SilverDoctor

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Love tying and fishing the Humpy.

Robin redbreast checking out the old nesting box this morning singing his song. Love spring.

Sims Guides where nice but too stiff for long walks (my poor aching feet) and only lasted a year and a half the same as the Headwaters which fell apart at the seams and opened up at the sides. Too darn much money for that. I got 2 years out of Korkers Devils Canyons but the entire master soles on both boots let go (a week apart) and failed resulting in a very long and uncomfortable walk over miles of freestone rocks to get back to the truck. Not an experience I want again. I've had it with these so-called top brands. My backup boots where Chota Abrams Creek,.That pair is now over 10 years old and still in good shape. The year before last my fishing buddy and I after lots of discussion and research picked up the Chota "STL" Plus Wading Boots. I have to say these are by far the most comfortable boots I have had. Don't even feel like I am wearing boots all day long. Another big plus is very easy to slip on at the start of the day and really easy to slip off at the close of the day. No more tugging and gyrations hopping around like a crazy fool trying to free yourself. Important factors for this old guy. Everyone's feet are different and your experience may not be the same, but I do curse the amount of money I've spent on high-end throwaway brands. Might as well have bought regular hiking boots and oiled the heck out of them. A great many years ago my first pair of leather lace-up Hodgeman wading boots. You needed to add waterproofing every 6 months to a year. But I had 18 years out of those boots.

It's here in Alberta

I saw another person on one of the streams I fish last year. h wait that was my fishing buddy.

Cool, reminds me of fly fishing poppers for Bass in BC.

Chill man and pass the Jay.

I wear a vest most of the time but if it is raining or bad weather I use my Fishpond Thundrpack, it's waterproof.

From a marketing point of view which would be better, a light you could not see and doubt works or a light you can see. Most have not only UV but other longer wavelengths you can see.

Love Bamboo I often take a few of mine out, mostly oldies and goodies, Red Wings, Lee Wulffs etc. Magical, the rods are like living things .

I do own an Ekich. Not all spools work on it as it needs to catch on the ribs of a spool and some don't have the "rib" that its little spike need to catch on. You can use a plastic insert to overcome this. Also unlike the Nor Bobbins that I use most of the time, you do need to occasionally release the tension on the spool by pulling the spool away from the bobbin and letting it unwind. Otherwise, the bobbin itself is really nice to work with, feels great in the hand and nice to tie with. I notice on their site there is a new model in their line.

Fly007 - Are you talking about the Ekich Bobbin? That vice is a hand mad knock off of the Law vice in Damascus.

Beautiful job, you nailed the toppings.

In different sizes and colors, the Blue Wing Olive (Baetis) is the first mid and last hatches of the season. (#16 – #22) and color (gray/olive or blue/olive.)

These Cutties where onto Blue wing Olives.

Late fall, a bit low but good water flow.

Dusk, sometimes I forget to fish.

Just enough for a slow drift. The presentation had to be perfect with no slap.

Here's another one, hint not all pointed upstream.

Nice job and thanks again for sharing.

No, but I have fused loops in fly line.

OK, with the winter doldrums here's a way to sharpen your eyes. Find the Cutties in this stream picture I took last fall. How many?

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