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#11 Guru Dudette

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Posted 14 June 2006 - 10:41 AM

Thanks. Tying flies is a great way for me to relax, if only to force myself to concentrate on something other than work. :blush: Here's another good* homemade olive wooly-bugger: delete_this3.gif *by good I only mean that it catches fish...not that it's the best looking thing out there. There are lots of perfectionists who make the "Perfect" b*tch creek nymph or whatever fly they're working on...and chances are, if it's perfect..it'll never touch the water. It'll end up in a picture frame somewhere -- which isn't bad, just not my bag. I make 'em to catch 'em. btw: materials list and cost: *Package of 25 #8 hooks: $1.95 *Waxed olive 6 weight thread: $1.95 * 1/4 oz. olive Marabou feathers $2.95 *Olive chenille $1.95 *25 Bead/Cone heads $3 *Wooly Bugger olive hackle feathers $16 This is enough to make a minimum of 25 flies for about $.50 a piece, not including the hackle feathers, which usually in a single package is enough to make 2-3 hundred flies. As I lose (on average) about one per excursion to the menacing tree-fish, I'd say I'm ahead of the game.
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 11:09 AM

If you ever fish the Teton River in Idaho, try the "rusty spinner" in fall evenings - 18-21

http://flytyingworld...ustyspinner.htm

when I was a kid, one summer I lost a fiberglass fly rod to a car door or trunk lid on five consecutive weekends while preparing gear for the day's outing...Dad was patient, and figured I would learn to lean my rod against a tree someday. Thank goodness, the bamboo fly rods that preceded this phase survived.

Losing flies is nothin' when you have that history.

Heading to the Salmon river this weekend..."the River of No Return"

btw, a 6X black flash bugger is my favorite for evening fishing the Henry's Fork of the Snake if inclined to fish a sinking tip line for the lunkers next to the fast current. I like your bugger pattern.

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#13 Guru Dudette

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Posted 14 June 2006 - 01:15 PM

If you ever fish the Teton River in Idaho, try the "rusty spinner" in fall evenings - 18-21

http://flytyingworld...ustyspinner.htm

when I was a kid, one summer I lost a fiberglass fly rod to a car door or trunk lid on five consecutive weekends while preparing gear for the day's outing...Dad was patient, and figured I would learn to lean my rod against a tree someday. Thank goodness, the bamboo fly rods that preceded this phase survived.

Losing flies is nothin' when you have that history.

Heading to the Salmon river this weekend..."the River of No Return"

btw, a 6X black flash bugger is my favorite for evening fishing the Henry's Fork of the Snake if inclined to fish a sinking tip line for the lunkers next to the fast current. I like your bugger pattern.


Here's my 8X flashabou bugger:
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Good for anything that ails you.

Never broke the flyrod in a car, but snapped one that got caught in a tree.
Funny thing was, I took it back to the store and they gave me a new one.

It's been a year since I've tried any spinners or Adamses, but once I'm all stocked up for the season on my buggers and crawdads, I'll move on to the 20-22 dryflies. I almost need a magnifying glass for them.

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 10:38 AM

Thanks.
Of course, this was my BEST catch:
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Is there any doubt as to the reason I married this woman? ;)

BTW, that picture isn't a morning shot. It was taken at about 6:30 in mid June on an 88 degree day in Indiana corn country, right after a rain. There was no fog anywhere...except on the 55 degree water. It was eerie...it's hot and humid out, but you'd get this cold shiver as another bank of fog hit your neck. Later on, it became nearly impossible to fish because you couldn't see 15 feet in front of you... :o

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Posted 16 June 2006 - 09:02 PM

The fog is that photo is...spiritual. But that's fly-fishing, isn't it? When you can't see, all the rest of your senses really come alive, especially if you're in the middle of the river, waist deep with the waders on. You start hearing things you don't ordinarily hear. I had a memorable foggy morning catching breakfast up on the Taylor River north of Gunnison -- many years ago.

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Posted 17 June 2006 - 10:16 AM

John, You're right. That brought back a memory from way back when I was a kid. There was this pond I would "sneak" onto. It was on the back of a large estate and was largely neglected. It was old totally encircled by cat-tails. Almost impossible to fish from shore, but an enterprising teenager figured out that he could wade (in big rubber redball waders) out to the edge of the cat tails and cast either way. Basically a perfect delivery. I remember going in there on a misty Sunday morning in early fall. The world was QUIET. I was surrounded by fog. You get a very different perspective when you're standing in cat tails. Nature doesn't notice you much. In any case, the fishing was surreal. I'd cast and all would be quiet for about 20 seconds. The mist would make seeing my lure almost impossible. Then, BOOM! The water would erupt with a large bass pounding my lure on the surface. Lots of big bass and some gobstomper bluegills the latter of which I decided to keep a few of, though I hadn't planned on it as I rarely killed fish back then. I cut a long supple branch off a willow and fashoned it into a make shift stringer, and put a few of the bluegill I caught on it and stuck the end into the bank. After I was out of time, I picked up my 3 brace of fish and started walking back. The mist had picked up and was almost a rain. As I walked along the edge of the pond, a herd of deer came running AT me. We all froze for about 5 seconds, they looked at me curiously, and then turned and ran round the other side of the pond. As I said, it was surreal, especially back then (almost 30 years ago) when there weren't nearly as many deer. And like this are a big part of why we fish, I'll bet. Mark

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Posted 19 June 2006 - 08:39 PM

Dont you get covered in bites when fly fishing? :P

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Posted 20 June 2006 - 10:08 AM

Dont you get covered in bites when fly fishing? :P



Interestingly, not very often. It does depend upon how much hiking we have to do. A bit of deet doesn't hurt, either, but out here, the bugs aren't as bad as some places. Also, in stream, there are so many preditors (dragon flies, etc.) and such moving water that skeets aren't a big problem.

I do always wear a hat, however, and not just because I occasionally open my loop up too much. Ticks and lyme disease are an issue. If I'm hiking in deer country (and now a days, most of everywhere is), I add a bit of deet to my neck and arms along with that hat.

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