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If Taney doesn't run on Friday or Saturday night I plan on being there. I Probably needed to shorten up the stinger hook on the sculpin but we will see How it fishes.

I don't have a dog in this fight but I see where JoeD is coming from. There are all kinds of reports from Ham saying that X number of fish were caught, or X were this size when it has been very tough for everyone I have heard from too. Sure I believe him but do I doubt it sometimes? Yeah, when numbers like he is posting about get thrown around on the www there are always going to be doubters. More to how I feel though, at what point does one fifteen inch rainbow feel just like the last? Is the point to get out and fish, escape life for a bit and have some fun? Or turn it into work to try to catch every fish in the river? Don't get me wrong, I love just catching the fire out of them as much as the next guy but when does someone lose reality about what a good day really is? I think back to the NFOW thread about smallmouth fishing and how the fish there, while plentiful were not worth the time or effort because of their size compared to other rivers? I mean 40 smallmouth anywhere, even small ones makes for a good day, but where can I go and catch 40 15-16 inchers with half of them bigger than that thrown in? Would it be cool to see some pictures of these fish that are caught? Absolutely. Are we going to? Probably not. Ham, keep doing your thing and catching the fire out of those fish if that's what makes you happy!

Or it's a balloon.

Mike, any interested for putting up an sbs for that crafty rabbit? That was your swap fly right?

Awesome flies Mike. Had smallmouth on my mind. A pair of craw flies.

Pm sent.

So is it like a shooting head with a running line?

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It is six or six and a half miles. An hour a mile or so depending on How hard your fishing.

Your my hero.

That little foam dragon is an awesome fly Geoff. I'll be filling some boxes up with those for sure. Can't imagine it wouldn't work for bass in some bigger sizes too.

I'll be going. I just have to figure out if this or the fayetteville show works better for me.

Flies will go out this afternoon.

Unreal. Those are great Mike! The packer make that much of a difference?

So..... I forgot my flies at home. I'll try to remember tomorrow.

A pair of game changers and a minna. I need to invest in a light box.

Same.

Awesome group of flies. I really like that top right and bottom middle one. Good colors.

Olive over White double deceiver with a 20 mm shank in the middle. Olive bucktail. Gamechanger

For free? I'll definitely try to be there!

If only. I've got 3 eight weights. I don't need another. Don't like fishing the Big stuff?

darn. I'd be sold if it were a seven. I don't need another 8

Thank you. I'll definitely be looking into it.

I'll remember to bring mine to the office to mail someday.

A lot of practice. That is still sloppier than I would like to tie it. Watch Brian Wise's videos, he has a lot of good stuff on streamers. Through his Flyfishingtheozarks youtube channel, the videos he has done with Dally's, and SCOF. The main thing is not putting to much material on each fly and having your proportions right. Take your time. The Deceiver is just a schlappen tail, a little flashabou, polar chenille and a clump of bucktail on the top and bottom of the 20 mm shank. The middle is a 35 mm shank with the same process minus the tail and two clumps of bucktail. The front is a Size 2 b10s with two clumps and then a reverse tied clump. A lot of my bucktail flies I like to run under hot water for a few seconds to make the fibers softer.