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Thanks for the input guys. No nore vise haters yet? hmmmm. a lot of them in other threads ive read on other sites. Ya don, the barracuda looks awesome with lots of room in the back for the bigger flies. Still not sure tho. Deff between the nor vise and the barracuda altho the mongoose looks cool. Any one have experience with the J-vise.
We have been using the mongoose since it first came out.Have cranked out 100s of 4/0 pike flies right down to #22.Not as speedy as the nore vise at rotary tying but it does work very well.The jaws show no sign of wear after years of abuse.For a all around vise i would definately find one to try out.
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Just my 2 cents but it aint going to happen.Govt freezes for the next 2 years.No enforcement,Or lack of due to cuts.And the revenue from atvs,5th wheels,big ass trucks and fuel and grub,Far outweighs the amount we spend on flyfishn.Wishfull thinkin but.10000 rvrs in random spots wont stand up against 500 fly guys.yes its out of control but we cant enforce what we have now.Have seen polls from the Atvrs.campers hunters and hikers.After all the govt started the mess by privatizing the campgrounds driving everybody to public lands.Look at beaver mines absolute mess.Outhouses filled to the brim.no firewood.And thats a start.And with this years closures.Maycroft,cottonwood bla bla bla driving more to free campin.Have sent pics of permnent camps,there still there.It seems there are no rules.It is suggested that camps be moved every 2 weeks.Not enforced.EVERYBODY SAYS YAHOO BUT IT AINT GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETIME.Its abloody mess.So enjoy it while you can.
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OK my first attempt at cropin and paintin.By the time i took out the road sign,the banks and the rocks not much left.
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Sorry Brian.
Was a way cool experience.But and there is always a but.I gave my camera to a young lad we were fishn with,so the pics :$*%&: reveal way too much information on the location and im afraid if i posted them this little location would be ruined.Thinks that was my best bullie yet.All these years of chucking double bunnies and clousers made my arms sore.Who would have thought they would eat a #16 dry.
Ps if your in the country stop for a brew i have some sweet pics ta show ya.
The young lad we were teaching to flyfish,suddenly stopped wading in the water.He walked on shore for the next 3 hrs ,way too funny.
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Buddy decides this morning after way tooo many long island ice teas last night we should spend the day in the mountains. So the delama begins.Drys,nmphps,streamers,6wt,3wt bla bla bla.Get out of the truck and all dressed up.Look at the 3wt collecting dust,grab the dry boxes and away we go.
Fish are slurpin and splashn.Catch a few cutties and bows and we work up the river.Fish are poundin the big bugs so i rig up with a big old stonefly with a smaller para trailing about 3 ft behind.Big stone would catch their attention then they would hit the smaller dry.
I get into a run make a 10 ft cast and a fish rolls my stone,missed.Cast again fish comes up and refuses the smaller dry.This goes on for 20 frigin minutes.Getting frustrated i reload.cut off my tippet.tie 6 x to the stone tie on a #16 compadun. Cast out and *hit a snout comes up and sips the dun so pretty.tighten up and hell breaks loose.My old 3wt reel is smokin.There goes the fly line ,there goes the backing.WTF.So i give chase.Get some line back.loose lots more.Then mr fishie decides he wants to leave the country.he gets into some slack and i cant move it.So im reeling,net in hand.See the fish sulking on the bottom.Just walked up behind it and slid the net under it.
Friggin 27 inch bullie on a #16 dry.
If i had known it ws a bull.i may have just hit the brake and let the 6x snap.
There have been posts on how long or how to play a fish.But when unexpected things happen,and your undergunned.Do you risk wearing the fish out or hit the brake and say see ya.Think it could have lasted a lot longer.
YES RAY I HAVE PICS HAHAHA. Your foam fly rocks .
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I was in there a month ago for the first time.Heard the bad, heard the good.So ill check it out.Thought i would look over some tying materials or lack of.Got into a discussion about FF pike with the dude.Well 2 minutes later he was lost and thought i was on crack.You cant catch pike with a fly but the bait is over there.Hehe WTF.Wanted to pick up some freeze dried rations for some backpackin.I know what i like and have tried all types.Went to the section and started putting stuff in a cart.Price not too bad.Then the dude started putting some other *hit in my basket which i wouldnt feed to my worst enemy.I said NO and asked if he had tried the crap.I have been buying the same stuff for years and know what i want.After a very short discussion asking if he had ever tried the stuff,he said no.But swore it was the best.I left real quick without droppin a dime.
I will support my local specialty shops.Customer service 0.Sorry.And not sure what the going out of buisness thing was but it wouldnt surprise me one bit.
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So why not make it mandatory that people under the age of 18 must wear one?If the water craft needs an operators license to run it then its mandatory.Nothing pisses me off more than seeing young kids,full throttle on a lake with no life jackets.While the parents are chillen with beers.How many drownings are there a year where no life jackets are worn.I have personally witnessed 3 people drown.One in a belly boat in 3 ft of water.one in a pontoon and one in a canoe.If you think you have time to swim and find a life jacket in under 20 seconds.Thats how long it takes.Thats what it took for me to open my eyes.PFD all the time.
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I wear one always,boat,toon sometimes wading.guess the govt doesnt see it as a necessity for people under 18.Then again go to the castle in the summer and watch the little 5 and 6 year old kids ridding quads and motorcycles down the road without helmets,while the folks are sittin by the fire havin brews.We dam near hit one last year on the castle.Driving along and turn the corner here comes a little mini bike kid coudnt have been 6.WTF nearest camp was a mile away.No protective gear and he actually forced us off the road.Not sure about kalgree are they enforcing the bike helmet law.or looking the other way?
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This pic from the Glenbow that I stumbled on is worth a look. Some technique he has...and he calls it fishing? Looks like daydreaming to me.
http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhot...;OEH=ISO-8859-1
It is my understanding that now the regs are only published once every 2 years and not yearly.Any changes will not be made until 2012 unless declared an emergency and posted.
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Jesumcry, there's a voice outta the past, y'all still scarin' the crap outta them slough sharks??
Done deal mang
Yip and i love it and sometimes they scare the *hit out of me.Somebody needs to keep the predators in check.And no runoff who knew.
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Any of you that have bird feeders noticed anything like this? We got a feeder a few months ago, and the last while we've noticed a lump slowly growing on the lawn underneath where the feeder is. It's more than just a build up seed.. I looked at it really close today and it's like a lump of clover or moss or something. Is this normal? I can't find anything on Google...
Here's the lump (I ripped a couple chunks out to look closer):
Closeup of one of the chunks:
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It is bird seed.If you watch them closely they flick out 20 seeds for everyone they eat.Sparrows actually have the ability to weigh each seed with their beak.Only eating the ones that are right for them.Watch with a camera or binos one day.You might change the seed you are feeding them.They figure for every 5 lbs you put out for them they only eat 1 lb.If you have other birds such as whisky jacks and jays they will take only the larger seeds.
Who knew.
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lotsa snow up high, big water till July, may hafta drag me rods out east,
right now I'm preoccupied tryin' to find that leakin' seam in my effin' old neos
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Taco.
If ya wander down the street i have a pair of neos i dont use.Worn once.If they fit ya ill trade you a cutty trip.Your cab or mine.Still need to get all that tying crap too ya.If they dont fit ya ill still trade ya a cuttie trip.
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OH JESUS!!!!!! you two. Its pike season and all you want to do is talk about opening day.
Ray.I found some kevlar gloves to protect your delicate fingers.Ill get you out there yet.Flingin a 10 wt AHHHHHH life is good.
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Go for a walk off the road on the FTR.Oldman,dutch When ya hit the sign regal creek stop walk into the bush and have a look.Big piles of crap everywhere.This has been at least 10 years and i cant find no plantings.But they did leave a strip along the road so you cant see the mess they left.
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How about a gopher!!!!!!With a gopher tail caddis center page.
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This is a licensed event and BEER will be available all weekend.
Fishing Chat + Beer + Drake Film Tour = FUN
.....and it looks like cuttbow is offering to buy
Oh sure.............make me buy the beer.
Now ill have to wait another year to get that switch rod on the water.But again........... its pike season.Dont think i need the Switch for a few more months. 
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So is first round on the feds.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHA just kiddin.ill buy you a brew or 17.
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I got my boxes from wally world.The plastic organizers have 35 slots.For the hooks i epoxied the dividers to stop the hooks from dividing.I also took the same boxes and drilled 1/4 inch holes in all the lid compartments.Filled 2 of these puppies with dubbing.Another 2 boxes have the beads and cones and whatnot.If you want to travel you grab 5 boxes and go!Think they run about $4 each.
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This weekend will be great.As always the conclave will be a weekend to remember.Cant wait to see the drake.Then watching Brian on sat with his demos.He proves my casting is bad.What a great time.Oh and the bow ninja too.
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I think they need to forget this and get back to important things that will really save lives like the gun registration law .
Have you ever seen anybody flip over a belly boat and not come up?I have seen the upside down puddle duck thing and believe me you wake up often replaying it.And someones children didnt have a dad to come home too.So you can wine and cry all ya want,As far as im concerned belly boat,pontoon drift boat.This law of having a life preserver in the boat sucks.Bring on more laws and make it manditory to wear a preserver at all times.After seeing that i even wear my inflatable wading.So if the $38 bucks for a license saves some one its worth it.You might be glad one day that you had the whistle or the life jacket or the rope to toss to someone.So ya take the test and maybe learn something.Wanna compare drowning numbers every year to gun control.
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I love GPX lines. They cast perfectly on the rods I line them up with. For durability THEY SUCK. They are the worst lines on the market for cracking prematurely. After owning them for years, I know that you need to buy a new one EVERY F$%^ING YEAR! T
Sent one back noticed i have the same cracks on the 3wt,after less than a year.I do love the line but 2 lines in less than a year.Warrenty or not.Be lookin for another line.Hope my SA pike tapers hold up.I just replaced my cortland 444 after 8 years of abuse.
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I have a couple grips with chunks of cork that are missing.Was looking for something to rebuild these areas.I dont think a general wood filler would stand up to the moisture.Any ideas.
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I have been having cracking on two of my fly lines within the last year ones a GPX and one a shark skin both on my 6 wt. The cracking is on the front third of the line, these cracks go probably a third of the way through and are quite plentiful. I have not seen any negative effects such as sinking but it seems like just a matter of time before it's shot.
I think I take fairly good care of my lines - out of the sun, dry, periodic cleaning and dressing. Is this something I am doing or have other people experienced this?
I had the same thing on a GPX after 3 times out.I believe SA has a 2 year replacement on their lines.
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I know on my tubes i use the hook hang down.I read an article on this ill see if i can find it.But there was a reason or 7 that they prefered the hook point down.
Elk Hunting
in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
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Taco.
Rumors are correct.Seen pics of one pair from the opening season.There are reports of 3 pairs now working the block.Rumor has it they were going to introduce more to keep the herd in check.From what i was told these are not transplants but have found their own way to the British block.Will be interesting to see what happens when and if they start crossing the fence.