MIKE*A

Welcome aboard! I think you will find a few tiers from your neck of the woods! Mike

Welcome aboard! Unfortunately, I am unable to answer any of your questions.......,however, there are a couple members here from Singapore that might be able to help you out.....Jimmy Aw has been a member for quite a while and is an avid fly tyer/fisherman......do a member search for him on this website and you can send him a private message for some pointers/advice......Once you find him, I believe he also has a website on flyfishing in singapore. Good Luck! Mike

:headbang: Welcome Aboard! Mike

Hey Will, I missed out on the order, let me know if you wind up w/any extas either xl or xxl and for that matter a medium for my daughter.....no big deal if you don't, I'll just catch you on the next go around....... Mike

First off, welcome aboard! My Pike fishing experience is limited to 1 week this past Summer in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, however, I did find bunny strip leeches to be very effective for them.....I tied them rather bulky and used regular cut as opposed to cross-cut strips, not as appealing to the eye, but a little bulkier appearance in the water and great movement. On most of them, I used a cone head for weight and during the day when they weren't biting as well, i would add a gold spinner blade to the hook and that did the trick.....I don't have any pictures handy, but I know there are quite a few already in the pattern batabase of this site....they are very easy to tie and fairly durable.....If you hunt bunnies up there, you can get your own skins? If not, there are plenty of sources for bunny skins on the internet pretty cheap. There have been a number of discussions on this site as to how to cut your own strips etc., just do a search. Good Luck, Mike

:headbang: Welcome aboard!

welcome aboard Ed! Mike

:headbang: Welcome Aboard! Mike

I was considering it.....the only problem is that I am having surgery next week to reattach a ligament in my thumb.....not sure if I will be able to drive by then or not...... :dunno: I am definitiely planning on the BUFF. Mike

Happy B-day! :yahoo: Mike

:headbang: Very Nice! Mike

wecome aboard!

:headbang: whatabout the squirrel/biscuits/gravy........

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Welcome aboard!

Happy B-day!

Welcome aboard Bob! I got into flytying myself a little over 30 years ago w/a Thompson "A" vise. Got distracted for a number of years and then dug it back out about 5 years ago......It's still going strong Mike

Gas spiked @ $3.15 a gallon here Thursday. I got motivated into riding my bicycle more at the end of the summer. I'm fortunate that here in the Dayton area we have 3 great Smallmouth rivers running thru the city, all with interjoining bike trails on them. A new bike trail extension heading North up the Great Miami is being built as we speak right at the end of my street. If i jump on this trail SB and cut East, I can connect downtown with another spur that will run me East into Greene county and connect with the Little Miami river (A State and National Scenic river and great fishery). In the past couple of years, there has been a whole new "weekend cottage industry" opened in Greene County on the LMR bike trail with campgrounds, B&B 's, restaurants, etc. I have converted my old pull behind "kiddie bike trailer" into a fishing/camping trailer so that I can load it up behind my bike and go. I guess the trade off is less time on the water(maybe) and more time peddling, but I figure it's better for me and may open up some areas to me that in the past i drove right by. Mike

Welcome Aboard! Mike

Welcome Aboard! Mike

Thanx guys!

I've fished out of canoes for 30+ years and really enjoy it. This past summer when I was in Minnesota, I saw quite a few cedar strip canoes and just fell in love with them. I've done a little research on the web and read a few articles about them. Probably the smart thing to do would be to take a class, but I have not found any in my area. The ones that i have found out of the area are 1-2 weeks long and i just can't commit that kind of vacation time......Has anyone here built one? Any particular books/websites you would recommend? Thanx! Mike

:headbang: Nice set up Will!