Howdy Everbody

Ethan wrote:
Snip BY GEORGE, if I'm going to the heart of North American
FF mecca then I'm going to practice up and get good enough so that I
can actually enjoy some time on REAL trout water.

a whole bunch of nice sized Bluegill appeared out of the
green abyss and nibbled at the cracker crumbs. Hmmmm,

You can learn a lot about catching fish with a fly rod by playing with
the bluegill. Google is your friend to find your closest FFF club or TU
chapter. If you visit one of their meetings, you probably will learn
about a local club outing somewhere where you will most likely have a
chance to play with some kind of little green fish. Most clubs have
outings on a regular basis and also club casting coaches to help you
learn better how to use that new rod. Our local Bass Pro shop has free
beginning classes each Saturday and Sunday, so keep an ear open for
places to learn.

Since it has been over 100 each day eacept for one in August in the
Dallas area, I sure wish I were in Bozeman right this minute.

Big Dale

Big Dale wrote:

Since it has been over 100 each day eacept for one in August in the
Dallas area, I sure wish I were in Bozeman right this minute.

Has this year been as big a wash for fishing for you as it has for
me, BD? Drought and high temps have pretty much kept me off the water
since late May. Even if I could stand the heat (which I can
*sometimes*), the rivers where I fish are in such rough shape that I'd
feel guilty about targeting any fish in them.

But, next week we're off to Canuckistan where I figure the fishies
have had an easier time of things.


Chuck Vance (and I know the temps will be nicer)

Chuck wrote:
Conan The Librarian wrote:

Has this year been as big a wash for fishing for you as it has for
me, BD? Drought and high temps have pretty much kept me off the water
since late May. Even if I could stand the heat (which I can
*sometimes*)

I don't remember an August being this hot for this long before. Some of
the lakes around here are 14 feet low. I am looking forward to fishing
Crooked Creek for smallmouth during the first week of October. A friend
has access to about five miles of private water. the Ozarks sound
pretty good to me right now. Enjoy your trip to a cooler place.

Big Dale

Here in Montana it's been too hot to fish.
It would just be torturing them as they are already stressed.
We have fires around!

We have put off ALL of our fishing till late Sept early Oct
That is "IF" we get some rain.

I have been doing rain dances - some but not much success
Perhaps I will change the direction of the dance and the key to a G minor

Fred

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Chuck wrote:
Conan The Librarian wrote:

Has this year been as big a wash for fishing for you as it has for
me, BD? Drought and high temps have pretty much kept me off the water
since late May. Even if I could stand the heat (which I can
*sometimes*)

I don't remember an August being this hot for this long before. Some of
the lakes around here are 14 feet low. I am looking forward to fishing
Crooked Creek for smallmouth during the first week of October. A friend
has access to about five miles of private water. the Ozarks sound
pretty good to me right now. Enjoy your trip to a cooler place.

Big Dale

Big Dale wrote:

I don't remember an August being this hot for this long before. Some of
the lakes around here are 14 feet low.

The one lake I sometimes fish (Travis) is currently at 649.48 and
its pool elevation is 681. (It rarely reaches 681, but that'll give you
some idea of how bad things are.) And the temp is supposedly in the
upper 80's now.

I am looking forward to fishing
Crooked Creek for smallmouth during the first week of October. A friend
has access to about five miles of private water. the Ozarks sound
pretty good to me right now. Enjoy your trip to a cooler place.

Thanks, and the same to you.

So you gonna take one of your (many) 3-wts. to tussle with those
smallies? :-)


Chuck Vance

Conan The Libraian wrote:
So you gonna take one of your (many) 3-wts. to tussle with those
smallies?

The TFO 3 weight Finesse 7 foot 9 inch rod has been living behind the
seat of the truck since I bought the rod.

I gave a Fisher 6.5 foot 3 weight outfit to a friends 8 year old last
year and earlier this month she caught an 8 pount trout with it.

Big Dale

Big Dale wrote:

The TFO 3 weight Finesse 7 foot 9 inch rod has been living behind the
seat of the truck since I bought the rod.

Sad to say, but my Finesse 4-wt. has been living in the garage since
May. :-|

I gave a Fisher 6.5 foot 3 weight outfit to a friends 8 year old last
year and earlier this month she caught an 8 pount trout with it.

Cool, so send me one of them so I can catch an 8 pounder too. :-)


Chuck Vance