fishinwrench

Like my grandpa used to say... If I'm gonna get beat in a big ____ contest I hope it's by a cheater.

Wha'he say? !

Yo Rapp, whatchoo mean little mouf ?

PC only gets polluted into for about 40 days a year. The coves that are lined with homes gets it pretty much 365.

I'm trying really really hard to feel empathy for them but I just....I just.....Can't. I think they'll be ok, even in this terrible economy. LOL

You'll want a bigger (1/6oz.) RT for Whites. The little trout sized ones aren't the norm. A 1/8oz. 2 1/2 - 3" Sassy shad or Brewer slider grub is about as close to WB crack as you can get. Something about that paddle tail design.....

Yeah right! Rainbows maybe.....but Browns, they are checkin'out that booty.

Yeah that's BS! Stop it, please.

I call a preacher before I even set out to catch a mess for the table to make sure he is available to perform the ulegys. Then as soon as I catch one I say a prayer and then have my CCW buddy shoot him in the head point blank and put the corpse on ice. Then after separating the meat I hire my neighbor to dig a 6ft. deep hole with his backhoe and place each individual fish in its own little casket.....and lower it gently into the earth as I play Amazing grace on the bagpipes. Yeah Fishfrys are a major PIA around here.

Depending on where you are swingin' alot of your misses may just be chubs or the like. When a game fish eats a compact fly like a soft hackle on a tight line it usually gets hooked. Broken tippets are usually more common than missed strikes but if the trout are truly just half-heartedly nipping at it as it goes by I'd try changing patterns or sizes. Or maybe add a little bit of weight to the leader or try a beaded SH to get the fly a little further below the surface. You could also try "kirbing" the hook in the downstream direction (slightly offset the bend).

This is great, even the fails have me riveted. Call in sick and do it some more! It's gonna happen next time out.

Boil them. Machine tapered leaders will behave for quite a while (a week or two) after a minute or so in a pan of hot water, and it won't effect the strength noticeably if at all. Leave them in the steaming/slightly boiling water until bubbles form over the entire length, then take it out and give it a stretch. Good to go.

Alot depends on what kinda bite you're on. If your pitching shallow dense cover and the guy running the TM is making a bunch of racket or otherwise not controlling the boat well then BOTH are at a disadvantage. But if you are slinging C-rigs or crankbaits / topwater stuff on points, or vertically fishing spoons ect. then the angler in the rear may have an advantage because he only has to concentrate on catching fish. That being said, I'll admit that it drives me nuts to fish the back.....I'm always wishing that the boat angle was different.

Voltage regulator fire. Has your tach been acting up lately?

That bird biz might work for offshore stripers and for locating baitfish on very large bodies of water, but on our lakes where shad are basically everywhere the location of those birds don't mean squat. Actually most freshwater gamefish are hardwired to spook when a bird flys over their head. The last thing I want is a flock of gulls circling an area where I'm fishing.

Looking good! That shad colored one is gonna get hammered. I threw some of those Sunday for the first time, big as a 1/2 chicken. Crazy incredible action and not as hard to sling on a 9wt. as I expected. We were actually getting them to skip up under docks and stuff and I was anticipating a BIG bite at any moment. What a fun fly to fish!

Alright then, so much for peacemakers.....Time to lawyer up.

Well that was really cool of ya but there's still a big difference between a skid loader and transit, and a 12 pack and a doob so I'm not too surprised that it failed to bond the two of ya properly.

Go down there with a 12 pack and a doobie and get to know the guy, he's prolly a good ol'dude and a good neighbor to have. Once y'all are buddies and he does stuff that offends you and your other pissy neighbors them you can stick your head out the door and holler "Hey Asshole, Knock it off "! And he will.

rps, I've seen nothing of the sort. Must be a cookie from whatever you we're surfin' before you came here. LMAO!

Excellent attitude.....you'll get'em. Looking forward to hearing about it when you do.

Any bites or swipes today?

Probably the biggest high I get from nymphing is when I stick a fish and while I'm fighting it I realize that I have no idea why I even decided to set. I Love that instinctual zen feeling, it's a major confidence booster.

Stop it! This is an addiction I do not need. Yoda rocks! Hope you get another stuck tomorrow. What kinda retrieve is getting attention ?

No limitations on distance. Everyone seems to think that it's strictly a short-line thing. The only time it won't work very well is if you are fishing straight up or straight down stream....and actually you can still do it, it's just requires more skill (which I don't have BTW, so don't get me wrong, I try to avoid straight up or straight down if I can). Once the drift is set up right anything that stops the fly (even for a mili-second) causes things to immediately tighten up. I can definately detect THAT happening at a distance way easier than I can see a bobber twitch at lets say 35-40+ feet away. The hook is usually already in flesh so all you have to do is finish the job. Your focus remains on the angle of the line between the rod tip and the water surface....instead of the little orange ball.