it varies with time of year and food source. A fish finder is really handy for whitefishing to get the right dept. or it's trial and error with lots of indicator depth changes. Mind you one you key into em....

I've put grass leaders together and they do work. I found they don't give your the amount of drag you get on the water though, maybe the ones I built didnt have stiff enough "prongs". Nice for going down to the park and giving someone a feel for a Spey rod though.

Yes pike will always hit but..... fishing for BIG white fish is really great in the fall down there with indicators and Chironomid. Just a thought.

Very impressive, thanks for posting.

Are you filling the liquid lace with oil?. If so just knot the ends then tie in.

Just re-post some of my old ones. He He. Actually got a couple of Ideas.

Dai-riki are great I also love Partridge They have a barbless series that is awesome. Don't tie with many Mustad any more. My customers really loved the Dai-riki Salmon and Steelhead hooks I tied on for them last season. Zero shears.

Does this one count?

Doc's tip I spray all my dry flies and hoppers after I tie them with 3M Scotchguard. The stuff for waterproofing couches from spills. Water proofs the heck out of them. All flies do get water soaked after a few fish. Fish slime makes em sink. I like to wash all my dry flies in soapy water rinse then 3M again.

Good Idea, nobody likes to get flamed after spending hours writing and sharing.

Different species of insect hatches appear at vastly different times. Blue wing Olives for example like the cool spring and fall evenings. Drakes in summer mornings and evenings. I think it woud be hard to predict insect activity. I instead use my eyes, check out nearby bushes and shoreline to see what may be hatching. Turn over stones and check the local spider webs. I use my thermometer more to cue into trout activity. water temperatures from 50 to 60 degrees F ideal.

Whities can be a lot of fun this time of year. I've caught quite a few really large ones on dries.

Wash with a mid detergent to get clean, then wet em down with baking soda and water, works great. Whien i had neoprene i would fill em with warm water and add a box of baking soda. also works. Best is to give the waders and boots a rinse with a hose after every outing when you get back home. Also adds to the life of the products.

Good stuff Din, wish I was there.

Have a great one Lynn, if not fishing then dreaming about it.

Got a pen and wrote it down, didn't help, really I tried. Maybe I need to repeat it on a black board like Bart Simpson. Perhaps I'll meet a "real fly fisherman" some day to teach me how to use my new and classic fly fishing gear. Some of us old timers learned classic dry, wet and streamer fishing from other old farts who passed down the knowledge, often like a religion. Been blessed to learn from old classic teachers and many modern masters. Hard to break this third generation fly fisherman of old habits though. Ah well too late now. Just have to totter my old bones down to river side with the bamboo rods and keep casting braces of classic wets, dappling pairs of dry spiders and casting pairs and single dries. I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us think and feel. RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN - A River Never Sleeps [Fishing] "If I'm not going to catch anything, then I 'd rather not catch anything on flies" Bob Lawless. "They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore." John Gierach "He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman." Norman Maclean - A River Runs Through It "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret." - Roderick Haig-Brown "More than half the intense enjoyment of fly-fishing is derived from the beautiful surroundings, the satisfaction felt from being in the open air, the new lease of life secured thereby, and the many, many pleasant recollections of all one has seen, heard and done." - Charles F. Orvis "You do not cease to fish because you get old, You get old because you cease to fish!" unkown

Humm,. divided by how many members here, quick someone do the math.

Buy some really quick so that I can lease a space for my motor home from you He He