fishinwrench

Maybe the ones that smell like Old Spice. But the ones that smell like food....... That's another story 😅

Sadly I'm afraid that you're prediction is likely accurate. My mother ended her medical career at Fulton State Hospital, as a Med. Tech. and one of the things she always used to say was..... "Well, every room has stayed filled since I started there, but we still haven't cured anyone yet." 🤷‍♂️

Fishing a soft hackle on the swing is my favorite way to cover wide, dull, featureless looking stretches. I can't tell ya how many times I've been surprised, and thought... "What the hell was that nice fish doing hanging out THERE?"

A guy that I went to school with.....and partied with during my early 20's is now going through some pretty serious mental issues...... He SWEARS that there are bugs/worms/or something crawling around under the skin on his arms & legs. And although numerous tests and inspections by doctors have shown nothing of the sort, he just ain't buying it......He "knows" they are there....and it's driving him absolutely insane. I hate to see him going through that because he truly is a good dude. Always worked hard and has never been a heavy drug user, big drinker, or anything like that. When you mentioned that dude letting a train run over his arm.....I honestly worry that my old friend is juuuust about to that point. 😔

Usually in tailouts, runs, and in the soft-slick water just above riffles. I fish them on a controlled swing......I don't just let them whip around with the current, instead I kinda let them swing in 4-6' spurts. And often feed a little line to slow the swing even more. I have a little lt.olive & peacock Ice Dub pattern that is the best swinging soft hackle I've ever used. The thing just has mojo! On the Niangua, Current, NFOW, Chattahoochee, and at Taney. Try it, I think you'll agree.... The whole "no tail" thing made no sense to me, but after years of doing this $#!t I just happened to finally notice that it just didn't work for me if there was a tail on my soft hackle. Switch to one with no tail.....and bingo, near instant bite. Finally I just gave into it and stopped tying tails onto any soft hackle style fly.

Suit yourself, but for some odd reason I can't figure out.....a soft hackle fly with a TAIL does not get bit, but the same one without a tail DOES. UNLESS all you are targeting is bluegill in Stillwater. 🤷‍♂️ May just be the way I fish them.

Her little cherry tomatoes did really good. We've actually had several bowls full of those, and they are yummy, but none of the big 'maters ever turned red. 🤷‍♂️

#1. The AGM battery is NOT what caused your electrical fire. If it was a Voltage Regulator meltdown then THAT was more than likely caused by YOU 😅 (trying to get ONE MORE SEASON out of a dying battery.....or failing to maintain a good connection to the battery). If a V6 outboard loses it's connection to the battery....even for 2 seconds.....then you just fried the diodes in the voltage regulator, and probably the tachometer, and unless you constantly are monitoring a voltmeter you'll never know. 900+ cranking amps is what you need, regardless of where it comes from. Keep your battery fresh....and keep those terminals TIGHT & CLEAN. Replace your cranking battery every 3rd year, whether you think it needs it or not. And float-test any WING NUTS before using them for your primary battery connection. Toss them in the lake, and if they float then you can use them. Replace them with 1/2"-9/16" nuts and tighten them with a wrench 👍

Tell me about it !!! 🙄

Here's the kids pick today, from her bucket garden on the porch.

Did you CHOOSE that TM......or did you have it laying around and just decide to install it ?

Yeah I wouldn't want this beast on a jon boat.......but you said 24v 😉 I do have a 12v MK tiller, but I'd have to ask a premium price for it because it has an upgraded mount.

Needs a prop and some minor cleaning up, but you can have it for 150.00

This has got to give pause to those who believe in devine creation. Any creator that dreamed up a creature like THAT is certainly not one I would be anxious to give praise to.

If you did well, why do you think there is a problem? My complaints about the management of BS has nothing to do with my ability to catch fish there. I just can't avoid comparing the quality of their work from back when they had nothing but a few alcoholics with a 1/2ton pickup and a couple wheel barrows.......to NOW with millions tied up in fancy gear, and a whole crew of highly trained biologists.

I don't care what flavor they are. Any spider bigger than a pea, might as well be as big as a Volkswagen. Because I'm equally as traumatized by their presence.

Fair enough 👍 I never even went inside the park when we were there the first weekend of Oct. Didn't even drive thru to look at it. I concentrated on the 100 yard stretch of the river right by our campsite, and did just fine. We had foil baked trout and it was pretty darn good. I agree about the apparent change of food those fish are being fed. Interesting.

I USED TO BE. They are busy converting it into a giant hatchery for the urbanites now, so I guess they win.....and I lose. 🤷‍♂️

In my world, a trout caught in a farm pond does not equal one caught in a spring creek. Of all the travelling YOU DO to catch little minnows from some obscure little creek.... I'm surprised that you are so easily satisfied. 😉

The only time I have ever had a gun pointed at me ON PURPOSE was done by a dude named Skip Flavonowski (that's a name I will never forget) at the World Congress Center in Atlanta. AFTMA show setup. He kept on & on mouthing off about us moving a truck, and I truly was headed in his direction to bust his face open.....He was smart enough to know exactly how to stop me from doing it. 🤔 Whipped out a snub nosed revolver, pointed it right in my face, and that cooled my temper right down immediately ! I've never initiated a first strike since. 👍

Fair enough 👍 It just sucks to see a once great place, destroyed for the sake of it.

Beast ! 😲

So how is it spelled ? 🤔 Can't even Google it. 😅

In spring fed creeks I consider it natural ENOUGH. And in the tailwaters, where the habitat for native species has been altered...... the stocking of trout is a cool trade-off. The Urban Trout program is about giving city folk something for their 1/8 of a cent tax.