I don’t know anything about tying flies but I USED to be an exclusive Mustad user until they moved to China and I started getting substandard hooks. Eagle claw has made significant progress and they now get my business.
A friend of mine used to catch trout from there that you guys wouldn’t believe. He used live craws on a 3/0 hook with 20# mono and floated them down under root wads. He said that was where the big ones tended to hang out. I’ve seen several in his freezer so I don’t doubt his word.
It was a 2002 225 that I bought from Charlie Luna when he switched Cobras to 2003 models. I put it on a new non current Champion 206 because I had sold the 225 EFI that came on it with a Cobra fish and ski.
I traded the whole rig for a 2016 Nitro Z20 with a 250 Verado. It is in its 6 th year of service.
I got 14 years out of my Optimax and it was going strong when I traded it off. Yearly maintenance and a couple of upper oil tanks was all I had to have done to it.
I thought all of you guys went to Wire Road. Are you guys going to the public access down by Hooton's place or start from the bridge in Crane? You can also gain access at Grisom's ford bridge.
Yep, if you asked for fence staples at the local farm and home they would look at you like you were some kind of simpleton. They are steeples in the country where I grew up and lived.
All I can say is my bite was gone yesterday. I fished from Cape to Carr’s and only had 4 bites all day. My neighbor had several more than I. He boated 4 and missed at least that many more. I’ve been catching from 10-20 feet deep but even fishing out to 40 didn’t help. Maybe it is just a weather slump. I hope so.
Sorry about your wife. We thought mine had it. Her doctor tested her Monday. Thankfully it was negative.
The bigger creek is Crane Creek they meet a couple of miles below Hurley. There may be public access next year at Hurley. I’m trying to work out a deal with them.