"B J Conner" wrote in message
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"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
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But, Texans are famous for having more money than sense,

They can get that much money picking up pop bottles for half a day.

Oh?

Wolfgang
who wouldn't have guessed they've got that much sense. :)

"B J Conner" wrote in message
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"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
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But, Texans are famous for having more money than sense,

They can get that much money picking up pop bottles for half a day.

Oh?

Wolfgang
who wouldn't have guessed they've got that much sense. :)

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D Screen wrote:

Hi,

I am still a newbie when it comes to flyfishing but not fishing in
general. Recently I joined the Dallas Flyfishers. I can't say enough
nice things about this group! Very helpful members and had a great trip
to Broken Bow, OK last month with them.

Texas stocks our local ponds with rainbows over the winter but the water
is too warm come spring so it is catch and keep for most people fishing
for them.

Stockers WILL take flies, so it is probably something you are doing.
Since it is a pond and your presentation might be off, what is the dry
fly hatch? Try a dry fly, maybe a bwo?

steve wrote:

Stockers WILL take flies, so it is probably something you are doing.
Since it is a pond and your presentation might be off, what is the dry
fly hatch? Try a dry fly, maybe a bwo?

FWIW, my experience with the stocked fish down here is that it is
useless to try to catch them on dries unless they are holdover fish.
When they are first stocked, they are looking for other forms of food.

I have had the same expeprience as the previous poster; using almost
every fly in my arsenal with no luck while the corn and powerbait folks
do just fine.

The guys-in-the-know I have talked to say that your best bet is a
"ham'n'egg" (SJ worm with an egg imitation dropped from it), or various
midges (disco midge seems to be popular) or scuds (#18-20 olive scuds
are popular). They use various weighted dropper systems to get the
flies down.

To be honest, it's more trouble than it's worth, IMHO. If I do fish
for the trout, I do so more just to be on the water and get some casting
practice in.

If I just wanted to catch stockers, I'd probably get my ultralight
spinning gear out and throw some cheez-links to them.


Chuck Vance (garlic flavor seems to be best)