flytyer57

I need some teal and woodduck feathers.

Yep, take all that wooden decking out and lighten it up by a couple hundred pounds.

Listened to "Five Finger Death Punch" on the way home from fishing today.

Lord grant me the serentiy to accept the things I cannot change.

Every time I go trout fishing I wonder if that darn dam will colapse while I'm standing in the river below it.

It would be a long way off before they remove these dams. Most of the dams that are being removed now are old grist mill dams that are so old they are actually dangerous. However, I always preferred the fight of a good smallie to that of any trout.

You are correct. I was thinking of Joe Walsh. Sorry.

His work with the Eagles.

And just what is wrong with Nickleback????

That is the one song I deleted from my collection of BOA.

Nickleback, Seether, Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Korn, Evanescence, Likin Park, Staind...

No way. Shoot bambi and burn the trees. They just get in the way of seeing the forest.

you are kidding of course...

It would not have bothered me in the least. They must not read this forum or they would have hopefully been more curteous and not invaded your space like that. Too bad you didn't hook his ear.

As somebody else said earlier, I give up. There is no point in trying to convince a blind man that he can see.

If you are really interested in helping to stop the spread of didymo and other invasive species, feel free to read the following articles. Some of you were asking for more info (proof) so I did a little research and found these articles. There are many more to read if you Google "Didymo and felt soles". Didymo and felt soles studies. Didymo Alert NZ Fish & Game on Didymo Studies on the survivability of the invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata under a range of environmental and chemical conditions Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Exactly what I had in mind.

Apparently some anglers don't care about our fisheries until they are contaminated. Studies have shown that didymo can live in felt soles and be transported from one stream to another. What's the problem with that? Because it hasn't been proven conclusivley that felt soles are the only reason for the spread of didymo? You don't have to put the brakes on before getting on the highway. But being prepared to put those brakes on helps. So does driving a little slower and defensively. Be prepared and don't wait till the last second and become a part of the problem. Does THAT make sense?

No I'm not going to say that. What I am saying is, how do you know the felt saved your butt if you didn't bust it? Did you feel your feet sliding out from under you like I do with the vibram soles? If so, then how do you know felt is better than vibram if your feet are sliding out from under you? Everybody swears by felt, but unless you can put yourself in the same exact situation of busting your butt wearing vibram but not with felt, then how do you know felt is any better? Slide with vibram, change quickly into felt and repeat last step? Wear felt on one foot and vibram on ther other and see if one or the other provides better traction? As for conclusive studies, I don't think we as anglers should really need it. Studies have shown that didymo can be transported in felt soles. Should we as anglers, conservators of our sport, let our sport be destroyed because there isn't 101% proof positive that felt soles are the sole transporter of didymo? I think not. I do think that we should be setting the pace to rid our streams of invasives, or at least be conscious of our efforts to help in any way possible. When my old felt soles wore out, I went out and spent $100 on a pair of Simms vibram boots to do my part to help control the spread of these invasives as much as I can. I think every angler should be aware of and work to prevent the spread of invasives as much as possible. Even at the risk of spending a little more $ to do it. As for the threat of falling? Wade a bit more carefully in the first place. When I wade out onto slick bedrock, I walk slowly, and if I feel my feet beginning to slide because the current is stronger than what my boots will hold, I stop and backtrack. My life is worth more to me than any fish.

How do you know this? You didn't fall and bust your butt so the felt soles saved you? But if you didn't fall and bust your butt, how do you know it was the felt that saved you? Maybe the felt didn't do anything and you really weren't in harms way as you may have thought you were. I've worn vibram soles and stepped onto some slick rocks and felt my feet sliding along them. Had I had felt on and had the same thing happen, I don't think I would have been all that much of a believer in felt. If those rocks are slippery and your felt soles are sliding off them, then your felt soles may not be any better than any of the vibram soles out there and you may be transporting whatever in the felt for no other reason than the fact that you are just too hard-headed to give them up.

Having gone from felt to vibram, I can say that I really have not noticed a big difference. I have not waded the White or the Norfork with felt, but there are some pretty slippery limestone rocks on Crooked Creek that I have waded with felt. Trust me, nothing is going to save your a** on that stuff. It's slippery and that's all there is to it. Having said that, I am glad to be making the switch away from felt. With all the hype and reports that say felt is the problem, I see no sesnse in being the last holdout on switching. Now to find some way to make my vibram soles a little less slippery on that cottonpickin limestone.

Just noticed Albright has a pair of waders on sale for 53% off. Final cost is like $60 and they have a size 11 foot in their XL size or a 10 in their L size waders. Albright

I had two pair of felt sole wading boots. Now I have one pair that I wear wet wading on Crooked Creek. When I can afford a pair of river shoes, I'll get rid of them. As for the pair that wore out, I replaced them with a pair of Simms with the vibram soles. Wading the White or Norfork rivers can be a real pain in the a** when I step on slick bedrock. I thought about buying some of those hardened screws they call studs, but I can't see how that would be any better than the vibram. In fact, I think it might even be worse (hard studs on hard rock.) Has anyone any experience with the studs that screw into the bottom of vibram boots? Are they better than just plain vibram or like I think, are they worse?

Lose some weight and cut your toes off.

Sure, let's introduce another invasive to get rid of an invasive. Remember the millfoil problem? They introduced grass carp to get rid of that. Now how to get rid of the grass carp? And this list can go on and on...