Luke

The recommended level of generation is 110 mw without adding liquid oxygen (bottom of the linked page). I'm not sure if they are adding the liquid oxygen or not, but they are definitely doubling the generation at certain times. My guess is that they really want to get Tablerock back down, the memories from this spring are still pretty fresh.

Graham also has a lot of flies on the Fly Tying Forum. He is also an excellent photographer, check out his website http://www.grahamowengallery.com/

As far as buying materials online, I have used both J Stockard and Hook and Hackle and I was pleased with the service from both places.

I sometimes use the little rings that brittsnbirds was talking about. They make it real easy to add a dropper. I bought mine from J. Stockard, just search for Mini Tippet Rings.

I like Phil's idea. A 14" to 24" slot sounds like a great idea. It would make it easier to catch fish for the skillet and should also help grow some bigger fish.

His first name is wrong, it's Zach. He also runs the http://itinerantangler.com site.

It's kind of strange that it floats on water, but they recommend it for Czech nymphing. Black is also an odd choice for color. I'm looking forward to putting some of this next to some other braided line like Spiderwire and see how it compares.

Each of the sites in the "Links to Fly Recipe Sites" subforum are good. As far as materials, I would figure out which flies I wanted to tie and get just the materials to tie those flies.

Z O U !!!!!!!!!!

If you flatten or disfigure the line with a pair of pliers where the wraps of thread are going to be put, it will hold better.

To buy you can go to JSFlyFishing and search for Glue Sticks. For a little info on how to make them you can go to Wapsi and see some pictures with instructions on how it's done. Hope this helps.

I figured that's what the reason was going to be, but I just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the response.

Troutchaser - That is great tip. I would have never thought to burn the feather. That tip just made my day. Why the difference in hooks between colors?

Greg - I do like to use combinations when I use ostrich herl. I do seem to do a lot of combinations that have gray in them (gray and tan, gray and olive, gray and black, gray and brown). As far as trimming, some I leave full, some I trim and some I use scudback on. On some I put a little marabou tail on, it looks like a tiny woolly bugger.

I use a base of antron with ostrich herl wrapped over the top. The ostrich gives it the color and the antron gives it a little sparkle. As far as fishing, I like to dead drift them upstream.

Here's a website to go to for reviews http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ . I like the Canon and JVC camcorders. The Sony's are also good, but the prices are higher.

Oliver Edwards has a good video on Soft Hackle fishing called Wet Fly Fishing on Rivers. It shows some good methods to fish soft hackles.

PHW - True, but when they are out-competing other mussels they are doing it with numbers. A year after they were introduced in Lake Erie, there were areas that had populations of 35,000 zebra mussels per square yard. There are beaches with windrows of rotting zebra mussels a foot deep. In some streams in that area, the zebra mussels completely cover the bottom of the stream. I don't see this as being helpful or a good thing.

PHW - True they do a great job filtering, but fishing for trout in Taney will get a lot harder or I should say the catching will. Those little Zebra Mussels have sharp edges that will slice thin tippet quicker than you can say "Fish on!" Beaches will also suffer as those same shells will cut right through human skin as well. This could be an inconvenience or a full fledged catastrophe, only time will tell.

Here are a couple of fish weight estimation formulas for everyone: 1. Length X Length X Girth / 1200 = Weight (Rough estimate for torpedo shaped fish) 23 X 23 X 19 / 1200 = 8.4 pounds 2. Length X Length X Girth / 1000 = Weight (Rough "California" estimate for full-bodied fish like gravid bass) 23 X 23 X 19 / 1000 = 10.1 pounds 3. Length X Girth X Girth / 800 = Weight (Rough estimate for bass, per Outdoor Life and Hal Schramm) 23 X 19 X 19 / 800 = 10.4 pounds I'm not trying to pile on Leonard, just giving some estimation formula's that are frequently used. I think 10 pounds is a reasonable estimate. Knowing the actual girth would make the estimate more solid, but an estimate is just an estimate and no matter how you look at it, that's a good fish.

The white fleshed fish are recent stockers or possibly gut pile feeders and the orange/pink fleshed fish has been filling up on scuds. A pigment called astaxanthin is found in many crustaceans, it accumulates in the flesh of salmon and trout that eat them. This pigment is the source of the orange-red color typical of salmon.

My setup is similar to John's, but I tie a Mini Ring to the end of my leader and then a short piece of tippet for a dropper off of the ring and a longer piece of tippet also off of the ring for my point fly. For more droppers, just add another ring where the point fly is in the illustration.

If you are dealing with video and graphic design, I would figure out which software you are going to use before deciding which operating system you are going to use it on. Some of the software is Mac only or PC only, but some are made for both. A lot of the software you can run as a trial. As with a fly rod, I suggest trying it before buying it. Good luck with your decision.

If they are cutting, move up towards the spring, it's the first place to clear.

The Book/DVD Dano was talking about can be found at a more attractive price at Wal-Mart.