My wife wanted some new hiking boots so we went to REI I wandered around and noticed that they have a telescoping walking staff that looks exactly like the...

I do believe that cabin fever is beginning to blossom too. Op --happy a hell in Lenoir, NC--

On Jan 1, 10:21*pm, Todd wrote: Condescending One, * * Inquiring minds would like an update on your trees. How did they survive the...

I live less than an hour from 4 rivers that drain the west slope of the Sierra, 10 minutes from the closest. All have similar journeys, interrupted by dams...

I've waited quite awhile for some serious gloating. Here it is. Get ready. Back in 2000 I posted that Microsoft's growth was finished, and was widely...

Somewhere recently I think you said you mix Frogs Fanny with dubbing before using that dubbing to produce a fly ...true? If so, how do you actually do this...

Is there a readily available soft hackle with tiny feathers, starling is the smallest I have, would like even smaller for a WIP

Here's a Happy New Year to all the nuts on this list I hope Dave LaCourse recovers well I have been aasked to play Auld Lang Syne at a party tonight but...

A part of what distinguishes fly fishing from other modes of fishing is style points. Fly fishermen get style points. Being anti-snob egalitarians most of us...

I'd like to congratulate a superhuman on a superhuman feat of endurance, tolerance and general up-with-puttedness for the last twenty-one years. Today is our...

Then your stream is getting a lot more pressure, from fly fishers, than even you might imagine! ;~^ ) Op

I think I have a line on Dough-dough bird feathers--but say anything to anyone! Okay, that was just wrong! Moron! :~^ ) Op

Wow, the last 25 seconds of regulation sure were amazing. --riverman

Not so difficult to enter or exit with permission from land owners--which I have procured! Op --well so long as that permission holds?--

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message ... On 12/23/2010 5:35 PM, Ken Fortenberry wrote: ...

Then get thy self to the library and check out some books written by the old masters. The gear sections will be entirely useless--with respect to what is being...

On Monday, December 27, 2010 2:36:03 PM UTC-5, Larry L wrote: This type of thing is seen in most endeavors, very serious students of any subject simply...

That twirent me. Likely Larry or Frank, as I do not bother with wondering or worrrying about what the trout on my waters feed on--they seem to sample virtually...

Make it a root beer and you got a deal! :~^ ) By the time I make the quarter century sobriety mark, I will either be retired :~^ ) or dead :~^ ( Nonetheless,...

I don't do Christmas, as I am not a Christian, but I do plan to make the most of the season's holidays nonetheless. I figure that most of us ****-up from time...