John W Kelly

It's true!

Congrats! Interested to hear how it performs.

I had the BVK 9/5 for a short while and was generally pleased with it, but it was not the 'perfect' rod for me (bought it without doing any trial casting). It was great for short to mid-range casts, but I thought it had a fairly narrow "forgiveness" factor when casting long-range. I preferred the Rio Gold #6 line on it. Tried the #5 Gold, #5 Perception, #5 SA GPX, #5 Orvis Wonderline, and a Bario GT 125 line. My 2nd preference was the #5 Perception.

Used for 4 hours. Like New. Nothing wrong with it. It fishes great. $175 417-209-9878

Like new. $300. Grey Mist color. Comes with spare spool, 2 pouches, 2 boxes, warranty card. The LT 2 is for 4-6wt fly rods 417-209-9878

Thanks Jeff! You have to make sure your shutter speed is fast enough (1/100+) to overcome any camera shake; especially if it is cloudy out or if you're in the shade. The automatic camera settings don't work as well as using the Aperture Priority mode and controlling the shutter speed by adjusting the F-Stop. Also, I've noticed that when taking real close-up photos of fish the water film on the slime layer can throw the focus of the camera off. I've used several different cameras and they all have had trouble at some time or another focusing on wet fish. That's how I get the blue effects in my pics. It's water sitting on the slime layer that the camera can't focus on. Sometimes I dip parts of the fish back in the water before I take a picture .

Beautiful fly!

FishFX Studio wins BEST OF SHOW at ArtsFest!!! with abstract trout photos .

If anyone is coming to the ArtsFest on Walnut Street in Springfield this weekend (May 3rd-4th), stop by my booth and say "Hi". I got accepted into the show this year (my first) and will be showing a series of abstract trout photos that I've taken while fishing at Taneycomo, Bennett, and Roaring River.

I received mine. Thank you all for some great looking flies! Looking forward to trying them out.

I've never noticed red spots in the markings of rainbows though. That's what got me wondering about this fish. Here's a crummy pic from the top.

cause it's a cross between cousins? lol

If you want to catch some fish on Sunday and have the gear to stay dry and warm, then Yes it's worth it.

Interesting. Thanks for the info Phil!

Zone 1. From the spring to the spillway dam. That will take up your whole day. You can always come back for Z2 or 3. If you like to fish pools, then there is a large pool above the spillway, and another below the spillway (which is the beginning of Zone 2). Further up zone 1, closer to the spring, is a rock dam with a pool above it and one sort of below it. Then there is sort-of a pool at the spring. The rest of Zone 1 is made up of longer runs, some fairly shallow, some deeper. Just explore and enjoy! Here is a photo/video slideshow I made on opening day (March 1st). It begins at the pool below the spillway and ends at the spring. HTH!

Interesting way to breathe.

Yeah. He's got the biggest ears I've ever seen on a fish.

So the consensus is that, this is a physically and genetically modified german triploid mutant ninja brown trout that was maimed by "They" who also provided it with crippling living conditions as a youngster at the hatchery. Right? The reason I was wondering is because this is the first "brown" trout I've ever caught. lol

Well then what is it supposed to be called?

hmm, weird, but thanks for info. I wondered why/how it was missing it's fin. So is this a brown?

Who and Why do they?

I didn't really notice it until I went back and looked at my pics, but is this an uncolorful silvery brown trout? btw, the bottom rim of the net is 16" in diameter.

Use indicator. Live midges (midge pupa) float and wriggle around in the water column as they slowly rise up from the stream/river/lake bed and make their way to the surface to hatch and fly away, so the indicator is not only used to see a strike, but also to set the depth for the fly. Since live midges passively drift with the current, the goal is to mimic this action by setting the fly at a depth where it will passively drift into the face of a fish (ideally), which are normally hovering just above the stream bed, but can be anywhere in the water column. If a 'hatch' is taking place, the fish will be near the surface focusing on the food source, so setting the fly to drift near the bottom isn't going to be as effective as setting it up higher in the water column where the fish are. If the fly is set to drift too low, it will just get caught up on everything and won't drift naturally. HTH

Thanks! Your Welcome! Maybe I'll see you there this year. Thanks! That guy was probably nervous haha.

Here is a photo/ video slideshow. Took me a little bit to figure out how to put it together.