fishinwrench

Yeah, can we just skip the whole Winter thing and get right to that? That would be great!

Enjoyed the blog entry, that broken rock flat bank on Clinton looks perfect for Fall. I'm sure that there is a sweet spot along that bank that gets visited daily by the resident whites and could be fished effectively without a boat.

Mike Mercer's Missing Link is an insanely good slow water dry. Try one in Camel brown and/or green apple, size 14-16. They are a tricky tie, but well worth it. You can google up a SBS or buy them online.

... and look at what you're doing today

They would only have to do a gigger bust once.... followed by a similar viral youtube vid, to add a little paranoia to the minds of those that are gigging illegally. It has worked on the partiers, Im sure they are way more careful about their business since those vids have gotten around.

I didn't think WP headed the busts.... I thought it was the county. Does bro know that there is illegal gigging and unregistered boats on the river sometimes too ?

Well Hallajulah! At least he has done something decent in his career. Lemme guess, his screen name is P.Owensby ? LMAO!

Chalk up another.... P-Line CX prem. Shame it cant be bought around here...... Shop owners, are you listening?

Hey,.... I love busted lower units. Dont be so selfish

Since I am basically poor and drive a truck with 200k miles on it I am not comfortable taking a trip more than a couple hours from home unless I have a spare 6-800 bucks just in case I break down, hit a stupid deer, or have some other mishap. A blown tranny 5 hours from home would take two months worth of mortgage payments to rectify. I used to have a more carefree attitude and would take off to parts unknown with nothing but my gear and a handful of change, but these days the allure of greener grass doesn't outweigh the consequences if all doesnt go as planned. I live in an area that has pretty good fishing for every species I like to fish for within a 60 mile radius and I log alot of fishing hours in a years time. It may not be "world class", but it is good enough for me. I dont jones for playing the tourist on far away waters anymore , they belong, for the most part, to those who live closer to them. So rather than wanting to fish new water I try to come up with ways to fish the old water BETTER. Boring by comparison to those that fish the globe, I'm sure, but on the upside ....I am NOT a Didymo spreader

How do you get those bigass feet inside those little tiny baby shoes ? Nice ones, bro! .... You're killin' me

Unless we get a significant amount of rain between then and now I wouldnt expect much generation at all, the lake us alteady down to 656.8 We'll be at Winter pool by Thanksgiving if we dont get some rain.

Good luck, Mike. Lemme know if ya see any whites in the backend of Buck creek or Cape H. , been thinking about dumping in at Millstone just to check it out, but with the Soap cr. bridge being out it's too far to drive for me just to check out a hunch. Tear'em up!

Outstanding ! Were you guys fishing mainlake structure or concentrating moreso on the flats? Flyfishing on a windy lake is a bitch.... flyline everywhere and your feet are your worst enemy. I was waiting for footage of the famous "Jumprope Double-haul".... I know you each did one

You don't wanna know, trust me. Hearing that there are umpteen thousand trout per mile just makes you feel worse when you have a slow day. LOL Nothing worse than having to trudge 2 miles upstream back to your truck thinking.... "geeze, I suck! "

Hmmm, and you think BASEBALL is gay ! LMAO, I couldnt resist. I tried, I really did

Oh c'mon now Ronnie, didn't you ever play with a lariot when you were a young cowpoke? With all those girls in the house you should be a jump-rope master by now....Criss-cross applesauce, man. Same deal.

When you are casting dryflys try to make your forward cast straighten out parallel to and above the water surface at eye level....then smoothly follow the line (and fly) to the surface of the water with your rod tip. Keep in mind that a "perfect" dryfly cast will result in the fly being the first thing to touch the water. When done perfectly you'll actually have almost a full second of "hang time" when the extended line hangs in the air over the water before gravity takes effect. Once you get the mechanics of that down pat you can start practicing in-air mends (reach, tuck, or snake presentations). One way to "cheat" is to purposely overshoot your intended target and pull back a bit just as the line is straightening out in mid air on the forward stroke, that will usually straighten out even a very limp leader or an overly long tippet, but doing that kills the hang time and doesn't allow the opportunity to do in-air mends.

Bitch creek, Montreal whore, Sex dungeon, Cock & balls, and a Go to hell variant.

No title = Nightmare. You'll only do it once...guarantee ya that.

I know what you mean, Al. I've stuck some enormous flatheads while bass fishing and after awhile Im just done, I do usually try to get a good look at them first though. They were lucky that the sharks didn't get after that Marlin after all that time. And the snagging it with multiple lines thing..... not cool in my book, and kinda spoils the story of a potential record caught.... but whatever.

I strictly flyfish for the whites, but I gotta confess.... I am having a poor Fall thus far. I keep blaming the low and falling water because everything was going good for me until they pulled the plug, but truthfully I'm not sure what my problem is. I'd either like to have a 3 day frog-strangler, or to have the 82° water temps back....cuz Im strugglin' out there. The stupid crappie bite seems pretty consistent now though.

Im not sure why this works...or better yet, why it works in the Fall better than any other time....but a "deadsticked" large tube bait is deadly in the Fall. Just pitch it into a hole where you think a bass oughta be, let it glide to the bottom, then tighten up on it.....and just hold still and wait a full minute. If you don't get a bite reel it in and try again in a slightly different spot....but in the same area. No matter how bad the leaves are this still works...and it works well. I'm not sure if a specific tube is better than another but FWIW I use the Case big Salty tube in Roadkill color and a 1/8 insert head on 8# line. Try it.

LMAO! Exactly WHERE in the Glaze could a person possibly be without being......"in or around coves, or points" ? Probably the easiest way to find them would be to speed-troll the 8-12ft. contour line with one rod rigged with a SR7-SR9 Shad rap, and the other rigged with a 1/4-1/2 oz Rattle trap or Red Eye Shad.

Congrats ! Labs are easy, they just wanna please you. Sending one off for "obedience training" just seems wrong to me. Spend as much time with the pup as possible and everything will fit perfectly in the end.