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Deer get mange (not really a disease), Lyme disease , eurlikeosous, blue tongue, hoof and mouth, parvovirus has been reported in California mule deer, Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease a kill lot of deer, Fibromatosis causes hair loss in deer, Canine distemper affects many wild animals ( all carnivores), any mammal can get rabies- a Pennsylvania hunter killed a rabid deer several years ago. I'm not sure why CWD gets so much money thrown at it, other than it is made in a university and spread by deer trafficking. They have now learned that not only the ground stays contaminated for unknown decades, but that plants uptake the prions and transmit the disease to new grazers. I guess the fact that prion disease is known to have jumped species a few times and extreme fear of how humans might be affected has put pressure on authorities to attempt to contain it. Truth is the spread may be slowed but the areas where it has been it will be forever, or for the foreseeable future. Some carriers will go undetected and continue to spread the contamination. Think vultures. Do we still have the deer "farms" in those affected counties?

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=sgf&gage=bsgm7 2' over normal maybe? Haven't been over there lately but Li'l Sugar ain't very wadeable today.

Have not used the Old Town. My alternative to the sit-backer (actually wife's idea) is a stadium seat $2 @ yardsale, we haven't used the canoe for several years. but it used to work. (folding kind with hook under + bungee) The complete seats are a different thing. My brother once just bolted a bass boat seat to the existing rear seat of his Osage.

I like those wonder rods, back in the '50s-'70s they were state of the art, probably sell now between 20 &50$ depending on who bids and condition of the rod. It will have a date code as to manufacture and recommended line weights, possibly in the old letter system. Heavier in hand than modern rods but will do anything you can do with a fly. Ask here and you be where the glass experts hang out http://fiberglassflyrodders.com/forum/ The HI reel I am not familiar with but guess at same value more or less. edit; thread on that reel http://fiberglassflyrodders.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=54252

Maybe next time I'll play, my stuff is all boxed up and out in the shed. I've never done a swap, never heard of one actually, but I'm kinda new to fishing forums. Will you post pictures of all the goodies? I really only know two Bass flies, a popper and a jig. Be interesting to learn more.

ahha, I must have been tired. We deal with floods every year from mid March to mid May, then drought or severe drought from early July to September, so the weather and its associated pains aren't usually part of my conversation, it will rain because it always has before and it will be followed by drought. Carry on.

Not really. My radar shows rain on Beaver now and running all the way to the south of Texas. We been stuck at home for over a week cept one day (Wednesday?) when she walked/waded to the county road where we park for floods. Off and on til Tuesday night then start again Thursday night. No point in repairing the drive til we get a clear week forecast. Ground so full that any measurable rain can cause the bluffs to spout and creeks to run high.

That's the one I thought might work & the one on the right also, but they all will on the right day at the right place. I do think you will do better to copy proven patterns though. Woolly worm, woolly bugger, generic nymphs, Clouser minnow, marabou minnow are all easy enough to learn and after tying a lot of other stuff what I use the most. For small dry mine are almost always Griffith’s Gnat or simple brown or grizzly hackle fly. Love them pan fish on a fly. They can sure spit fast.

To me that's right handed because the rod is in the right hand, why I asked.

huh, I think I would have cut a piece of plywood to cover the existing surface and extend to where ever with a single 2x3 to support the rear edge from the gunwales. add carpet maybe. Just looks like stuff in that picture is semi permanent/hard to swap out?

Knowing nothing about that kind of tackle, what makes it left or right handed? Do you hold the rod in left hand and wind with right hand or hold the rod right handed and wind with left hand?

Privacy keeps MDC from using game cams on public land, I don't think they will be using drones. Maybe the need for drones will override the perceived need for privacy and laws will change. I have read that shooting down a drone is same violation as shooting down a 747 or a chopper, max of 20 years in jail.

Usta be a carp fly fish tourney in Bella Vista, Ar. (Sugar Creek) sponsored by the Orvis guy in Fayetteville, iirc. That store apparently died, always wondered about a connection?

Pretty likely that NOAA provides the info for all the commercial weather guessers. Taxpayers can afford all the satellites and thousands of radar stations better than civilians could. They also have weather graphs and weather generated for fires/control burns that are handy. Explore their sites. At my location the NWS radar is very accurate and refreshed every few minutes, neat way to track these flood producing storms.

National Weather Service (NOAA) produces a point forecast for any zipcode you want; comes in several versions but the one I like is a tabular forecast that shows updated predictions hour by hour for 48 hour spans, the wind is indicated by speed and direction. https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.21&lon=-93.29&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=digital

Tried them and did not like. I use a double surgeon's knot for most, but many knots will work. I keep telling myself that I will learn the "Davy knot" but haven't yet. I really don't change flies all that often.

What? It looks deliberate?

Saw him perform at a show in Springdale, Ar. about 30 years ago. Quite a guy to talk to and made casting look easy, but even after his demo and lecture my casting is still mediocre. Nice fly and story, Billethead. I hate wind, you are tougher than I to keep fishing in it.

Rogers Parks and Recreation Department; 479-631-3350 Ask at the park bait shop/boat rental. I don't recall any special fishing regs, but think only park boats are allowed. I used to fish it from the bank with regular fishing permit, but rules get changed so better check with the parks office.

Sounds like a great time to me. Those small streams, aka "brooks" are why they are called brook trout. I used to stand at the head of an over grown run and let the water carry (no cast) a nymph down/across and cause it to rise to the top occasionally by checking the line flow and gentle raise of the rod, brookies in New England would smash them just as the fly hit the surface. Thank you for the excellent report, and fwiw some of my my greatest fish were camera shy.

Rather fish in overcast.

Do you have any problem with the rings wearing against the rods? Or the rods sagging between the hook and ring? Nice work and good presentation. Keep them up and out of the way.

Fly shop lets you see before you buy, Tim's name is on some of my stuff. I don't care much for the stuff marked "woolly bugger", I usually have bought the "Extra Select" but have a pack or two of the "blood quill" that are long enough to be useful. It is all a by product of Thanksgiving dinner.

Ton of work in that picture. Yep, it does say using deer hunting methods in daylight only, I missed that part out of disinterest I guess, hunting coyotes has always seemed a waste to me; either of time that could be spent trapping or of fur not prime.

I don't recall any big name retailer of sporting goods that was not primarily a clothing store.