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ParticipantI am humbled by the Sensei backing my supposition. I will try to not let it go to my head. Most things slide off of it anyway these days.
ParticipantHi Jim,
My only experience has been with the two-part Aquaseal. It worked OK for the holes I managed to put in my waders. The Fd looks even better if only because it doesn’t require a catalyst.
Bill
ParticipantTrident has them for less than $450.
Bill
ParticipantHi everyone,
See if you can find the book “Ozark Waterways” It was the bible for floating Ozark streams. In general, it listed put in and takeout points and had maps with mileages marked off with brief descriptions of each river. We used to use it a lot when checking out some rivers.
Bill
July 5, 2019 at 8:26 am in reply to: Responces from The MDC officials about rubber and plastic materials. #8990ParticipantThanks, Lou,
Too restrictive is my opinion as well. The addition of rubber legs shouldn’t change the classification. If that’s the case then spinning rods shouldn’t be considered legal in the fly fishing only section. Spinning lures are not flies but they are allowed.
From Wikipedia: In broadest terms, flies are categorized as either imitative or attractive. Imitative flies resemble natural food items. Attractive flies trigger instinctive strikes by employing a range of characteristics that do not necessarily mimic prey items. Flies can be fished floating on the surface (dry flies), partially submerged (emergers), or below the surface (nymphs, streamers, and wet flies). A dry fly is typically thought to represent an insect landing on, falling on (terrestrials), or emerging from, the water’s surface as might a grasshopper, dragonfly, mayfly, ant, beetle, stonefly or caddisfly. Other surface flies include poppers and hair bugs that might resemble mice, frogs, etc. Sub-surface flies are designed to resemble a wide variety of prey including aquatic insect larvae, nymphs, and pupae, baitfish, crayfish, leeches, worms, etc. Wet flies, known as streamers, are generally thought to imitate minnows, leeches or scuds. Throughout history, artificial flies constructed of furs, feathers, and threads bound on a hook have been created by anglers to imitate fish prey. The first known mention of an artificial fly was in 200AD in Macedonia. Most early examples of artificial flies imitated common aquatic insects and baitfish.
Today, artificial flies are tied with a wide variety of natural and synthetic materials (like mylar and rubber) to represent all manner of potential freshwater and saltwater fish prey to include aquatic and terrestrial insects, crustaceans, worms, baitfish, vegetation, flesh, spawn, small reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds, etc.
The italics are mine but the definition that includes Mylar and rubber come from Wiki.
Bill
ParticipantI have used swivels when fly fishing for bass in the past when using streamers and long chenile type flys they look like plastic worms. They seem to help.
Bill
ParticipantMy simple technique it to not catch any fish. If I accidentally hook a fish I try to release them without touching them. They can be pesky sometimes.
Bill
ParticipantThanks, Kenny, My wife caught it on Facebook, she subscribes to the FATC page. It was a good segment.
Bill
ParticipantHi Bob, when you do your research check out the Hatch and Midcurrent magazines. They have some good info on different areas.
At least when I fished around Marcos Island, Just south of Ft. Meyers, the Bonefish and Permit weren’t in the area. at least not flats fishing.
I like to read about fishing and especially salt water. I had a subscription to Florida Sportsman and it had a lot of saltwater articles. Right now Belize is the hot spot for Bonefish and Permit. Even Tarpon can be caught giving you the chance at a trifecta.
Bill
ParticipantHi Bob, and Jim oh no I meant Mike,
Hi, I have fished the Salt, offshore and the Everglades. Not the proper way, with a fly rod but with spinning and baitcasting. Most of the backcountry has been for Redfish and Snook. Mostly out of the Keys but my most successful trip backcountry was out of Marco Island. I have a habit of being in the areas early in the season when the water is cold and the target species haven’t arrived in force. If you hit it right you are in trouble because you may become addicted.
Bill
ParticipantTie right and left legs. Is it the thread torque that is the problem? Maybe tie them lightly and then a dab of glue might help?
Bill
ParticipantI apologize to my brothers on this link failing. Basically, the centipede is tied on the shelf liner used in the ant pattern we tied in a fly tying session during 2017-18. Using a longer hook to hold 4 sessions liner with hackle wrapped around each section. Like the ant, it looks very lifelike and easy to tie.
Bill
ParticipantI read a review of the Infinity line. It said it basically was a higher quality smooth MPX. Overall they liked it. Being a half size heavy I would think it would work fine on a faster action rod. Call Feather Craft and see if they have one you could try out on your rod. I have an MPX smooth on my six weight Douglas and it works just fine it runs about $79.oo. I know the Infinity is one of their higher quality, higher priced lines.
Bill
ParticipantSensei,
The advanced Nymphing class was great. That Klimes fella really knows his stuff and put together a great class. He deserves a round of applause for his efforts. I learned things about Euro Nymphing I didn’t know and the segment about the different indicators was very good.
Bill
ParticipantEven though my fishing time was minimal fishing the Lamar River and Tower Creek in Yellowstone are what immediately come to mind. The backcountry of the Everglades wasn’t too shabby either.
Bill
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