Lancer09

This. This is the good stuff.

I'm going to check them out down at Plateau. Brad was in town for an Ironfly a few months back down there as well.

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/print.cfm?parentID=17 See how he ties the biots in? Try something like that and read his tips there on the left.

I like 2 loose wraps and start adding pressure with the third. Hold them in place the whole time you are wrapping them. I tie the biots down fairly far up the shank. When tying them in are you having the concave side face out or in to the middle of the fly? Are you crossing them and having them splayed in a v-shape or more of the narrow, tied up against a thread bump style? Back when I tied biots in a V I always dealt with them rotating on the shank. Tying them more in line now I get less rotation and I think they look better any way.

I have one that I think we could work something out for. let me know.

In.

Either are fine with me! Just let me know what you decide.

I can't open that on my work computer. Any chance of just posting the actual picture?

It's comedy. Watch any of the other Hank Patterson videos.... All satirical.

Soooooo?

Sorry to anyone on a phone. I tried resizing the pictures but I guess they did not save.

I've come to the realization that I have way to many flies, I guess I need to get hung up more and lose a few of them. Normal trout box side A: Side B: Hoppers: Night time Taney box side A: Side B: Fish pond sushi roll that I typically carry (easier to move flies in and out of it): Drying pad on the back of the boat box: Streamers in my boat box: Random few flies in an easy to carry plano: White bass flies: Typical warm water box: I have flies stashed in my pack, and in a few other boxes or containers that are always bouncing about, but those are the main boxes I may have with me on any given trip.

I like the beaded wooly. I just think you need some series weight for a hellgrammite and that will get it down and into the runs where those will do well.

Ever thought about using the shortest flymen shanks? You could put a real hinge point in there. Or check out Cohens creatures and just color them. Your only tying part of it in so you get plenty of wiggle with the rest of the body.

Im in. What about a fly of your own creation?

And I've got myself a new tying assistant.

Great video Geoff! Wrench, I like those poppers! How do you tie those Murdichs?

Good stuff then. I may have jumped at that a bit, just seemed a bit ridiculous. Makes more sense that you do not feel that way actually.

Seriously? Get a grip. a big cat ate a good bass. that's life. Both are a native fish and that same thing has been happening for thousands of years. J-doc is right, a bass's biggest enemy is bass anglers. I guarantee people hook and kill more 4 pound bass than that catfish will eat in it's life, whether they kill them intentionally or not. Just because something doesn't fit your agenda of what you like to fish for doesn't mean that everything that goes against it should be killed or forbidden. This is the exact same attitude that makes me dislike bass fisherman more than any other group of fisherman. Just because a fish isn't a bass doesn't give it any less right to live in that water than your beloved bass.

Sounds like a great weekend!

I think you absolutely can! Sure fish are different in different fisheries but look at something like a red copper john. some sort of general nymph profile but the thing is red, I've never seen a red nymph, same with purple and blue nymphs that people do catch fish on, or a purple haze dry. You just have to get the fish to think that it MAY be food and to come take a taste.

I was just thinking about this the other day as I was drinking a cider! Hope it turns out good!

I can't right now but if that spey rod is still there in a couple of weeks I will be very interested.

May just have to go check out the KC one.

Tying in bunches may work for some people. Too monotonous for me at the vice, and makes it not fun, and that's what it's all about right? I get more enjoyment out of catching fish on more, and different flies all the time instead of ALWAYS playing the numbers game.