Kansas Fly Fisher

Here's the receipe I use for my fish rub. It's pretty simple and when rubbed into the fish before smoking it makes for some GREAT table fare! I usually smoke my trout with the skin on, but the heads cut off. My wife doesn't like to look at their eyes when she's eating them. I smoke them with hickory or cherry wood using indirect heat. I try to keep the temp down below 200 degrees. Watch the fish and when the skin starts to peel their done; usually around 15-20 minutes! Don't worry about the bones, you can peel the whole skeleton out from the meat with a fork. Basic Fish Rub: 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup coarse salt 1 tablespoon black pepper 1 tablespoon dried dill - optional (I use a lemon/dill salt) 1 tablespoon mustard powder - optional (I've never tried this) Combine all the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and stir to mix. Store the rub in an airtight jar away from heat and light; it will usually keep for at least 6 months. Use about 3/4 cup per pound of fish meat. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Check the FAOL website for the woven method. They have some woven patterns in the advanced fly tying section. You should be able to do a search on their site and find it. I think the website address is: www.flyanglersonline.com Hope this helps.

That's a pretty cool video! Does anyone now what type of fish those are and what's happening?

I have always have a hard time tying wings. No matter what I tried or how careful I was it just didn't look right. I stumbled across this method, gave it a try, and now wings are no problem. I think this method is easy and makes some pretty good looking wings. Give it a try and let me know what you think. Since I found this method on another site I won't repeat it here. But, I'll give you the link to the FAOL site where I found it. Once your there, do a search for "wonder wings" and you'll find it. The address is: http://flyanglersonline.com Happy tying and let me know what you think.

I have heard of it but have not tried it. I, like you, clean my fish whole. I have an excellent receipe for a fish cure/rub and then smoke my trout if anyone is interested.

This was a good week. The house has finnally returned to normal, or at least as close to normal as we allow it. This past week at work was equally as good. The 16th saw us taking three out of town transfers. Fortunaelty none were real serious. They simply involved taking the patient to a higher care hospital and came between 1:00 in the afternoon and 6:11 that evening. We were back in the station by 10:00 p.m. and slept thru the night. Yea! On the 19th we ran two medical emergencies and one car wreck. The first medical emergency came in at 12:34 p.m. and involved an elderly lady that had fallen. No specific injuries but she couldn't remember falling. As we arrived at the ER with her we were notified of a pending call in our town. A quick turn around and we were off for a 67 year old male that was having breathing difficulty. A breathing treatment helped him and as we arrived in the ER he was feeling better and said he was ready to go back home. The car wreck came in just before 7 the following morning. A young lady had apparently fainted while driving and rolled her small car at least three times. You could not believe the damage the car sustained. I honestly thought we would be dealing with a very serious patient and put the helicopter on standby. As it turned out, she had crawled out of the car on her own and was sitting in a patrolman's squad car. She was treated and released from the hospital with a minor shoulder injury and one heck of a seatbelt rash! God was her co-pilot that day, and it didn't hurt that she had her seatbelt on! The 22nd came and went without a call. My partner and I enjoyed the football championship games and some really good buffalo wings! Until next week; buckle up - slow down - and be safe!

Larry's also has a pretty good fly shop and general store. Everything else looks good

It be great meeting another medic/FF. I'm sure we can swap some "good" stories. Just don't make us work that day. We're there to have fun

I will put in on my calendar. I have to work on the 3rd and don't get off until 8 a.m. And, that's if we don't have an early morning run. It'll take me about three hours to get there so noon will be great. See you guys there.

Thanks, I'll be looking forward to it.

I live in SE Kansas, about three hours from Taney, but I'd love to see some type of club formed. The drive time would prohibit alot of activity for me. Monthly meetings shouldn't be a problem if they were on weekends. But that usually is not the case for club meetings. Anyway, I would be happy to participate if time and travel allowed.

Sorry, I forgot to attach the picture file to the post.

This is a picture that my wife took as the sun set while we were fishing in Colorado.

This is a picture that my wife took as the sun set while fishing in Colorado. It's got to be one of my favorites.

I need to come in and see this mixture. I've never mixed my own dubbing. I'd enjoy a good cup of coffee and some pointers about this. I have started looking at my cat a little differently now. Also the frayed ends of our carpet have a new meaning. I'm looking forward to reading more posts in this section. Thanks for all the ideas.

Sorry I missed the cam today. Had to work! Did you get it recorded? If so, where can I see it?

Hey Phil, I saw a bag of minnows floating in front of the camera today. Was that by accident or are you experimenting with the "fish's view of things." Anyway, it gave me some great ideas on a minnow pattern. I'll let you know when I get it done. John

The house has settled down and is almost back to normal. John and his family left on Friday morning to go back to California. That was the last to leave after the holidays. It's back to just Sue and I now; and of course our animals. It snowed almost 10" on the 10th. The granddaughers loved it! They played outside almost all day building snowmen and snow angels. Of course, I had to work and missed out on it. We had a pretty easy day on the 10th with just two calls. That was okay with us since the weather was so nasty outside. The first came in at 9:18 in the morning. We transferred a 80 year old male to another hospital so he could undergo renal dialysis. This would normally be done locally, but he also had an underlying cardiac problem that prevented it. We got back to the station at just after 1:00 in the afternoon. The next call came in at 5:19 that evening and was another transfer. This time we took a 87 year old female to the same hospital we were at in the morning. This was also for renal dialysis. The 11th turned out to be a GREAT day. We found out we were going to be a grandparents again! John and his wife, Stephanie, informed us they are expecting. Maybe we can get a grandson this time. Although it really doesn't matter but a boy would be a good thing. The 13th was a very busy day. But what would you expect for a Friday the 13th with a full moon! We took a total of five calls from 10:24 in the morning to 11:50 that night. The day really started out as a bummer for me since the Kids took off for California before I went to work. It was all okay up to the point my 20 month old granddaughter got upset because papa was coming. I can accept the fact that the kids have to leave. Their grown up and have lives of their own. But I'm not to sure about the grandkids leaving. Anyway - our first call was a transfer to an advanced neonatal care and birthing unit. We took a 27 year old female that was 34 weeks into her pregancy and was presenting with symptoms of pre-eclampsia. A dangerous condition for pregnant females. We left the hospital at 12:24 and was immediately called to a hospital in the same town to take a patient back to a rehab center in our town. We finished with that call at 3:22 and was again immediately dispatched to take a 52 year old male from our local cath lab to a cardiac care unit in another town. We finished with that call at 5:00 and was able to get a little down time between calls. At 6:46 p.m. we were dispatched to a 911 hang-up but was cancelled before we got there. Our last call came in at 9:43 p.m. We were sent to intercept another ambulance that was having mechanical problems and was on-scene with a 83 year old female possibily having a heart attack. We were able to relieve her pain finally with some morphine and transported her to a local ER where she was seen. The last we saw of her she was being treated by the ER doctor. On a side note - we were almost hit by a car that would not yield the right of way to us as we were going thru an intersection. We saw the car coming and were able to slow down and stop before entering the intersection. At the time we were responding to the intercept call running red lights and sirens (our truck has two distinct sirens sounding at one time). I understand that we are not always seen or heard this was night time and I'm sure the driver saw the lights flashing. Well that just about sums up my week. Until next time remember to be safe, buckle up and slow down.

Watched the cam for about an hour today (off and on). Saw some really nice fish. Great job Phil!

No clue but it does look like a great one for bass. What the recipe?

What size lead do you use?

Good morning everyone. I have a question for the forum. I've been working on tying up some fly's to refill my fly box. It's time to work on my scud patterns and I got to thinking (bad idea.) What would be your favorite scud pattern / color. Do you like bead heads or not and what have you had the best luck with. I usually try to keep some olive or grey colors without a bead head. I also keep to dubbing bodies. What do you think about the vinyl ribbing paterns? Thanks for all your help. John Born to fish, forced to work!

It's been a good week. The kids have been home and I've spent a lot of time spoiling the granddaughter. One of the finner things in life I must admit. Almost right up there with fly fishing. The weather has turned for the better and we've had some really nice days. It's caused me to turn my thoughts toward the stream and some good fishing. I'm afraid that mother nature is not done with us and we will see her temper soon. Not that I'm against the snow and colder weather, but I've noticed as the age goes up the tolerance to the cold and wet goes down. This past week at work has been equally as nice. We ran a total of three calls on the 4th and two on the 7th. The fourth was an interesting shift I must admit. We transferred a 70 year old female to a larger hospital in a nearby city so that she could undergo open heart surgery. It was an uneventful trip and the patient an I visited about our grandchildren on the way over. At 4:27 p.m. we responded to a domestic (a fight between a male and female) out in the county. We were told that the patient was a 15 year old female that had passed out and was now having problems breathing. When we got there it turned out to be a very bad overdose! We gave her some medications to reverse the overdose and she settled down a bit. We took her to the ER where they were able to reverse it completely with time and more medications. At 8:16 p.m. we responded to an 11 year old male that was having seizures. When we got there his foster mom told us he had been "in and out" of seizures for the past 1.5 hours! It turned out he was faking and just trying to get some attention. We got back to our station at 10:25 p.m. and slept thru the night. Yesterday, the 7th, we responded to just two calls. A transfer to another hospital for a 67 year old female that had a severe case of sepsis (infection of the blood) came in at 10:19 a.m. For the most part it was an uneventful transfer. Her blood pressure dropped to 80 over 38 at one point but we were able to get it back up without much work. At 3:59 p.m. we responded to a medical emergency in town where a 67 year old male with lung cancer was having difficulty breathing. He was taken to the local ER and was doing well when we last saw him. That was our last call for the day and we slept thru the night again. Until next time - be safe, slow down and remember to buckle up!

January 03, 2005 It's been a while since I last posted. It's been busy around the house and I just haven't had the time. Our son and his family are home from California and our Daughter and her family just left yesterday to go back to North Dakota. It's been a house full but a very enjoyable time. Christmas was very good this year. It was the first time in almost four years that we've had the entire family home. To catch up on my work; on December 29th we ran a total of four calls. We transfered a 87 year old female back home from the hospital, we transported a 40 year old to the ER complaining of severe chest pain. This patient had a very extensive history of hear attacks. He had already had four heart attacks and ten stints placed. I believe he was in the middle of having his fifth heart attack. We also responded to two difficulty breathings. One was a 51 year old female that was actually having a panic attack. We calmed her down and got her breathing back under control and she decided to stay home. The other was a 90 year old female that lived alone at home. She was having extreme difficulty breathing with a lot of fluids on the lungs. We gave her some lasix to help get the water off the lungs and transported her to the ER. All in all it was a pretty good shift. We only got up once thru the night at 3:35 am and were back in bed by 5:30 am. The rest of the calls came during the day. The beginning of January 1 changed shifts to station 1. This is affectionally referred to as the "vacation station" as there are very few calls and you are almost guaranteed a good nights sleep. My first shift was January 1st, 2006. We responded to two calls. The first one came at 2:05 in the afternoon and was called in as a diabetic emergency. The patient was a 30 year old female with a blood sugar of 19! Her family was able to give her some glucagon before we arrived and her blood sugar was upto 74 when we checked it. She was also starting to talk to us (always a good sign). We transported her to the ER for further evaluation. The last call came 19 minutes after midnight and was a fire standby. Since I've changed to the vacation station I will probably not post as often as before since the number of calls are so few and far between. I will try to post weekly as a "week in review." Until next time, remember . . . be safe, slow down, and buckle your seat belts.

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