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Would you share some off beat equipment tips? Like carrying some small
patches of bicycle tire tube to straighten your leaders or using
generic hand cream to float your flies. Even how you fix up you r vest
or pack that might keep things straight or handy on the stream. I keep
screwing up my magnifying glass lanyard with my sunglass lanyard when I
go from one to the other. I happen to see great for distance but need a
lense to tie knots and a different lense to see my small flies. I don't
want to carry 2 different lense just to pick out a midge and then tie
it on. Does anyone else have problems like this that they have solved?

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Hey,
I'm no expert but these things work for me. I have a pair of magnifiers
that attach to the bill of my hat. I can flip them down for small work.
I can wear my sunglasses and still flip the mag down. I just got a set
of threaders to help manage the midges. I store several on a threader
so I can just put that tiney tippet through the treader and pull a
midge on it. Then it is just a question of managing the knot. Hope this
helps,frogge.:D

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To sink wetflys, nymphs, & streamers, without waiting for them to get
waterlogged.

Use a drop of "wetting agent" (used when processing & printing
photographic film) to break the surface tension, and get rid of trapped
air.

A pint of Kodak "Photo-Flo 200" (or equilivant) will last for many
years. Use an empty, well rinsed, nazal decongestant spray bottle to
carry and dispense it.

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"frogge" wrote in message
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Hey,
I'm no expert but these things work for me. I have a pair of magnifiers
that attach to the bill of my hat. I can flip them down for small work.
I can wear my sunglasses and still flip the mag down. I just got a set
of threaders to help manage the midges. I store several on a threader
so I can just put that tiney tippet through the treader and pull a
midge on it. Then it is just a question of managing the knot. Hope this
helps,frogge.:D
frogge

I'll ditto frogge suggestions.
I also have the flip-down magnifiers on my hat and found them to be
very useful. I also use the Scientific Anglers threaders for threading the
tippet
through hooks of the fly.
Others goodies are; amber Polaroid sun glasses with a chum attachment to go
around my neck. Sunscreen/skin lotion, chapstick. Vest with outside foam
fly-attachment. Organized tippet dispensers in various sizes and nippers
handy. Hemostats attached to vest.
-tom

Pete wrote:
To sink wetflys, nymphs, & streamers, without waiting for them to get
waterlogged.

Use a drop of "wetting agent" (used when processing & printing
photographic film) to break the surface tension, and get rid of trapped
air.

A pint of Kodak "Photo-Flo 200" (or equilivant) will last for many
years. Use an empty, well rinsed, nazal decongestant spray bottle to
carry and dispense it.

Seems overly complicated, most people having been born with a
lifetime supply of spit readily at hand....

- JR

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:27:23 -0500, cingras53
wrote:

Would you share some off beat equipment tips? Like carrying some small
patches of bicycle tire tube to straighten your leaders

You could damage your leader by using a leader straightener be it a
commercial piece of leather or a home made one. It is better to feel
the heat in your fingers. If it is too hot for your hand/fingers, it
is too hot for the leader.

or using
generic hand cream to float your flies.

Gink hung on my vest does that job. For cdc flies I used Frog's Fanny
desicant. I fill my gink bottle with Albolene a petroleum jelly based
hand/face cleaner.

Even how you fix up you r vest
or pack that might keep things straight or handy on the stream. I keep
screwing up my magnifying glass lanyard with my sunglass lanyard when I
go from one to the other. I happen to see great for distance but need a
lense to tie knots and a different lense to see my small flies. I don't
want to carry 2 different lense just to pick out a midge and then tie
it on. Does anyone else have problems like this that they have solved?

Buy a pair of sunglasses with magnifying glasses built in. Orvis and
others sell them at a reasonable price. They are great glasses and
allow you to see the smallest of flies. I typically fish with nymphs
as small as 24 and have no problem seeing them/tying on the tippet
with my sunglass/magnifying lense combo.

Dave

Dave LaCourse wrote:
Buy a pair of sunglasses with magnifying glasses built in. Orvis and
others sell them at a reasonable price. They are great glasses and
allow you to see the smallest of flies.

I've got the Action Optics sort (though not, as I recall, at a
very reasonable price). They rank up there with breathable
waders in the making-life-easy department.

- JR

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:44:16 -0500, JR wrote:

I've got the Action Optics sort (though not, as I recall, at a
very reasonable price). They rank up there with breathable
waders in the making-life-easy department.

I got mine for around $80, which IS reasonable for good optics.

Dave

On Feb 5, 7:27 am, cingras53
wrote:
Would you share some off beat equipment tips? Like carrying some small
patches of bicycle tire tube to straighten your leaders or using
generic hand cream to float your flies. Even how you fix up you r vest
or pack that might keep things straight or handy on the stream. I keep
screwing up my magnifying glass lanyard with my sunglass lanyard when I
go from one to the other. I happen to see great for distance but need a
lense to tie knots and a different lense to see my small flies. I don't
want to carry 2 different lense just to pick out a midge and then tie
it on. Does anyone else have problems like this that they have solved?

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When you have problems with your guides freezing. Use crisco on them
or you can even pull out your chapstick and rub it on your guides.

albolene (petroleum jelly product= dirt attractant) and gives of odors
fish can taste..

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Things, tricks and tips that I have learned:
1. Do not ride in a high powered auto with a maniacally laughing
pirate.
2. Ziplock bags rock for keeping things dry. Especially keys with an
RF door lock.
3. Studded wading boots suck in a fiberglass boat.
4. Large quantities of cheap vodka can assist you in filling your fly
box in the fish camp (just wait till your buddies are passed out).
5. If your fly shop owner calls you up in the middle of the winter to
remind you that your credit card is expiring, its time to move on.
6. If your fly shop owner sees you at a fishing show in the middle of
the winter and gives you the same info whilst repeating your card
number from memory, its time to switch to a new bank.
7. Mormon girl scouts and drunk southern lawyers with a gitfiddle
don't mix.
8. Keep a travel pack of tissues in a ziplock in the back pocket of
your vest. Will help with in-forest emergencies.
9. When flinging streamers all day, put a waterproof bandaid or that
flexible bandage tape on you stripping finger. Will keep the line
from sawing through to the bone.
10. A fly box with a sealing ring will keep your flies from getting
wet an rusting out. However, at the end of the day, open the boxes
and let the flies air out overnight to ensure that any moisture does
not stay in the box.
11. An old sock filled with cedar shaving from a pet store can be
placed in your hackle drawer to ward off moths.
12. When you tie up a bunch of dry flies, dip them in Rain-X and let
them dry. This repels water and helps clean up after fish slime.
13. A curved, serrated-edge folding knife attached to your wader strap
with a nylon shoe lace can be used to cut you out of waders and other
things in an emergency.
14. Turn your cell phone off and remove the battery before going
astream (and put it in a ziplock). If it gets dunked, then it only
needs to be dried out and should be good as new (works for digital
cameras too).
15. On your fly vest, loops on the zipper pull can get caught on a
branch, unzipping the pocket with the loss of the contents. Go for
one that has solid, flat pulls.
16. Keep hydrated on the water with a Camel Back pack or other bladder
system. You can last a whole bunch longer even in cold weather.
Dehydration, even a little bit, causes fatigue.
17. Check your tippet often. Even a little knick in the line can
reduce breaking strength by 75%. Retie!
18. ALWAYS wear a wading belt. There are some broad ones that even
help with back fatique. Wading belts will slow the inflow of water
into your waders, giving you a few extra seconds to get out before
they fill up.
19. Clone Danl's bride. She cooks up enough food for the whole came
and sends it with him.
20. Carry a kitchen garbage bag in your vest. When you reach the end
of your stroll for the day, you can use it to pick up trash on the
trail on the way out.
Frank Reid

19. Clone Danl's bride. *She cooks up enough food for the whole CAMP
and sends it with him.

Frank Reid

On Feb 6, 3:56*am, Dave LaCourse wrote:
*I fill my gink bottle with Albolene a petroleum jelly based
hand/face cleaner.

Doesn't everybody?

:-)

--riverman