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Brick town. Downtown OKC, tons of things to do, places to eat etc Also visit the Murrah Building Memorial if you get the chance. I lost 15 friends that day and would appreciate you stopping by and paying respects.

Does anyone know where I might find a box of 303 ammo? None of the wal marts, bass pros have any. Need help quickly for a buddy of mine

Wishing all my brothers a very happy birthday. Praying for the safe return of all our brothers and sisters in harms way. Semper Fi Below is the birthday message from the Commadant and the Sgt Major of the Marine Corps. About 10 minutes long, but for those not lucky enough to have earned the title of Marine, it will explain why we are the way we are

Flyguy, I dont think you are thinking about Taneycomo.

You have over 100 posts on OAF and do not know what a PMS is yet??? Shame on you. Go to the fly tying section and you should see an example, I think Leonard has come up with some varations on it since that one was posted. But they are KILLER for trout, smallies walleye

Both the "little jakes" and "super duper" are about the same sytle. the super duper is thinner and wiggles much more (i think so) than the jakes. little jakes super duper

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Here is a shot from the San Juan a couple of years ago in Feb Me in the foreground, my brother in the background. We had just put some of my fathers ashes in the river below us. The hole where we put dads ashes

you missed out on some great fishing!

according to local news, they are supposed to be shut sometime today

hope you had a glove on! cool video Phil and I saw the brown on that video

I was working for the Vail Colorado police department in 2001 when a very close friend of mine was killed in the line of duty, on a call that I had sent him to. I know things happen and all that, but I had a lot of guilt over his death, he left a wife and a baby girl that was about 6 months old. My dad retired down here and he convinced me to come down and try the trout fishing here. Met my beautiful, wonderful Stephanie(who hates fishing by the way) and I have been here since. My dad passed away in March of 2002, only 8 months after me moving down here. But I got to spend that time with him, hunting, fishing and swapping lies. Had I not moved here, I would never have been able to spend that quality time with him. My brother and I made a trip to the San Juan in 2004, put some of dads ashes in his favorite hole. picture of me and my dad fishing a small stream in PA, around 1968 Dad

I dont know that I would be able to pick just one. I would have to go with the San Juan in New Mexico because it is a beautiful place to fish, great fishing, GREAT food at Abes, but it was the place that my dad, me and my brother would meet each year for a week of fishing and just the 3 of us hanging out. It was also the last place the 3 of got to fish together before my dad passed away. Great memories from the San Juan. There may be bigger and better trout streams to catch fish, but I if I have learned nothing else in my lifetime, it isnt always about the catching.

watched it both way, could not see the big fish at all

I did see some shad on sunday up by #1.

If anyone is interested, my wife is big into digital photography and all sorts of gagets for her MAC. She does slide to digital scanning on the side and has all sorts of equipment to do so. I dont know what she would charge, but if you are interested, shoot me a pm and I will get you in touch with her. John

pictures? tying instructions?? come on ducky...is this one of those "secret" flies???

Just in case...

what time did you leave? guess your back wasnt hurting THAT much huh?

picture yourself in the water, facing downstream, you will cast at your 10 o clock or 2 o clock. allow the current to carry the fly downstream, just let it drift, dont mess with it! as your fly line gets directly infront of you, the fly is still a little upstream and the current will "swing" to its position below you. hence the term "swing" this is where a good number of strikes will take place. watch your line as it is getting nearer to that position and be ready. if you do not get a hit on the swing, start stripping the fly back to you. some people like to strip real slow, others at a faster pace. sometimes it takes some fooling around with the pace to determine what the fish want. thats what works for me. i hope this helps you out a little bit. i did a google search for how to fish a wooly bugger and did not come up with much. you may want to check out kelly galloup videos on how to fish streamers. i think you may find something on the web for him as well. john

"EVERY single fish i catch is caught 100% totally legit, and i put alot of time into tying and trying new things to get fish to bite. EVERY single time I net the fish and take it right to people to show them the hook is in the mouth.... i wont even touch the fish until i show someone hook location. Its sad i have to do that but it helps keep trash out of peoples mouths" You have NEVER foul hooked a fish? EVER? Are you saying that if you are fishing by yourself, you will seek out someone fishing nearby, show them where the hook is in the fishes mouth? Why would you need to do that? That would annoy the living s%#t out of me if someone did that to me while I was fishing.

why would it be illegal to protect your home and family? i dont think it is illegal. but a simple phone call to the DA office or the PD should clear it up. if it is illegal, then i am guilty of at least 4 counts of having an illegal weapon in my home. not to mention the pistols and rifle. by the way, is your neighbor doing ok?

I think the polar bear dip would be fun. I would be in for that. Anyone else??

I tied a jig today and used 2 pieces of rubber leg from a rubber skirt replacement I bought at BPS. Question is, am I allowed 2 pieces of rubber leg on a fly on the upper part of Taneycomo? Or is rubber not allowed whatsoever?

Ditto what hoglaw said.