Luke

I'm in, but who's running the show?

I really like nymphing without an indicator. Therefore, I'll add a link to another article on nymph fishing. Part of the article is about fishing with an indicator and part is without the indicator. http://www.westfly.com/feature/0011/feature_370.htm

Dano - As always you are very helpful. Thank you very much for finding out the answers for the rest of us.

Any idea what "Table Rock vents are open" means? It says this at the bottom of the report.

There is a graph at http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/plots/Web/trdo.htm for Taneycomo and for other waters at http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/water_qua...ta%20graphs.htm for those that like pictures.

Dano - Are you sure that's correct? I read the chart as saying the Minimum DO for the day was 5.0 mg/l at 6:00 am on the 29th and the Maximum DO was 9.0 mg/l at 2:00 pm on the 28th. I could just be looking at it wrong, but it would be nice to know for sure.

The Seaguar guys have a simple fluoro to mono knot that they call a Seaguar Knot. It works for me.

I received mine yesterday. Now I just have to find the time to go fishing.

Dano Thanks for the link to that video. You could very easily control the exact length of the hackle using that technique. It may be less bulky also. I'll have to try this on some super small soft hackles tonight.

Greg Fly Anglers Online has an exerpt from The Benchside Introduction to Fly Tying by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer that you might find informative. They are using Partridge in the book, but any soft hackle will do. I like to use Conranch JV Hen Hackle for my soft hackle flies. They work better for me.

I'm with Greg, I use the Football type. I buy the smallest white ones and paint them either brown or olive. They don't seem to spook the fish as bad when they are camouflaged.

Soft Hackle Scud Material List Hook: Size 14-20 Dry, Wet or Scud hook (I used a size 16 dry fly hook) Body: 2-3 Ostrich Herls Thread: Color to match body Ribbing: Fine Copper Wire Shell Back: White River Fly Shop Scud Back Material or any Scud Back material Hackle: Soft Hackle (hen chicken or partridge) Tying Instructions Start thread and wrap to 1/3 to 1/2 the way down the hook bend Tie in Ribbing Tie in ShellBack Tie in Ostrich Herl Wrap Thread forward leaving enough room for the fly head and Hackle Twist Ostrich Herl into a rope and wrap forward and tie off and trim Bring ShellBack forward and tie off and trim Wrap Ribbing Forward and tie off and trim Tie in Hackle with shiny side facing the hook eye Wrap Hackle 2-3 close wraps toward hook eye and tie off and trim Sweep hackle back and wrap some thread over the hackle to form a swept hackle Make a head and whip finish Presentation Tips I dead drift this fly and let it swing at the end.

Mine are in the mail today. I'll try to get pictures and instructions up in the next day or two.

Any idea when it's supposed to be completed?

Straight to the Michael Kyle article. http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...30311/1004/LIFE

Sign me up. I'll be tying a Soft Hackle Scud.

When I'm nymphing down stream, I put a small mend to one side of the indicator/fly. That way when I go to set the hook, it pulls across the stream instead of upstream out of the fishes mouth. I get more hookups in the corner of their mouth and more hookups overall. It works for me.

I use the Orvis knot because it's strong and small. The Pitzen and Davy knot fit that description as well. I used to use an Improved Clinch knot, but compared to these three its large and weak.

A pet comb works great for me.

From Lilley's post it sounded like it didn't pass as a fly because it has two hooks. Therefore, cutting off one of the hooks should make it a legal Fly in Missouri. On the other hand, it doesn't really seem like a fly in the classic sense to me. I probably wouldn't use it for the same reason I don't shuffle - it would just feel wrong and cheapen the experience. But that is just my opinion.

Kansas Fly Fisher - I'm always on the look out for a good recipe. Please post your recipe in the Recipes forum in the Home & Travel section. Thanks

Dano - For me, it's just a lack of trying it. Therefore, my New Year's resolution will be to give furled leaders a chance outside of the dry fly world.

My furled leader setup goes like this: My fly line is connected to the Furled Leader by a loop to loop connection. My Furled Leader is connected to a 12 to 18 inch piece of tippet/leader material that has a Surgeons Loop at one end by a loop to loop connection. This piece of the leader is tied to another lighter weight piece of tippet material with a Triple Surgeons knot. My fly is then tied onto this with an Orvis knot. If I want it to float, Mucilin seems to work the best. I usually use them only for dry fly fishing.

I did some trapping with my Dad when I was a kid. We weren't trying to make any money, just trying to decrease the number of raccoons we had to keep out of the sweet corn during the summer. We also trapped some muskrats when they tried to turn a dam into swiss cheese. It sounds like you have plenty of raccoons for the taking. Good luck and have fun with the trapping.

The good thing about jigs is that it is really hard to fish them wrong. One of the techniques that I like to use when I can see the fish and the botton in slow moving water is to flutter or shake the jig by moving the rod tip up and down a couple of inches real fast. If the fish watches but does not take, I drop the jig to the bottom and let it sit. A lot of time the fish will come and pick it right off the bottom. It doesn't take the fish long to spit it out, so strike quickly.