fishinwrench

Word! I hate them because it's just something else to take off and put back on during a water pump service. They "might" help porpoising on some lightweight boat setups but otherwise they just slow you down.

That's what makes it the most extreme form of art IMO. It's not something you can do at home while listening to your favorite tunes, it has to be planned, prepared for, then quickly executed on the sly with the only payoff being personal satisfaction. That is just really cool to me. If Agnew had any balls at all....

Red squirrel hides are a must have if you like the RFSN (best nymph pattern in the world IMO) but they are plenty cheap to buy already tanned, as are tails. That goes for deer hair and tails too. Support the flyshops and leave the 4-legged roadkill for the buzzards. Turkey and goose feathers are about the only thing I pick up, wash, and add to my stash. The last thing I'd wanna do is bring home a parasite and turn it loose in my materials cabinet....I've heard stories.

Al, I'd say that one is probably stenciled.

That pretty much says it all.

Well, I'd argue that the results of this experiment might be skewed being it's January. A nice day in January....but still. Try the same experiment during a time that 10x more fishermen are likely to be out and about, and you might witness more noticeable effects. Even though it was a nice weekend there were certainly more dry trailer bunks than wet ones in this region.

I've seen some lock operators that had less.

Some of the stuff on railroad cars is really awesome.

I have witnessed my fair share tournament fishing related altercations....and have even been directly involved in a few. But here's the thing.....We are all like brothers and the pissing matches we have TODAY just make us tighter and better friends TOMORROW. Trust me on that one. The guys involved in the Lock & Dam drama will be best of friends eventually. So throw your fits, get all your frustration cards out on the table, shuffle them and Deal Again. It's all good.

I played a similar April fools prank on the old ATL board, and for the same reason. It resulted in more "victims" than I expected making a 20-40 mile run and driving around in circles for upwards to an hour watching their LCR's trying to locate the old Sagrada bridge pilings on the upper Osage where I had allegedly caught a fast limit of 4-6lbers. We took video of it and showed it when I broke down and announced "April Fools" on the whole thing. The cool part of it all was that none of the regular forum crew were victims of it, they were all lurkers who's boats nobody recognized. Otherwise I probably would have been lynched. It showed me how much effect a detailed report on an open forum can have though, and as much as I like (love) to help fishermen out I have to step on my hands every time I have an exceptional day and wish I could share it openly with my online fishing acquaintances.

I found pleasure and solitude in the "unimproved" wilderness of Zone 4 over the weekend. I much prefer the scenery down there. Where stick-fire shore lunches, unleashed fishing hounds, and other things related to a "normal" day astream are allowed. No hatchery exhaust pipes, and certainly no concrete... And the fish are a tad prettier. Halfway into a good drift, as the sun creeped low into the trees I heard the faint cry of a siren in the distance, and listened as it echoed softly down the valley. As I gently shook the barb free of another sporty fish and watched it disappear back into the broken water of the riffle I suffered a short moment of sadness for the poor confined souls much further upstream. Such a rude method of forcing a fishermans last cast I can not tolerate.

Britts, the name is Ed E. He and his wife, Kay used to manage Spring View fly shop.

It doesn't take much to hold a 15' aluminum V. Just get a pair of 12# mushroom or tri-fluted anchors and plenty of rope.

Great work guys, wish I lived closer.

Nice Crappie youngster . Is that a blue Trans-Am on your head ?

Good luck with that, you always fall out before I do. Besides, I've seen your work

Pshyeah Ha!! Money in my freezer would turn into fishing gear at about 34 degrees

Yes sir, No slouches among the others for sure, but that pattern there would kill where I do my bluegill fishing! Well tyed too, nice proportion and very neatly finished off.

Clipped adipose ?

They are good at their job that's for sure. Quite a few are even good enough to be sponsored.

Sounds like the only thing he did wrong was answer your question honestly. If he had said "yeah they could turn on at any minute and this area stands a better chance than any other place I know of". Then you would not have ended the day upset at your guide. Or he could have just taken y'all on a boat ride to some random point and told you some made up "day before yesterday" tale. Me, in the face of an obviously junk day I would have kept trolling, handed you all a beer and started telling jokes. Cuz on tough days, as the guide, success comes from making your clients smile. Leave the long grueling days of hard serious work for only a few bites to the Tournament guys.

Well flu shots are stupider than tattoos, but I'll refrain from arguing that one.

The most consistent river walleye angler I know throws 1/16 - 1/8oz Roadrunners exclusively during the late Winter/early Spring. Either chart/white or pink/white.

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As tired as I get with wearing the same hat or shirt too often there's no way I would want to plaster an image on my body that I can't swap out. Hell I can't even leave the same stickers on my truck window for very long regardless of how cool I thought they looked when I put them on there. My ex had a botched butterfly tatooed on her shoulder and it ruined the way I felt about both her AND butterflies. Maybe the light was just hitting her wrong.