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Won't look as good as glue on eyes, but maybe you could draw some shad spots and maybe some eye markings using a Sharpie?

Nice I bet some whites or wipers will pound that if its not to big.

Nice looking page, easy to read. You've talked about removing hooks in the past, this could be helpful.. i.e. gut hooked, indicate there may be times to leave it in? Thanks, David

Love to see it? No worries if it's a trade secret

That is awesome!

Cliche Alert: So your tying them for fish, not the fisherman

Thanks, I'm just cutting strips of craft foam and just ty them in by layering them forward and around, then trim to make it look gnarly/knuckley.

I've been having luck catching wipers and whites by throwing this at schools of busting bait fish. It's inspired by Brian Wises Knuckle Head articulated pattern.

I created a fly tying video website with a repository of videos. They are organized by fly boxes (species, location ,etc.) There's also a "How To" fly box with videos you might be able to use to teach from. Here's a link https://flytyerworld.com . There's also a mobile app. Hope it helps.

Great video, thanks for sharing!

Back Stabbers, black or purple, John Montana's hybrid, carp craw, Egans's head stand patterns with a chenille worm sticking out. Mitch also ties a lot of variants to these patterns, add squiggly legs and some orange to get there attention. I believe it takes a lot of skill to catch carp of the fly without chumming for them. I know of some bragging rights tournaments. There's a really popular Pro Am tournament in Colorado. No money but prizes. https://carpslam.org/

I do a little guiding for KCFlatsCO https://www.kcflatsco.com/. Mitch Meyer is one of the owners. He's a young man that got turned on to fly fishing playing in the minor leagues in Montana and Wisconsin. He was a full time guide for Minturn Anglers in Colorado, then life called and he came back to KC to raise a family. He guides for CARP at Hillsdale and Clinton KS polling a skiff.(Hog Island with a polling tower) . So, it's sight fishing, a blast to do, and very good experience for bone fishing, and other saltwater species. You gain experience seeing fish, then casting to them. Carp make multiple runs and fight, it's fun.

Great report thanks! Are you thinking the boat traffic turns them off a bit, but they make a reaction bite to the jigs?

Banging bell makes sense, another theory could be the float is producing a better, "more realistic" drift?

My SMS text app not only scraps Core Generation, Flow data, but it also has a bunch of USGS sites in Ar, MO, CO, and WY. To get a list text. "g" to this number. 913.270.0360 you'll get a link to a list of available sites. then just text "g smsID" SmsID is listed in the site list.

Just finished "Lords of the Fly". by Monte Burke, Great read about the obsession of Anglers and Guides starting back in the 70's and 80's until now pursing IGFA records for Tarpon primarily in Homosossa FL. Great read and lots of info about the original Pioneers of Saltwater fly fishing (i.e. Lefty Kreh, Flip Pallet, Steve Huff etc.)

This last Sunday Evening heading back, police officers and firefighters flagged me down from shore below cooper creek boat ramp 6 teenagers in kayaks and Walmart raft had tipped over. 9,000 + CFS we had to pluck one young man out and take him to EMS waiting for him down stream, don't think he would have made it much longer in that water. Everyone one ended up ok, but the whole lot of water rescue folks, firefighters, and police officers where mobilized.

Yes you are correct he was just thinking using a smaller hellgrammite pattern as a being a representative pattern to tie

My son his getting his PHD in entomology at Colorado State Univ. He said hellgrammitte nymph/larvae patterns are similar to fish(dobson) flies. But he said tie them a bit smaller. Here's a cool hellgrammite pattern. Here's info about the fish fly from MDC. https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/fishfly-larvae

Me too, Stopping and Starting the service/site might resolve.....

I fished with a Crappie fishing Guide who used those type of hooks, worked well when vertical jigging, hooks right at the top of the mouth.

My first time trying to catch a Muskie on the fly at Fellows, he followed my 15 inch crappie fly in and left my figure eight to eat my buddies fly. I was incredible, and I still dream about that leviathan appearing behind my swimming fly.

Fishing wet flys without an indicator can be referred to as "high sticking" or "tight line nymphing". A lot of folks fishing pocket waters fish this way with heavy nymphs and special leaders so they get down very quick and they cover water. Competitive "Pro" fly fishing does not allow indicators or split shot. They also use longer 10 to 12 foot rods. It can get technical quickly, George Daniels "Dynamic Nymphing" is an interesting read if your interesting in nymphing techniques with and without indicators. I was fishing with a quide once and he said "Do you know what can be the difference between a day of catching fish and not catching fish?" Answer : "One Split Shot"

Just checked, they typically post schedule on Friday for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.. looks like 50mhw Sat all day and 35mhw Sun/Mon all day. Should be fairly wadable Sun/Mon. On non weekend weekdays they seem to publish next days schedule at 4:00 p.m Also text "s table" to get the schedule for the current day no quotes or "s table sat" , again without quotes to get scheduled generation to this number 913.270.0360. it just scrapes the web app to get information. Remember if you are wading, they don't always honor the schedule, and don't always blow the horn when they turn it up. text "g table" again no quotes to get current generation.

I fish out of a Towee micro skiff, not a ton a room especially when throwing integrated sinking line. So, i bought a collapsable leaf basket on Amazon, cut all the extra handles off, and put a floor in it for stability. Works well, My son just tried it out...see pic below.