jdmidwest

No, the only way the government funded brains have figured out to date is to ban felts. I really don't think there has been enough thought on this matter. And did I mention the alternative boots were all more expensive than and of the best felts were before the hoopla? There have been other threats to the trout in the past, but none required an executive order to change our equipment.

I thought Norfork Fishery was declining because of low water flows and low O2. Or was it the runoff from the new subdivision that was built near the dam? I also thought the Didymo problem was in the Bull Shoal tailwater.

But, the question was, have they ever determined where the didymo come from in the White River System? Since, historically, all of this area was a shallow ocean at one time, who is to say it has not laid dormant all of these years waiting for the right conditions to bloom again? How long can it lay dormant and still be viable? If memory serve me correct, it is a single cell organism, pretty simple in its life structure. What are its weaknesses? Everything in nature has a control of some sort for the most part, a predator or vunerabiltiy.

So the White River is a barren wasteland for trout now that it has been invaded? I have not been there in about 5 years.

Outdoor Life this month had a do it your self boat plan for a 2 piece drift boat that converted into a 1 piece pram that looked pretty good. Plans were only $45. You could float your favorite trout stream in style or detach the pointed end, put a small outboard or trolling motor on it and have a lake boat.

That was not a bear, it was me looking for a beer.

I guess we could start trout fishing naked. A friend brought up a good point today, how much research has really went into the matter anyway. It is a fairly new issue, one discovered in the past few years. Has anyone actually determined how it arrived into the White River system? I am sure DNA mapping could narrow it down to where it came from. Who is to say it has not laid dormant in a stream sediment for a long time and was resurrected from a flood? I don't have a problem stopping a problem before it gets out of hand, but I want to see a little more research on the matter. If everyone is so certain that it is the felt soles, why haven't all states banned them immediately? Trout fisheries have had to deal with lots of problems in the past. Whirling disease, copepods, various viral attacks, and others. But the solution has never been to ban a method or piece of equipment to prevent the spread. Zebra mussels have spread everywhere, but nobody banned boats because boats were not the only way they were carried from one place to another. What torques me is the fact that I own several nice pair of felt sole boots and have never been out more than $50. I went online last night looking for new ones that would meet the spec and perform like felt, most of them are in the 100 to 200 dollar range, and most were out of stock. First of all, I am frugal. Second of all, I have never seen a boot that is soaked in water all day, dried out, then soaked again repeatedly ever hold up more than a few seasons. I have had better life out of cheaper pairs than I have out of the nicer ones. I really have a hard time justifying the expensive pairs. And all of them had cleats of some sort, which I hate. They make too much noise, they are hard on boats and floors.

Its probably something that will have to go into the rule book in the Spring of 2012, but Parks may start posting it immediately. Good point about the laces, cordura material, neoprene, or any other porus material. What if you slip and bust your but on a slick rock in the White River, transfer rock snot to your neoprene on the butt of the wader and sit down at a trout park and transfer it that way? Finally found the cleaning station at Montauk this weekend up by the hatchery bldg. It was full of leaves and nasty tepid brown water, did not look like it was money well spent. Oh well, another good reason to stay away from the Trout Parks and smallmouth fish.....

Usually any part of the deer except the tail will spin. Local whitetail is fair, the best comes from farther north where the deer hair has more air space and density.

Not this year around here, have not been able to pick more than 3 pieces a week due to this dry weather. The only okra I have eaten has been on a buffet.

If I read this right, MDC has just approved a ban on felt sole waders. The Commission also approved: • Banning the use of porous soled waders or footwear incorporating or having attached a porous sole of felted, matted, or woven fibrous material when fishing in trout parks and other specific trout waters. August Conservation Action

You missed the fly foam for hoppers, beetles, ants, and indicators in the craft foam isle. They also have a pretty good assortment of adhesives, paint, and balsa for popper bodies.

In the fall of the year when they are feeding up for the winter, it happens frequently on my floats. Bass are schooled and really turned on. When fishing with a friend, when one hooks one, the other usually tosses into the same area and hooks up frequently. I use the size 11 or 13 and come up with doubles several times a year, mainly in late summer and early fall.

Yuck, that explains the extra time in the hospital. Friend had an inflamed one a few years back before a trip to Spring River. He went in and had it taken out as an outpatient thing on Wed. Was at camp on Fri. but stayed around the cabin and did not float,

Here is a good site with lots of tips and lessons. Digital Photography School . com Read all you can about the camera and play with the settings. Auto is fine, but program or ae mode will get you better photos. Different lenses are a plus too. A nice set of filters with polarize and uv are a cheap addition that yields some great results. A monopod will help you stabilize the camera for longer exposures. Hi Cap rechargeable batteries and a charger. Hi Speed SD card. Take lots of pics, you can always delete the bad ones. Set the camera to continous shooting and hold the trigger down to catch action shots. Get a copy of Photoshop Elements for photo editing or use some of the great freeware like GIMP or FASTSTONE IMAGE VIEWER to create finished products.

Just to try something out, I took my Drake Lightweight Boot Foot waders last time to Montauk. I turned an ankle once and slipped and slid all over the place. They do good in muddy fields but are not worth a crap on rocks. I still have 3 pairs of felt sole boots. No more than I fish trout streams, they are completely dried and cleaned between streams.

Wow, what dedication. Didn't they have a wireless point in the hospital?? Hope everything came out alright. Did it burst or just get inflamed?

Low water to some is just normal to others. When you are used to getting out and wading the riffles anyway to fish, you never even notice that you have to walk the boat thru

Fish do what they want to do and adapt to their surroundings. I caught a nice 19 inch rainbow a few weeks back from under a group of canoes full of party animals while floating in a yak myself in a riffle on the spring river using a little cleo. There was shadows, banging boats and paddles, noise and confusion, and almost a spilled beer in the water while I was reeling him in. But he was still bent on grabbing that little plug. The rest he was used too.

I have observed that the fish stompers that most people wear scare more fish than anything else (waders). Most use them to stand out in most streams right where fish were laying and feeding before they enter the hole. It makes them impervious to water over their balls and allows them to wade into most of the best fish water. I have not really had many problems with the shirt color, if a fish can see me, it is usually coming in on the end of the line or getting ready to look for something else to eat. Fishing out of a boat or a kayak and having fish explode on a lure next to the boat tends to make one believe that color and shapes does not really bother them. Shadows do, movement does too.

I was in Cabela's Sat and it was so packed that you could not get to the gun counter without an hour wait. I was looking for some binoc's and that counter had 5 people standing around waiting for some help. The fine gun room was empty and I made a cruise thru that, found an nice H&K 45 semi auto carbine that I had not seen before. I was wishing I had an extra 1400 on hand to take it home. You should be happy with the Uberti, we sell a bunch of them at the shop. One of Benelli's/Beretta companies so they turn out fine stuff. I have a Ruger Blackhawk convertible 9mm/357, that is as cowboy as I get with a handgun. I use it as a sidearm during firearms season.

Your version has a nicer head, and it is hackled more like a wet fly than the other guy's fly. It should do well. If you ever get to Montauk, it should work well in the catch and release section.

I always stop catching and releasing when I am done fishing. When I am done fishing I have reached the limit of time allowed for that activity.

I keep a long shank padlock thru the thumb turn holes just to prevent that from happening. But I do worry about the trolling motor everytime I leave it sitting in a parking lot. I have not found a good way to lock it down.

True emerger patterns float in the film of the water, the majority of patterns have some small floating device built into the pattern. I have used caddis nymphs with cdc feathers to float the pattern and have used small pieces of foam on others. The idea is to match the stage of an insect nymph trying to break out of its nymphal stage into its flying stage. You would fish it on a tippet much the same as you would a dry fly. The cdc or foam is your indicator to track it in the water.