Western Conclave Update

Mike Makela wrote:

"bruiser" wrote in message
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I'll have lots of Stimulators in various sizes, and lots of Stonefly

nymphs

also. A 6 weight might be handy also.

bruce h



Bruce!!

Haven't fished with ya yet, but hoping to get the chance to in July.

A six weight for nymphing, surface, or ?? I've got an old early graphite
(early 80s) TnT 6 weight, but it's a bit heavy by today's standards. Could
I get by with a 590 SP? What type of depths and waterflow are we talking?


A 5wgt. is my rod of choice on the larger waters with a 4 for the
smaller waters and if I'm going to fish just dries.

Willi

"Willi" wrote...
Mike Makela wrote:

Ahh the challenge..a more delicate presentation. I'll have to try to work
out some of the 15+years of bad habits.

I wouldn't say more delicate, just different for the different types of
water. Many of the Rockie's rivers are more burly than Penns. Heavier
current, more boulders, etc. Lots of different types of water to fish.

Do they prefer a touch of movement on the surface (invoked.. not drag) or a
dead drift? or just depends fish to fish?

Ya coming to Penns? I know you seemed to be on the fence about it..

Still on the fence. The weather worries me. And there's Belize.

What worries you about Belize?
--
TL,
Tim
who has visions of Willi waking up in a cold sweat screaming, "AHHHHHH, SAID
MUSA!!"
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Kinda figured the stoneflies would be a good place to start, ya coming
out
Tom??....Ahh come on...

Sounds like someone is angling to have his personal stonefly tyer around.
Come on, Mike, admit it, you just want Tom there for his magic fingers.

--
Frank Reid
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Some dry flies I've had luck with:

PARACHUTE ADAMS

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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I'm going to tie up some of the foam hoppers (BLT and club sandwich
type) that I had good luck with on Rock Creek. If they don't work on
the Madison we can use them to make rafts. g
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Charlie...

IJ requests --charlie put some white stuff sticking up on to of that
sandwich so we can see it floating downstream...Bruiser's fly ( that we
shared while catching some nice fish) had a parachute--perhaps he will
share his design.
Perhaps you guys can up with a flying hot dog fly

From my experience in September two years ago... stay outta the park if
you are trying to hurry anywhere... very crowded and very slow moving
everywhere I saw on the western side... I've gotta believe it was as bad
in the more popular entrances to the east.

have you checked flights to idaho falls?

jeff

Big Dale wrote:

Mike wrote:snip Looks like most everything goes through Dallas

too, guess they had to do something with that wasteland besides siphoning
all of the oil out of the ground and barbequing some crimnals.


When I lived in Austin a few years ago and knew a guy that traveled a good bit
and Charlie always said that if you were in Austin and had to go straight to
hell, you had to change planes at D/FW.

As I remember the drive from Jackson to Clave Central area thru Idaho was
further in miles but shorter time than going thru the park when you consider
all the stops for buffalo. That drive takes longer in August, or at least it
did a couple of years ago. That also might depend on which roads in the park
have the most construction this summer. I suspect Warren will have better
information on that in a few months.

Big Dale

I'll try again. Some dries I've had luck with a Parachute Adams, Gray
Wulff, Stimulator, Chernobyl Ant, and the salmon flies (If the hatch is on-or
close).

Lou T

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:03:59 GMT, "Joe McIntosh"
wrote:

IJ requests --charlie put some white stuff sticking up on to of that
sandwich so we can see it floating downstream...

I'll put little blinking lights on some of them.
--
Charlie...

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
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"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
...

I'm going to tie up some of the foam hoppers (BLT and club sandwich
type) that I had good luck with on Rock Creek. If they don't work on
the Madison we can use them to make rafts. g
--
Charlie...

IJ requests --charlie put some white stuff sticking up on to of that
sandwich so we can see it floating downstream...Bruiser's fly ( that we
shared while catching some nice fish) had a parachute--perhaps he will
share his design.
Perhaps you guys can up with a flying hot dog fly



Hey, I got a suggestion, just for fun at the clave. Everyone tie up some
completely idiotic fly; something that doesn't look like anything at
all....crystal flash wrapped around some hares ear post, with a short orange
tail and 3 legs made from deer hair, or something. The rule is that it has
to be on a #16 hook, can't be more than 1/2 inch long, and has to be
castable. Then put them in envelopes and draw them out. Whoever catches the
most (or any) fish on their funnyfly gets some sort of prize.

:-)

--riverman

"riverman" wrote...
snip
Hey, I got a suggestion, just for fun at the clave. Everyone tie up some
completely idiotic fly; something that doesn't look like anything at
all....crystal flash wrapped around some hares ear post, with a short orange
tail and 3 legs made from deer hair, or something. The rule is that it has
to be on a #16 hook, can't be more than 1/2 inch long, and has to be
castable. Then put them in envelopes and draw them out. Whoever catches the
most (or any) fish on their funnyfly gets some sort of prize.

That actually sounds like fun, and all of my flies qualify!
--
TL,
Tim
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