Lancer09

For taking the birds themselves, doves cost me a LOT of money if we are counting on a per pound basis.

I know that stretch. I like that stretch. The fishing is rarely all that good, but it can be a fun little paddle..

That sure is a special river. I love any time i can get down there.

I recently moved and have my tying stuff unpacked. I love sitting down and tying a fly or two an evening while winding down and watching some t.v. This is a great strategy for filling boxes of flies, however it gives me a bit of an odd selection, and a lot of times it will be a few different flies, and I find myself on the water with a hot fly, and only one of them. Oh well. Smallmouth have the brain going.

Swpa.gov generation schedules cover truman dam i believe. Its not certain but it gives you an idea.

You remind me that my stash of them is getting low. Something else as well.

Now with the upgrade when i try to upload a photo from the mobile version of ohotobucket it wont paste the full img. Code. Only reason i go through PB is so that i can edit, and clean up my pictures. Any help?

Got back on the vise for the first time since I got back from vacation. I'll be down somewhere around the Black for Labor day camping. Do I need more to throw for the Smallmouth Bass Fishes? No. But why not?

Dammit Billet!!!!!!!!! I'm already low on vacation for this year and you keep putting this stuff up!

Man, I'm super Jelly of those Grayling. I tried in the park and had a few hits but couldn't get anything to stick. I've got my notebook handy.

You got into some good fish!

More?

That Heddon will be a blast to learn on me thinks. Being an old glass rod you'll have to properly learn the mechanics of a cast, focus on slowing your stroke down and letting the rod do the work. Those old Glass rods are awful resilient and as long as you don't do something like crush it in a door or ceiling fan I don't think you'll have any problems using it. I just think the older glass stuff is a better quality rod, and more responsive, even if slower than most of the low end graphite stuff. If you do decide to go graphite look at something like an echo Ion for $120, you'll have to get a reel and line but that will suit you so much better off than a bass pro branded rod. Also, buy yourself the nicest line you can afford, the hardness adn slickness will truly make your life easier learning to cast. I know the BP combos with a reel and line are tempting but for just a little more you can get yourself SOOOOO much more rod, reel, and line for the money. I'm a big fan of RIO lines, and I'm pretty sure SA just introduced a very affordable series of lines as well. Let us know how it goes!

The bears out there are no joke, unfortunately too many people don't take them seriously enough..

Creek crawlers, streamers, and and anything buggy will catch a smallie. However with it being summer time, throw poppers and wiggle minnows and get them looking up.

I upload most of my pictures from my phone... just use the photobucket app and copy and paste the img codes.

Man a lot of that looks familiar! We went in to Cody as well to buy a sleeping bag one day, drove right past the Shoshone, and that statue out in the middle of the field too! There was some good water in the park and I hit some but I think you could have done better outside of the park, just my opinion. Seemed to be a LOT of people fishing in the park while we were there, including ourselves. We drove through Pinedale on our way up there.. It looks like it would actually be a pretty fun place to stay for a few days in the summer when the crowds are there. I'd say there is a decent chance we crossed paths or nearly did and didn't even know it! I'm glad you had a great time out there. Like you i've started planning already based more around the fishing, and what I know I'll like. I know camping for 8 days isn't in the cards for me next time. I'm getting one of those cabins next year.

Thats my little buddy. 8.5 pounds of nothing but cute. He may not be the manliest dog... but he thinks he can whip anyones butt.

Chiefs*

Mine loves swimming so he is tough to wade with + he thinks he is bigger and tougher than everything.. He has small dog syndrome. Can't cast a fly near him because he wants to chase it. Doesn't really care about the fish when you have it in hand but throwing it back, or fighting it he will go in after it if he gets a chance.

It does in fact work. I've got a little tweaking I want to do to it now that I've really put it to the test, but It caught fish on the snake and had rises on another creek up there. The foam over wing needs to be a bit wider to envelop the poly wing, and a dubbed body added should pull the bottom of the fly down more often. It usually landed right but would sometimes go sideways and not want to right itself.

Not quite the same thing, but should work. http://www.flysandguides.com/how-to-tie-eric-schmueckers-wool-frog

That creek really was incredible. However we actually did encounter another group, and a lone angler in the second meadow alone. On the hike in we saw probably fifteen people hiking back and every one of them had a rod tube or two on them. When we were there we saw probably that many people headed to the third meadow and they all had rod tubes sticking up as well. I wanted to fish streamers on this trip and took my 7 out there and thought about giving it a shot with some bigger stuff, or trying to mouse one up, but never got around too it. The tent we stayed in was actually in West Yellowstone on the last night right on the South Fork of the Madison and there were some STUD fish right in camp that just looked like they would have liked a nice mouse after dark. Our guide said that the hoppers have been late up there this year and weren't in full mode yet there in Jackson like usual about now.. Which is predominantly what I tied. They were all over anything with a little sparkle, and that small stimulator was the ticket. I bet I missed 2-3 times as many fish as I actually hooked, and even fewer to hand. I definitely out kicked my coverage. The beer was delicious. We had a bit of wind that day too. Without anything there to block it it got tough to cast a few times. I actually had one of the little water spout, miniature tornadoes start right over top of me and actually pulled my hat off.