Yakfly

No problem there! Every day I get the waders on, or crawl out of a kayak, I end up swimming 🏊‍♂️

Ya'll accepting newcomers? I've been talking to Miles Riley this fall about the fest, and sounds like something I'd like. I'm primarily a flyfisher, but throw some spinners and spoons too, been wanting to learn this ZigJig technique.

Is that the top of Buffalo Shoals? Been too long for me, but I do remember a large boulder right in the middle of the river.

Thanks for the info. I never do any good on the Buffalo unless its clear and green been tough year.

Is the Buffalo still running muddy? I'm getting behind on the smallmouth action.

I believe its more useful to look at flow rate, instead of megawatts, when looking at wadeability. I have always felt 0 - 2000 cfs is "wadeable" meaning can stand in water up to my waist and fish and move around in water thats flowing that much. This applies to ANY moving water. But even then, usually I'm going to be standing in water no more than knee deep and fishing into deeper water. 2000 - 4000 is wadable if I'm in just up to the shins, or more likely fishing from the bank or islands. Any more flow than that your lure/fly is moving so fast you don't get much of a presentation. Above 4000 cfs its time to fish from the boat. The formula is 66 cfs per mwh on the White (26000 / 391.) So today's 190 mwh = 12,540 cfs. No way you can wade on that. Learn to think in terms of flow rate, it is useful for any river, anywhere.

My best smallmouth always come from the deep hole right where the Buff meets the White. Caught several 18+ over the years. I mean where you can cast into the Buff or the White from the same spot. And I've seen some largemouth in that section that are scary big, but never caught any. I think they only eat 12" trout.

Nice report - Sounds like size of rainbows that you typically catch at Rim - maybe they just migrated down. I've caught some nice ones in that deep section just above Shoestring that you describe, but never that many. I'm usually in a yak and only get one shot at them. Nice pics by the way. Much better than some ol' fish.

Everything said above is good advice. I'd just emphasize the almighty SPOON. Thomas buoyants are great, personally I like the plain old gold Little Cleo. 1/4 oz fished on 4 lb line will catch all day. Be cautious running through Wildcat shoals on low water. Very tough to get back upstream if they run 1 or less units, I've seen some experienced river men get stuck there.

That will catch a lot of fish, but way too much material for a midge. When you got the thread base tied on, if you would have stopped then, it would be a good midge.

Neat idea, but for simplicity, try the pom-pom egg. Craft store pompoms can get a range of sizes and colors for very cheap. Glue onto hook shank and fish on.

I've heard it said the majority of a trout's diet is brown, 1/4" long, and fuzzy. IMO, wing cases are for the fishermen, not the fish!

By the way Muddy, what's the status at Riley's - I had heard they had sold the place. Still in business?

Sounds like geothermal heating/cooling - using the huge mass of earth as a heat sink. Use anitfreeze as the media due to high thermal absorption/desorption. Big criticism on geothermal I've heard is you have to be really tight and insulated or you don't get the benefit - installation quality is critical.

F and F - I need to get a new roof on my house, and I'l love you hear your opinion on the best install in regards to energy efficiency. I currently have soffitt vents and 1 gable end screen, but no ridge vent or turbines. What would you recommend in terms of venting? Also, I heard something years ago about a radiant barrier that could be installed under the roof inside the attic - would that be useful? Also, I have a pretty gig "builders gap" between my lower roof deck and the fascia board (I think I have the terminology right.) A while back I flashed this gap with galvanized metal to keep critters out. Did I do damage to the attic ventilation by doing this? Good topic and thanks.