Now that we've all taken a deep breath...
 

what about fly fishing?

Alas, ffing remains more on the fantasy list than actual plans for me
this year; but among the things I'd like to do are hitting the shad
run on the Susquehanna (I've missed it for two years in a row),
getting the 3-wt onto a few small streams, and maybe even getting the
bike running well enough to stop up at the Penns Creek clave for a
day, long enough to drink a lot of scotch & recover therefrom before
heading back. I might even take the rods to Maine this year.

The fall trip to Altmar is pretty well carved in stone, though my
favorite lodge may not be open for business this year. I'll deal with
that some other time.

I've noticed that when I don't fish regularly, my gear tends to
scatter. Not sure why. I have rods in three different places; I know
my 8-wt. reel is still in the trunk of my car since last October, and
the waders are still hanging up in the basement. I'm pretty sure
they're dry now. The wading boots were on top of the freezer, but I'm
not sure where they are now. On the floor next to it, I think.

Most of my fly boxes are still in the gear bag; but a few have
attempted an escape. I think there are some smallmouth flies in a
desk drawer. The shad flies might be in my workshop, I have to
check. I know there is a box of dries somewhere loose, but I can't
remember where I saw them last.

I still need to check out why the drag on one of my larger J. Ryalls
was uneven last year. It'd hold, then almost free spin once it
reached a certain threshold. I keep meaning to take it apart & clean
it; but there seems to always be something else to do.

Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Joe F.

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Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Well, I'm teased by going to my club meetings and getting reports from
Florida, Teneriffe and assorted other places. I just go up to my man
cave and fondle a few nymphs but the older I get the less I feel
better afterwards.
Frank Reid

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On Feb 21, 12:28*am, Frank Reid wrote:
Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Well, I'm teased by going to my club meetings and getting reports from
Florida, Teneriffe and assorted other places. *I just go up to my man
cave and fondle a few nymphs but the older I get the less I feel
better afterwards.
Frank Reid

Maybe they're the wrong type of nymphs?

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/image003.jpg

Maybe you need bigger breaths! ( Yeth, and even if they're only
thixteen!)

You ever have problems with bird **** on your car? You need this;

http://s307.photobucket.com/albums/n...trepellant.flv

Just don't get the birds and the nymphs mixed up!

TL
MC

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On Feb 21, 1:14*am, wrote:
On Feb 21, 12:28*am, Frank Reid wrote:

Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Well, I'm teased by going to my club meetings and getting reports from
Florida, Teneriffe and assorted other places. *I just go up to my man
cave and fondle a few nymphs but the older I get the less I feel
better afterwards.
Frank Reid

Maybe they're the wrong type of nymphs?

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/image003.jpg

Maybe you need bigger breaths! *( Yeth, and even if they're only
thixteen!)

You ever have problems with bird **** on your car? *You need this;

http://s307.photobucket.com/albums/n...her/?action=vi....

Just don't get the birds and the nymphs mixed up!

TL
MC

Holy moley, what was I thinking of!!!! I may have just given Frank
Reid some ideas for modifying his car! Take cover!!!!!!!!!

TL
MC

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Holy moley, what was I thinking of!!!! *I may have just given Frank
Reid some ideas for modifying his car! *Take cover!!!!!!!!!

TL
MC

No Frank, NO!!!! You definitely do NOT NEED a ****ing chain
saw!"!!!!!!!!!

TL
MC

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rb608 wrote:
what about fly fishing? ...

I've got two fly fishing trips etched in stone, my annual trip to
Boulder Junction for the Muskie opener/UP trout/Sylvania smallmouth
trip the last week of May and first week of June and our family
vacation/a little bit of trout, smallie, pike fishing in Grand
Marais the first two weeks of September. That's about it for planned
trips at the moment.

I may have to relent on my Labrador boycott one of these days, I
sure would like to get into some big brookies and I still plan to
do a northern Ontario canoe trip one of these days in pursuit of
the same quarry.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On Feb 21, 12:28*am, Frank Reid wrote:
Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Well, I'm teased by going to my club meetings and getting reports from
Florida, Teneriffe and assorted other places. *I just go up to my man
cave and fondle a few nymphs but the older I get the less I feel
better afterwards.
Frank Reid

Frank, forget the friggin chain saw, and keep your eyes on the blue
spot;

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...o/random-0.jpg

TL
MC

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On Feb 20, 11:17*pm, rb608 wrote:
what about fly fishing?


Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Joe F.

Errrrr.......sorry? Fly-fishing? What was that again?

TL
MC

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Customer: Waiter! What the hell is this?

Waiter: It's bean soup sir.

Customer: I don't give a **** what it's
been...........................

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"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
I just go up to my man
cave and fondle a few nymphs


ewwwww! factor elevated.
Tom

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"rb608" wrote in message
...
what about fly fishing?

if all goes well, I should be done with Bruces bugs by March, and head up to
catch the Baetis on Spring Creek.
That was fun last year. The handy one and I will open up camp at the end of
April, so that means 4 or 5 days of Grannoms, Hendricksons and torrential
downpours, if past history holds. By then, the local fishing should be good
over heavy caddis hatches in the Tully, and early Sulfurs on the local
trickle. Then, 8 days at Penn's, glorious Penn's at it's best, with Sulfurs,
March Browns, and Green Drakes everywhere!!(not to mention, loads of fine
company). After that, I will rest up, and plan forward from there.
Tom

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Frank, forget the friggin chain saw, and keep your eyes on the blue
spot;

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...o/random-0.jpg

TL
MC

In case you are wondering what the blue spot is, assuming you saw it
in the first place, ( or in both second places), that's what happens
when you miscue trying to sink the pink.

TL
MC

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On Feb 21, 2:24*am, wrote:
Customer: *Waiter! *What the hell is this?

Waiter: *It's bean soup sir.

Customer: I don't give a **** what it's
been...........................

Oh dear! Was that a faux pas? I know it was about beans, but I
wasn't counting........honest!

TL
MC

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On Feb 21, 2:35*am, "Tom Littleton" wrote:

if all goes well, I should be done with Bruces bugs by March,

eeeewwww!!!!

TL
MC

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On Feb 21, 2:40*am, wrote:
On Feb 21, 2:35*am, "Tom Littleton" wrote:

if all goes well, I should be done with Bruces bugs by March,

eeeewwww!!!!

TL
MC

Not to mention arrrgghh!!! and yeuuchhhhh!!!"

TL
MC

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canoe trip one of these days in pursuit of
the same quarry.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Here's a few nice quarries;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarry

http://www.smithbridge.com.gu/quarry%203.jpg

http://monida.files.wordpress.com/20...ry-hotel11.jpg

http://www.divevivian.com/images/quarry.jpg

Like some more?

TL
MC

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On Feb 21, 2:52*am, wrote:
*canoe trip one of these days in pursuit of

the same quarry.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Here's a few nice quarries;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarry

http://www.smithbridge.com.gu/quarry%203.jpg

http://monida.files.wordpress.com/20...el-deep-water-...

http://www.divevivian.com/images/quarry.jpg

Like some more?

TL
MC

Yes, I know already, I'm a homophobic nutcase, I am fixated on railway
stations, I am deranged, Mother Theresa thinks I am the the devil
personified, etc etc etc .....

All doubtless very sad, but I am only here for a laugh, and I don't
give a **** what you think, indeed, not even a row ( or was it
"Hill"? ), of beans!

OOoops........... there I go again!

TL
MC

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All doubtless very sad, but I am only here for a laugh, and I don't
give a ***** what you think, indeed, not even a row ( or was it
"Hill"? ), of beans!

OOoops........... there I go again!

TL
MC

Still......., don't suppose it matters much, after all, who's
counting?

Ahhhhh..........****.............

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"rb608" wrote in message
...
what about fly fishing?

Alas, ffing remains more on the fantasy list than actual plans for me
this year; but among the things I'd like to do are hitting the shad
run on the Susquehanna (I've missed it for two years in a row),
getting the 3-wt onto a few small streams, and maybe even getting the
bike running well enough to stop up at the Penns Creek clave for a
day, long enough to drink a lot of scotch & recover therefrom before
heading back. I might even take the rods to Maine this year.

The fall trip to Altmar is pretty well carved in stone, though my
favorite lodge may not be open for business this year. I'll deal with
that some other time.

I've noticed that when I don't fish regularly, my gear tends to
scatter. Not sure why. I have rods in three different places; I know
my 8-wt. reel is still in the trunk of my car since last October, and
the waders are still hanging up in the basement. I'm pretty sure
they're dry now. The wading boots were on top of the freezer, but I'm
not sure where they are now. On the floor next to it, I think.

Most of my fly boxes are still in the gear bag; but a few have
attempted an escape. I think there are some smallmouth flies in a
desk drawer. The shad flies might be in my workshop, I have to
check. I know there is a box of dries somewhere loose, but I can't
remember where I saw them last.

I still need to check out why the drag on one of my larger J. Ryalls
was uneven last year. It'd hold, then almost free spin once it
reached a certain threshold. I keep meaning to take it apart & clean
it; but there seems to always be something else to do.

Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Joe F.

Waiting for Shad about IRS time on the Sacramento at Verona. Was on the
lower Rogue at Gold Beach last weekend, but not fishing. Was a **** off Al
Gore jet boat run up the river. They were getting some Steelheads, but that
is all spinners / lures in that part of the river. To get the attractor
down on the bottom in big currents and deeper water. All the Rivers other
than the Smith as I drove down the coast were running really brown from all
the rain, so no fishing of any kind in them.

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"rb608" wrote in message
...
what about fly fishing?

Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Joe F.

I enjoy hearing about others plans and trips coming up. Many times living
vicariously through those tellings.

I have a few trips in the works, mostly the normal stuff I do each year.
I'll be flying down to Salt Lake this next Wednesday to meet up with my
cousin, we are going to fish the Green for a few days (try and beat cabin
fever off), we had hoped for the SF. of the Snake, however weather doesn't
look very cooperative in that area. We will the be doing our normal skwala
gig on the Root the end of March. My family and I will be taking a couple
trips, one to the NF of the Clearwater and a trip over to the Oregon Coast
near Florence/Yachats (sp?). We are going to pull the quads down and ride
the dunes a few days and spend the rest of the time sight seeing and beach
combing. I'm hoping to sneak away and possibly fish the Yachats river and
maybe do some surf fishing. If anyone has and info on either of these
options, I would really appreciate any info. Other than that, my cousin and
I will meet up on Kelly Cr. late fall and I'll try for a few steelhead trips
late fall early winter and any other side trips I can pull off with the
normal life stuff going on.

I'm encouraged by some of the posts lately, I hope we can bring this place
back to a more civil environment. I certainly don't agree with what many say
and think on this group, however I don't feel like jumping down their throat
about it. I been around this nut house for many years, I think back to about
1992 or earlier and I have unfortunately watched many real and virtual
friendships deteriorate. That's the only thing I have not enjoyed about it.
All the rest is good, I've met and fished with some and made virtual friends
in the process. I will say it's really funny to put a face with a name
(facebook) after many years, not once has that person looked as I figured by
their name/style. I hope to meet up with more of you over the years.

Have a great fishing season and tight lines,
JT

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"Frank Reid" wrote

I just go up to my man
cave and fondle a few nymphs


Have you tried dry flies?


This reminds me of something I've noticed about myself but never understood.
On the occasions that I find myself actively sitting and engaging in
farfetched daydreaming about fishing, i.e. picturing myself pulling in fish
after fish ( see told you it was a dream ) ............ I'm almost always
nymph fishing !! I don't even really care for nymph fishing, so why
would my brain choose to make it my daydream method of choice?

Larry L ( who thinks the human brain is very odd, .... but then, only has
real access to his own and, thus, may be getting a wrong impression of
general truths on the subject )

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"rb608" wrote

The fall trip to Altmar is pretty well carved in stone,



It looks like my annual pilgrimage to Montahoming will continue this summer.

I always think about new ( to me ) places to go and ponder exploring far
less known destinations than I mention on ROFF. But, old loves are hard
to beat, if the love is real, and I suspect I'll mainly visit them. I
notice that every post in this thread ( thus far ) about planned trips
centers around the poster's old love destination, and that is as it should
be IMHO.

On the subject of loves, my wife will be joining me some of this season.
My trailer is really too big for just me, but not really big enough for two
.... long term. We don't want to buy a bigger one until we're sure she'll
enjoy the lifestyle. It will be interesting to see how she likes it.

She used to be very much an outdoorsy girl, but that has changed a lot with
raising our son and other, at home, obligations. My job and my hunting/
fishing passions have kept me on the road and out in Nature, something she
has always supported completely.

I often mention ( aka bitch about ) my bad ankle and knee, they started
with a serious rock climbing accident that left me on crutches for months
way back when. My lovely bride ( to be at the time ) was my belayer,
caught the fall, patched me best she could and helped me down off the rock
to safety. Another, even earlier, time on a climbing/ hiking trip I fell
asleep in the afternoon sun, as did Neil a climbing partner. When we woke
up my sweetie calmly told us about chasing off a bear by banging on pots and
how she had tried to not make too much noise and wake us !!! Understand
why I got married? I'm looking forward to spending more time walking and
enjoying Nature together than we've been able to mutually schedule the last
couple decades.


Larry L ( who always wonders how personal to get here ... not 'personal'
attacks, roff tradition has set that bar very high g ... another kind of
'inner thought' personal )

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On Feb 21, 6:45*pm, "Larry L" wrote:

Larry L ( who always wonders how personal to get here ... not 'personal'
attacks, roff tradition has set that bar very high g ... another kind of
'inner thought' personal )

Best not at all, as although some people here will simply invent
rubbish about you if they decide to attack you, giving them any
personal information at all is a very very bad idea, because
eventually they will use it against you in ways you never dreamed
possible.

TL
MC

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On Feb 21, 12:45*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
Understand
why I got married?

I don't know, man. Seems to me that you fell of a cliff and got
banged up on rocks and almost got mauled by a bear while in close
proximity to her. Maybe she's bad luck!

Just kidding. My buddies and I are in the planning / dreaming stage,
too . . . a couple short trips to VA, a week in the Sierra Nevadas in
CA, and as many day trips and overnighters in PA as possible. Every
nice, even semi-warmish day, now, when I step out of the office at
lunch time, I'm thinking, "Just a little bit warmer and I'll be
skipping out for the afternoon!" This is the toughest part of the
year - conditions are so, so close . . . but not yet. My skills /
interests restrict my fishing to dry flies on brookie streams, that's
why I'm not out right now.

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On Feb 21, 1:00*pm, wrote:
Best not at all, as although some people here will simply invent
rubbish about you if they decide to attack you, giving them any
personal information at all is a very very bad idea, because
eventually they will use it against you in ways you never dreamed
possible.

This sounds like being afraid to ask a girl out because she might say
no.

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On Feb 21, 8:00*pm, "mr.rapidan" wrote:
On Feb 21, 1:00*pm, wrote:

Best not at all, as although some people here will simply invent
rubbish about you if they decide to attack you, giving them any
personal information at all is a very very bad idea, because
eventually they will use it against you in ways you never dreamed
possible.

This sounds like being afraid to ask a girl out because she might say
no.

Never had any problems with getting girls to go out with me, and I was
very happily married for thirty years until my wife passed away, so I
wouldn't know, but I have had plenty of problems with assholes on here.

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"mr.rapidan" wrote

,
too . . . a couple short trips to VA, a week in the Sierra Nevadas in
CA, and as many day trips and overnighters in PA as possible.


where you going in ArnoldLand? ( don't be too specific ... east side/ west
north/ south ;-)

My grandfather took me fishing for the first time when I was about 6 on the
Rappahannick ( sp probably way off ) or somehing like that near Warrenton,
VA ... your screen name always brings back that memory .... it's a good
memory, please post more often G


Larry L ( granddad had lost one arm and I remember my mother being terrified
I'd fall out of the boat and he'd not be able to save me and arguing with my
father about letting me go ... I'm very glad she didn't prevail in th e
argument ......... I also remember the wonderful taste of the little
bluegill ( something small ) we brought home and grandmother fried up
breaded in corn meal, and the powerful ego inflating sense of 'providing
dinner' via the manly arts of the angler .... thanks again rapidan ;-)

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On Feb 21, 2:30*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
My grandfather took me fishing for the first time when I was about 6 on the
Rappahannick ( sp probably way off )

Only missed by one letter - Rappahannock. It's a great river, from
brookies higher in the Blue Ridge to smallies down around
Fredericksburg, to sea run species in the tidal zone. A few of us
ROFFians actually had a few smallmouth claves there back in the day.

And ditto on "Mr. Rapidan". I've been close to the Rapidan a few
times but never fished it. I remember it as a sorta subplot in Howell
Raines' "Flyfishing Through the Mid-life Crisis". I've wanted to
catch a brookie there ever since reading that book.

Joe F.

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On Feb 21, 2:30*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
"mr.rapidan" wrote
too . . . *a couple short trips to VA, a week in the Sierra Nevadas in
CA, and as many day trips and overnighters in PA as possible.

where you going in ArnoldLand? ( don't be too specific ... east side/ west
north/ south ;-)

My grandfather took me fishing for the first time when I was about 6 on the
Rappahannick ( sp probably way off ) or somehing like that near Warrenton,
VA ... your screen name always brings back that memory .... it's a good
memory, please post more often G

Larry L ( granddad had lost one arm and I remember my mother being terrified
I'd fall out of the boat and he'd not be able to save me and arguing with my
father about letting me go *... I'm very glad she didn't prevail in th e
argument ......... I also remember the wonderful taste of the little
bluegill ( something small ) we brought home and grandmother fried up
breaded in corn meal, and the powerful ego inflating sense of 'providing
dinner' via the manly arts of the angler * .... thanks again rapidan *;-)

My handle is more directly related to Harry Murray's fly than to the
river, itself (I'm more than a little color blind, and I need big,
yellow flies so I can see 'em. The fact that I can sometimes make
them work is a bonus!)

We're landing in Fresno and will head . . . East. We'll be up high.
Creeks and lakes is the goal. I hope this is general enough.

Glad to be able to help conjure up those childhood memories! I've got
mine, right now, too - upstate NY, near Springfield Center, I was 10,
11, 12 - we fished this broad, long, slow, pool in a tiny stream.
Looking back, someone must have dug it out, or something - it was
practically a pond. Suckers and bluegills. Perch, too? Can't
remember. I used my Zebco and could not have been happier, hangin'
with the boys, throwing rocks, exploring the woods, all that. It was
all fishing.

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On Feb 21, 2:20*pm, wrote:
On Feb 21, 8:00*pm, "mr.rapidan" wrote:

On Feb 21, 1:00*pm, wrote:

Best not at all, as although some people here will simply invent
rubbish about you if they decide to attack you, giving them any
personal information at all is a very very bad idea, because
eventually they will use it against you in ways you never dreamed
possible.

This sounds like being afraid to ask a girl out because she might say
no.

Never had any problems with getting girls to go out with me, and I was
very happily married for thirty years until my wife passed away, so I
wouldn't know, but I have had plenty of problems with assholes on here.

Let me guess - suicide?

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:02:06 -0800 (PST), "mr.rapidan"
wrote:

Let me guess - suicide?

A cheap shot that was totally unnecessary.

*******.

Dave

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On Feb 21, 9:19*pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:02:06 -0800 (PST), "mr.rapidan"

wrote:
Let me guess - suicide?

A cheap shot that was totally unnecessary.

*******.

Dave

Nah, when a couple guys are standing around, shooting the breeze, f'in
around, and someone brings out the heaviness in response to a light
poke, they get it right back.

And the name calling - **** yourself.

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On Feb 22, 3:02*am, "mr.rapidan" wrote:

Let me guess - suicide?

No idea what that is supposed to mean. Don't suppose it matters
either.

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Calif Bill wrote:
"rb608" wrote in message
...
what about fly fishing?

Alas, ffing remains more on the fantasy list than actual plans for me
this year; but among the things I'd like to do are hitting the shad
run on the Susquehanna (I've missed it for two years in a row),
getting the 3-wt onto a few small streams, and maybe even getting the
bike running well enough to stop up at the Penns Creek clave for a
day, long enough to drink a lot of scotch & recover therefrom before
heading back. I might even take the rods to Maine this year.

The fall trip to Altmar is pretty well carved in stone, though my
favorite lodge may not be open for business this year. I'll deal with
that some other time.

I've noticed that when I don't fish regularly, my gear tends to
scatter. Not sure why. I have rods in three different places; I know
my 8-wt. reel is still in the trunk of my car since last October, and
the waders are still hanging up in the basement. I'm pretty sure
they're dry now. The wading boots were on top of the freezer, but I'm
not sure where they are now. On the floor next to it, I think.

Most of my fly boxes are still in the gear bag; but a few have
attempted an escape. I think there are some smallmouth flies in a
desk drawer. The shad flies might be in my workshop, I have to
check. I know there is a box of dries somewhere loose, but I can't
remember where I saw them last.

I still need to check out why the drag on one of my larger J. Ryalls
was uneven last year. It'd hold, then almost free spin once it
reached a certain threshold. I keep meaning to take it apart & clean
it; but there seems to always be something else to do.

Well, I ain't doing much fishing, but at least I'm thinking about it.

Joe F.

Waiting for Shad about IRS time on the Sacramento at Verona. Was on the
lower Rogue at Gold Beach last weekend, but not fishing. Was a **** off Al
Gore jet boat run up the river. They were getting some Steelheads, but that
is all spinners / lures in that part of the river. To get the attractor
down on the bottom in big currents and deeper water. All the Rivers other
than the Smith as I drove down the coast were running really brown from all
the rain, so no fishing of any kind in them.



shad should start here in two weeks...usually last until early april;
then the rock accompany and follow shad through april; and offshore, big
dolphin (mahi), tuna, wahoo, billfish (yeah, still trying) and inshore
puppy drum, flounder, blues; and mountain trout - may at penns, june in
graham county... i've not done much since october, so looking forward to
starting anew.

jeff

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JT wrote:


I enjoy hearing about others plans and trips coming up. Many times living
vicariously through those tellings.

I have a few trips in the works, mostly the normal stuff I do each year.
I'll be flying down to Salt Lake this next Wednesday to meet up with my
cousin, we are going to fish the Green for a few days (try and beat cabin
fever off), we had hoped for the SF. of the Snake, however weather doesn't

Have a great fishing season and tight lines,
JT



....speaking of which...has anyone heard from or about zimbo? last
report from him was about a planned troutbum tryst...starting on the
green or therabouts and making his way east.

jeff

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jeff wrote:
JT wrote:


I enjoy hearing about others plans and trips coming up. Many times
living vicariously through those tellings.

I have a few trips in the works, mostly the normal stuff I do each
year. I'll be flying down to Salt Lake this next Wednesday to meet up
with my cousin, we are going to fish the Green for a few days (try and
beat cabin fever off), we had hoped for the SF. of the Snake, however
weather doesn't

Have a great fishing season and tight lines,
JT



...speaking of which...has anyone heard from or about zimbo? last
report from him was about a planned troutbum tryst...starting on the
green or therabouts and making his way east.

jeff


found this...

http://www.flyrodsacrossamerica.com/...odcast_rss.xml

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We're landing in Fresno and will head . . . East. We'll be up high.
Creeks and lakes is the goal. I hope this is general enough.

Headwaters of the Kern are amazing (golden are like little brookies,
they'll slash at anything that moves). It is quite a hike to get to
their home waters, even on horseback.
Don't forget lake Isabella. There are some huge bass in there feeding
on the trout that go upstream.
Frank Reid

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"mr.rapidan" wrote


We're landing in Fresno and will head . . . East. We'll be up high.
Creeks and lakes is the goal. I hope this is general enough.



I had a wonderful, single afternoon fishing a high lake in the Kaweah area
many years back and a couple days hike in. There was a small grassy area
in the mostly granite shoreline and lots of hoppers in that grass ... Nature
co-operated to make the wind blow hard and take hoppers with it out onto the
lake ... I had one hopper pattern and a yellow humpy, and consistently
caught nice fish by watching them cruise and then plopping a fly in front of
them until both finally were gone, then the action slowed. All three of
us on the hike ate well that night, although I was the sole angler.


What I remember of the hike itself was being tired and unable to keep up
with my long legged companions at first, down in the gloomy trees, but when
we got above the timber my spirits soared and I'd have to wait for them to
catch up. That was my only backpack into that part of the Sierra, the
mountains are pretty poor rock there and I spent most of my time seeking
solid granite in Yosemite.

Have a great time ....

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This reminds me of something I've noticed about myself but never understood.
On the occasions that I find myself actively sitting and engaging in
farfetched daydreaming about fishing, *i.e. picturing myself pulling in fish
after fish ( see told you it was a dream ) ............ I'm almost always
nymph fishing !! * * I don't even really care for nymph fishing, so why
would my brain choose to make it my daydream method of choice?

You know, I'm pretty much the same way. Well, at least in the
daydream, the fly is always under water and I start with the hook up.
So, mayhaps that your daydream is really using dries but you're always
starting with the hook up (and the fish has sucked down the fly).
Frank Reid
(who's not a daydream dry fly purist, but I'm definately not catching
4" blue gill)

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On Feb 23, 9:29*am, Frank Reid wrote:
This reminds me of something I've noticed about myself but never understood.
On the occasions that I find myself actively sitting and engaging in
farfetched daydreaming about fishing, *i.e. picturing myself pulling in fish
after fish ( see told you it was a dream ) ............ I'm almost always
nymph fishing !! * * I don't even really care for nymph fishing, so why
would my brain choose to make it my daydream method of choice?

You know, I'm pretty much the same way. *Well, at least in the
daydream, the fly is always under water and I start with the hook up.
So, mayhaps that your daydream is really using dries but you're always
starting with the hook up (and the fish has sucked down the fly).
Frank Reid
(who's not a daydream dry fly purist, but I'm definately not catching
4" blue gill)

My ff dreams (even daydreams) are usually on nymphs, but not always,
and I can understand why people dream thay are using nymphs. There is
a different cognitive process in hooking a fish beneath the surface,
where your mental acuity and imagery plays a more powerful role than
just watching for a splash that takes down a dry.

Think about doing something physical, like swinging a hammer. Do you
visualize the motion of the hammer moving, or the sensation of your
arm moving and the head striking the nail (or in Frank's case, the
thumbnail)? I think we tend to remember the thing that uses the most
cognitive energy; nymphing (in the case of ff) and the impact of the
hammer.

--riverman