ladystrange

i read that SBS on the rusty nail. lol it was great. well hell, i'm not doing anything but tying flies anyway. i'll jump in. sounds like fun how long do we have?

is it just me... or is the gutter getting really crowded? i cant stop laughing. Doc you are hilarious. well, have a number of straggle and stroogle packages on the way from Dave. next time i will order his pre-packaged booby hooks and give it go. damn i hating waiting. and thanks again flytyer... i... can't control... the urge to... buy more ... material. arrrgggg

lol, at least you caught the quote. insert monotone 'here'

one more???? anyone? one more. still need 1 more tyer. buhler, buhler

oh, thank you so much for the information. i have seen and nearly throttled the bloke who drank his 18yr glenfidich (sp? sorry) with coke. and then the sod had the second as a shot. as the rest of us sat in awe, wonder and disgust. i drink scotch usually straight or with 1 ice cube - but never mixed or seariously watered down. i will not drink anything under 15 years and even 15 is a bit touch and go for me. i perfer single malts to blended. i have had one from the isle of islay but dont remember the name i call it just scotch because if i say whiskey - everyone thinks Rye or worse bourbon. i do however enjoy rye but it has to be good rye, otherwise, in goes the coke and a lime wedge i have had the glenlivet before and did enjoy it emensley. it think it was an 18yr. i also enjoyed the glenfidich 18yr. i am looking forward to tomorrow night, not so much on the wednesday morning though

i just read the whole thing. resilient yes, but amazing that he managed to find away to still fly fish and tie. and he still has a decent out look on life. truly amazing

i'm a good 6 inches or better kind of girl i'd rather not go for a swim, but if you aren't too far out and you have the necessary tools and not alown, well then, no problem

the start of the season was very promising but got way too busy towards the end and didnt get out much fished chestermere for pike on 4 or 5 occations, caught 1/2 dozen on the fly mid spring fished the bow a few times and caught my first brown on my first drift met a few new fishing friends and got re-aquainted with a few old ones fished castle east of 504/774 before beaver mines, out fished my friend who i swear pays the fish to be caught by him - nice, did the lynx, carbondale, gardner before the forestry closure new rivers/streams/ponds/lakes highwood, livingstone, vicary, some unknown stream at the end of some dirt road in the middle of no-where off of FTR north of vicary but south of livingstone, bear pond 2 x. didnt get anything, some man made pond in lethbridge, and the old man but the resevoir out fished another friend of mine for pike in the weaslehead - never thought that day would come. and on a fly i created and tied. SWEET!! caught the biggest fish of the day on the highwood fished for pinks on the Quansam river near campbell river after spending the morning tying flies on the waterfront in the park taught my friend how to fly fish biggest was 20" smallest looked like it should have been in a sardine can with room for all his friends. all told - a dozen pike on the fly, over 20 cutty's, 1 brown and 2 rainbows, a few cutbows had a great season, will get out a few more times and then i'm waiting for ice fishing...

damn, foiled again. i will try not to get too depressed lol. would she mind if i just listened to you talk.. and highlander can translate, then i get to listen to both of you. **sigh** i'm going to a scotch tasting on tuesday, anything i should keep my eyes open for? i'm one of those, like one kind and stick with it kind of person, want to broaden my horizons. hello highlander... nice to see you over on this side. welcome to the dark side

i'm not offering body heat, just an extra sleeping bag if Kyle goes through. prizes for biggest fish, most fish and smallest fish i say smallest, only because that is usually what i end up with i might be able to come up with some prizes. maybe we could hit up SJW for a few FFC logo'd items?!? it isn't a derby if it just a bunch of friends with a bbq and shooting the sh*t is it? Esleech - if you need a scouting partner i'm good to go

don't we all i can do the big vat of Tim Hortons travel coffee. i only have one rod but i do have a hand auger. sounds like more of a party than fishing. can't wait.

AYE!! lol, i'm in mmmm, bailey's & hot chocolate with bbq lips 'n arseloch (AKA hotdogs)

wow, that is a great resource. name, type and material search. thanks for sharing. never knew it existed

i'm with you... i can fend them off for a while but after that... i don't know, all bets are off

well, she's not quite a bag of antlers but she could use a cheeseburger or 2. you sure are generous glenbow

may not need talent but it can be a hell of a lot of fun. one of the best days of my life was ice fishing 2 winters ago with my best friend, nearly died from laughing so hard. cool esleech. i'll hold you to it. i have jigs and such just sitting in my truck waiting to be used. i also have a hand auger but i imagine you probably have a gas one if you go a lot

i'm begining to notice the ages of the babys, 1 wk, 3 weeks, 4,5 6 weeks subtract 9 months (40wks) hummm... not much to do between the end of november and beginning of January?!? must be something in the water other than fish, 'cause by the looks of it, it was either too cold to fish or not cold enough for ice fishing what on earth are you guys going to do this winter i though pork was the other white meat?

thanks for the link. hey they have Stroogle on sale... 5 for 7.50 GPB = $16 CAD not a bad price and all 17 Straggle for 25 GBP = 54 CAD OMG i could spend soooo much money on this site. damn you Flytyer.... I LOVE YOU. lol i have zero control when it comes to fly tying materials. sigh the tinsel chenille is definately like the cactus

sounds like a great idea. i'd love to read that. my other vices... scotch 15+, cigars, fly fishing and ... i know the one vise i purchased from Wholesale was on the lower end of $$ scale at about $60. i have had it for 6 years, it holds hooks and hasnt broken, cracked or fallen apart. i dont know any of the name brands that anyone has mentioned but i'm sure they all work just fine.

oh you are such a tease

aww, now that is a cute pic.

ok, so i went down to the more specialized fly fishing supply places, walked in and went straight to the counter person and asked for "Straggle Fritz" not only did i get a chuckle, all three of them looked at me as though i had 3 breasts on my forehead. after attempting to explain myself, they finally got the idea. problem that i found with all of the material is, it doesnt seem sparse enough. the cactus chenielle basically looked like micro xmas tree garland, the ice/crystal flash chenielle was too dense. the closest i could find was an Orvis product in tri-lobal holographic, black, copper, silver, purple, chartruse and crimson. it was still not as sparse and i could only find 3/4inch length - each side. but you could cut to length from the picture i can't tell how much space is between each woven strand or how long it is. AC (or anyone else) could you give me a little more info on the straggle fritz please. i would love to encorporate the material in to a beaded fly

oh, so my jewellery wire cutting pliers should also work then. i'll give the wriggle method a go thanks for the explanation, AL/AC & Rusty

interesting thought for contemplation. i use a lot of dries but i like my streamers too. it just depends on the application. i dont have a problem with straights for wet flies but i find the straights and turned up easier to tie off when i'm done. that would be because i sometimes have spacing issues with turned down hooks even though i fish dries mostly.

she's a little old for me, but what the hell.