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Heck of a guide too, if he took the shot rather than allow his clients the chance, eh? I'm not really enthusiastic about the whole record competition thing, especially when it comes to deadly methods. I've no objection to bow-fishing, gigging, etc, but I do think such methods should be for sustenance rather than competition. Kill only what you can eat and eat what you kill. But, I'm obviously a minority.

I've seen quite a few mentions of NFC and Edge on other forums and I've never seen a bad comment on the rods, although they would have been fly rods or blanks. . There are people who get upset over the wait time, but there are always people wanting instant gratification. From the reviews that I've seen the blank quality far exceeds the cost and the rods are on sale often.

I don't think I saw anything new there. I thought it was always known that the ethanol laws were in place to enrich certain politicians or their friends.

I was over there to Cotter once in the late '80s when I was told they had all gates open and full generation, river was in the trees everywhere that I stopped. Came back through Theodosia and the lake was so full that the picnic pavilions near Forsyth had the roofs covered with lake.

About 15 seconds in hot oil will make those worms edible. I can recall decades ago people on the east coast being upset by a newspaper story mentioning worms in store bought ocean fish. I don't recall the details of the story but the gist was that all fish have parasites, that parasites are usually species specific (so don't harm humans), and that cooked worms are easily eaten if you aren't told about them. The next week, at the super market every package of fish that I examined did seem to have worms. So, yeah, eat more bass.

Paris Oregon is definitely a better place to hug trees than Paris France. I didn't think buses went to France. Always something to learn on this site.

Paris, MO.? Paris OR? or one of the other two dozen towns named Paris?

Maybe five and maybe fifty to find another great lure. It may be the only one of that model that does catch fish like that, I once had a Rapala that simply caught fish anytime that I use it a dozen species from sunfish to pike, never tied it on that it didn't take a fish almost immediately. Eventually I lost it and none of the couple dozen that I bought of the same model and color ever worked as well. I think that some times it's the imperfect lures that work. Mine may have had the lip on crocked or the hooks placed slightly off center, or something else odd that caused it to be so effective. I'll never know but if all that model worked like that one did, it would be the only lure used.

My 'fly tying box' is either 30 or 40 gallon plastic bin and I always seem to be able to fit more into it. But I'd still probably stick with one or two colors. Best for sculpin might be mottled. Did you say those Wapsi strips are UV dyed?

Where did the earlier report of fog come from? I read a few of the news reports and none of them mentioned fog.

Something that I'd never heard of. I used to use paint marks on my fly rod for fish measuring.

I don't. I've gone there only when it was "on the way to somewhere else" and that's less than ten times in my entire life. I'm glad that others love it, that keeps them off the good places. I do recommend it to most people that ask. Nope. Fall is already too full of things to do and places to go, but hope y'all have a good meet.

I'll probably not make the next one if it's in Sept.

Do you think those bridges can be replaced for $247,219.50? Most states have some standards or guidelines on when bridges are required to be cleaned in order to prolong their use. Clogged deck drains or other such situations might trigger a wash in between required maintenance too. MODOT says Federal standards and guides on bridge preservation links are here if you want to read up. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/preservation/

How many of those grassy fish are posted by guides? That's why I stopped going to RRSP during the C&R season. But that just stopped me from seeing them, the C&R season is still popular.

The fly tyers from Kansas that I talked to all said they fly fish for multiple species of warm water fish. Catfish, carp, suckers among others. I'm about equally divided between warm and cold. When I was back East the chain pickerel and LMB took up more of my time than the trout did, and there were hundreds of miles of trout waters within driving distance of my home. A fly is an artificial lure, probably the oldest of all artificial lures, and any fish that can be caught on any artificial lure can be caught just as easily (and more cheaply) on a fly. I noticed at both the Sowbug Roundups that we attended there were more warm water flies on display than there were trout flies. I had never seen a Walleye or Muskie fly before and there were lots of them there. So while I'll agree that most people do think of trout/salmon first when fly fishing is mentioned, trout are of least concern to many flyfishers. On other forums I've interacted with fly fishers that only fly fished for carp, and many that only fly fished for "panfish".

It was a good show, better than others I've been to there in the past. New vendors, more tyers, more warm water flies than trout flies, I think. In addition to the @BilletHeads, I accidentally met two fellows from the fiberglass fly fishing forum, one I had met previously and one I hadn't. I didn't come home with anything new but I was tempted by some vintage rods and my son did acquire a number of the silent auction things including a new fly rod. We came back home by way of Bennett Springs and got skunked there. And we didn't see any one else catch a trout either. That together with the Sowbug makes twice I've been outside my five county zone in less than a month. I'm sure I saw those other OAF members that Marty mentioned, but I had no idea who they were. I guess none of us was wearing OAF hats or patches?

Regular earthworms like it cooler and often go really (10'+) deep when the soil is warm or dry. Put your tubs good top soil in a cellar or basement at about 55-60F and feed/cover them damp shredded newspaper/cellulose/peat moss/commercial "worm bedding" on top. I've kept "wild worms" year round when I lived in the north east. It's tricky keeping the bedding "wet" enough without being too wet. And you have to watch for mold. All the times that I tried keeping them outside they died as soon as we had a few hot days and tub soil got above "cool". I'd guess that a bin several yards wide and a couple yards deep might work, but at that size it's just as easy to dig up the garden.

It was a pretty big deal at the time and if you look back in the forum you can find the discussions we had back then, as well as some talk about the murdered snake breeder that wrench mentioned.

I talked to a guy a few years ago on Capp's Creek who claimed he couldn't tell a RBT from a BT, also saw a group of three on another stream all excited about the "trout" one had caught, that looked like a sucker from where I was standing. Let the enforcement folks worry about the enforcement problems.

I did find it remarkable that the sheriff's people had been all over that place finding the cage and bones and meat package etc. and never saw or set off the trip wires with the incendiary devices. That kinda suggests that the bombs and trip wires were added later, the lack of crime scene marking was strange too. One could wonder how much involvement leos had?

I didn't see that in any of the reports at the time, did this come out later at trial or is it a local knowledge thing?

I thought the easy key to identifying spotted vs largemouth was in the dorsal fin?

Does IRS still have enough people to carry out an audit?