Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 24th, 2007, 01:13 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 0
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Hair Hackle Wet Flies again
Me my buddy and his 20 year old son
drifted through the head of the Salmon Fly hatch
on the Yellowstone yesterday. Clumps of stoneflies as big
as man's thumb hung from the willows like bunches...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 22nd, 2007, 01:33 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,347
The Bobber Hopper
sandy wrote:
Punchline: I don't think you can buy this foam. The magic
of the market place is stuck in a mire.
So I forgot to explain.....the only sources for 2lbs per cubic
foot foam I...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 22nd, 2007, 01:09 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,347
The Bobber Hopper
This one depends on access to thicker sheets of closed-cell foam.
I bought some ultra-lightweight EVA (ethylvinylacetate) foam
for making boat seat cushions in the late 1980s
It was two pounds per...
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Forum: Fly Fishing
June 21st, 2007, 11:24 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,806
Big Sky this August
George Cleveland wrote:
OTOH, I hear that eastern Montana is actually wet this year. I'm sure
the rattlesnakes appreciate the extra cover. ;^).
The Crow Reservation got 5" of rain in an...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 18th, 2007, 11:54 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,566
Start of a Polly Rosborough collection
I haven't got the right names attached to these fly photos yet,
and I only have about 3/4 of the flies photographed so far.
But this is already well-worth looking at--Flies actually
tied by Polly...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 16th, 2007, 02:57 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,948
Sandy's Might
Hair Hackled Wet Fly Revival?
.....the Green Rock Worm and the Lady...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 16th, 2007, 03:27 AM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,948
Sandy's Might
This fly is really starting to get somewhere.
Now it's getting fast quick and easy to tie.
The trick to making this (hair hackle wet fly) easy
to tie, is to turn it into a...
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Forum: Fly Fishing
June 14th, 2007, 02:35 AM Posted to alt.flyfishing
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,771
bass flies
Lee wrote:
anyone have any suggestions on bass flies? I've tried the poppers with
rubber legs, but all I catch are panfish.
Roadkill...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
June 1st, 2007, 08:34 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,442
Adams by Da
Da wrote:
Today, I tied the classic fly pattern adams.
Good looking fly DA. The wings and tail might
be a bit long. Here are two other ties to compare...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 29th, 2007, 05:53 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,614
Griffith's Gnat---trimmed hackle
Da wrote:
Today, I trimmed the Griffith's Gnat hackle a little bit to make the
hackle length is about 1.5 times hook gap. Here is the picture.
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Forum: Fly Fishing
May 29th, 2007, 04:34 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,111
Strange beast sighting
Scott Seidman wrote:
Trodding back to my car from a day on the water, I was passing through a
phlox patch, and saw what I thought was a large honeybee gathering nectar.
Sounds like...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 28th, 2007, 06:03 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,932
Comments please
Da wrote:
On 5ÔÂ26ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç11ʱ57·Ö, Dave LaCourse
Keep posting Da. And don't worry about the vipers.
They're all bark and no byte.
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 26th, 2007, 01:04 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,932
Comments please
Da wrote:
Here is a pattern called Griffith's Gnat. It is a quite simple
pattern. I would like to hear different voices about this pattern. I
appreciate it.
picture...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 25th, 2007, 07:01 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,165
The Sandy Juan Worm -- what is the difference?
S Penzes wrote:
a spin fisherman
..........I can see that he sits down on his stool to have a beer between casts.
I can see that he casts the same thing over and over and over. I don't...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 25th, 2007, 01:31 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,165
The Sandy Juan Worm -- what is the difference?
daytripper wrote:
Ok, hit some "flyfishing only" water tossing a Mepps spinner with your flyrod
and see if the Rangers don't get all excited about your definition of
flyfishing.
One other...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 25th, 2007, 01:23 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,165
The Sandy Juan Worm -- what is the difference?
daytripper wrote:
Ok, hit some "flyfishing only" water tossing a Mepps spinner with your flyrod
and see if the Rangers don't get all excited about your definition of
flyfishing.
And...
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Forum: Bass Fishing
May 24th, 2007, 05:51 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,910
beginner's how heavy the crankbait question
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:
Well Ken, there's a good reason why I haven't answered Sandy's question. I
don't have a decent answer. There are far too many variables in his
question.
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Forum: Bass Fishing
May 24th, 2007, 04:03 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,910
beginner's how heavy the crankbait question
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Well, no one has answered Sandy's question yet. If he'd introduced
himself as anything *other* than a fly fisherman somebody would
have answered his question by...
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Forum: Bass Fishing
May 24th, 2007, 03:59 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,910
beginner's how heavy the crankbait question
sandy wrote:
But I have figured out how to make
crankbait lures with a relatively fast easy and cheap
method
I have a hunch there would be huge market for
do-it-yourself lure-making stuff,...
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Forum: Bass Fishing
May 23rd, 2007, 08:17 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,910
beginner's how heavy the crankbait question
I'm a fly tier and fly fisherman. I don't know much about
casting rods or bass lures. But I have figured out how to make
crankbait lures with a relatively fast easy and cheap
method (no carving balsa...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 21st, 2007, 02:22 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,165
The Sandy Juan Worm -- what is the difference?
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I didn't say a plastic worm was despicable I said it wasn't
a fly and one fly fishes with a fly. You can fish with whatever
legal device you want, but for me it isn't...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 21st, 2007, 03:32 AM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,165
The Sandy Juan Worm -- what is the difference?
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I don't use "classic" San Juan Worms and I sure as hell don't toss
plastic worms with a fly rod and I wouldn't call either one fly fishing.
.....so you're a purist (a...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 20th, 2007, 02:27 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,165
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 19th, 2007, 09:31 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,794
A Dozen Flies in a Shadow Box
....one problem is how to mount the actual flies.
The best way I've seen is to get a bag of small
vial corks at a pharmacy or a university chemistry
supply (where the students buy their lab 101...
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Forum: Fly Fishing Tying
May 14th, 2007, 11:36 PM Posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,309
Scud color and shape
Scott Seidman wrote:
I think they might be pink upon a molt, meaning a pink scud is the soft
shelled crab of the scud world. Yum Yum.
Here's a pink one, tied by Al...
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