SilverDoctor

There's also that tick key that works pretty slick.

The biggest problem a beginner faces is that they're thinking fly fishing instead of watching and working their position in the river.

Many of those classic patterns are great, I still tie em and fish em.

That's right, it does work at times. Its first name was "Lady of the Lake", It was re-named in honor of Princess Alexandra young Princess of Whales. Mind you in those days in England many river beats where dry fly only. It would be sacrilege to even think of using wet flies or streamers. An insult to the Trout. So a fly like this was a poachers weapon.

And..............

Funny how you get usto your tying arrangements. My Twins decied to give me a father day gift by rearranging and unpacking all my stuff. looks nice but I cant find a darn think when I'm tying.

Try it again, the site was down for a bit.

Might take you up on that.

It seem that theft is up, I know a few guides that have had major break in's and a lot of guy that have suffered loss. My beloved Chesnut canoe was ripped off.

There are 2 things I do when I hit the water. Flip rocks in the areas you intend to fish. and check spider webs streamside to get a bit of a roadmap. You can find a lot about the insect life from spiders. I was on a stream yesterday where we found not only small stone-fly shucks but also stones (just because you find shuck don't mean much, are they an hour old a week or month). The trout fishing was great for about an hour then turned off. Webs told us quite quickly that small may flies (March Browns) where the next target. again about an hour of fun. Then the water went into a stupor and we needed to prospect to find the next helping on the plate. I actually love to start blind and often fish dries at the beginning, it gets me into a rhythm on the water. you'll find there are may types of flies that are called attractor patterns. These resemble a little bit of everything and trigger a strike, not a specific stage of insect or terrestrial but a generalization. That's why sometimes a fly that has been torn up by trout works so well. For example a "Club Sandwich" fly is a prospecting one , it could be a hopper or stonefly. Its a starting place till you can zero in on what the fish are feeding on. This is actually a pretty enormous subject but a fun one to get into. Have fun on the water Sage.

Fantastic, keep posting

Dry -> Emerger -> nymph -> Streamer You need to spend time on the water. Look instead of fish. Many times the fish are where you are wading so fish accordingly. the bow is an ever changing brooding mistress. Change with her.

It is species dependent, Rainbow Trout are able to survive in temperatures up to and exceeding 77°F (24°C), they stop growing at 73°F (23° C). A trout, that is oxygen stressed while in the water uses minimum energy, will be dramatically more stressed after being hooked. In many cases, a fish improperly handled and released might not to not survive. For brook trout, these limits are generally accepted to be a few degrees lower (some sources suggest as low as 65°). For many fishermen including myself, 70°F (21°C) has become a "don't fish" limit.

Broke the tip of my Loop Opti Stream last year, (only rod I ever broke) The Loop service was outstanding from Troutfitters, I had my replacement section back and on the water in a couple of weeks. Great customer service. Its nice to have companies stand behind their products.

Great post

Excellent post

Get well really soon, those waters are opening up.

The dubbing is sparse deer hair, makes a good floater and legs.

no luck here, now I keep em in a small air tight container till I use em.

Read one of those buggers swept away in the river trying to swim to escape police. Perhaps natural justice. Just gets me steamed all this theft, a guy works so hard for his stuff only to have this happen. Fly shops get broken into multiple times, Last year I lost my beloved Chestnut canoe that I had since I was a kid to some %#$##. Two years before my pontoon that clipped my wings for lake fishing. Worst is what happened to good guys like Duchie who's Jet is his livelihood. Really frustrating.

Ah, baloney, there's no fish in that river!

Agreed, I cant count the number of times I haunted the river in the wee hours relying on the "slurp" sometimes the only indication of a take on a moonless night.

Reminds me of when I lived in BC

being an old timer I still use traditional Balsa wood. I like it better than foam, lighter to cast. Floats higher than foam and a couple of layers of lacquer make it tough. I get mine at the hobby shop in square lengths and then turn em on a drill and sand to shape. Let me know if you would like more info. Haven't pinch the barb on this one yet.

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