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Spun deer hair will help make a muddler Minnow or similar fly neutral. You just have to play with the density of the hair and the weight on the hook. Irish the deer spinner

Mark, When I got home from Mountain Home, I had my flies in the mail they are all neat. The photo of the Shadow Box is also good. What did it bring?? (My fly is btm row second form left) The river looks like it is almost fishable here so I may get them wet this weekend. Irish

Dry and Low water, that was 2 years ago before Francis. We are still high, more like spring flows. Shoe, at 50 degrees in the rivers remember biger slower and deeper. Rivver smallies will be fatening up and moving to deeper wintering holes. By my river's case, based on Ivan etal data, those deep wintering holes have been substantially changed/moved. The davidson is starting to fish though. I use flies sixe 2, 1/0 that have lost of movement built into the materials. Rabbit and marabou. Even popcicles will work. or mongral buggers, A wooly bugger ackled with marabou. North Carolina moiuntian almost washed out Irish

I have a vacation day I can burn during the week. The river here is fishable today and with 2 - 6 inches predicted tonight it will blow out and fish again in a week or so. The problem is no roads in the right spots. I will be in mountain Home Wednesday -saturday for the Southern council FFF conclave and will try out Crooked Creek and the Buffalo for smallies and may even get on the White for some of those other fish. I'll shout when I get back and we can set up my hooky Day Irish

Also welcome aboard and thanks for the compliment. Perhaps we and Troutbum can meet up and complete his conversion to a smallie guy. Mrs. Irish has some church meetings this fall in Waynesville. I guess i need to come on over. Hopefully the flood repairs will be advanced enough to get somewhere. How did the pigeon above Lake Logan survive?? Irish

The weatrherman is calling for only 2 inches of rain up here with this one.. I am also watching Ivan the second. May see some rain from him too. Stay dry Paul and I hope all is ok with your place in NC. Irish

Troutbum, Bring that box when you come up to NC in Oct. I know a place you can use them. By then the river and ROADS ought to be fixed to where I can get a boat in. !0 ft of sand at the take out where you last fished and at the put in the buildings are gone. Most of the road had 3 - 8 ft of water running on it. Places are gone and being repaired. Pick a day and I will take it off and fish. Vacation to burn Irish Dave

Blue Gills Sunfish. It sounds like that ol Shoe is mAKING A GREATER TRANSITION TO THE WARMWATER SIDE Or is it the Dark side??? Welcome Shoe. Next is Troutbum Irish

Smallie Hunter, Those others are not smallie fisherman and so they are a little deficient in their memories and maybe their casting too Irish

I'll be proud to wear an Olive one. Irish

Saw a forcast for the mountains of Western NC with 6 - 9 inches rain from Ivan the terrible. There is a chance it will start tomorrow. Just when the river was looking good for a scouting trip. The main part is due Friday maybe. A gulf coast hit means more rain. I am really tired of this. Irish

tisk tisk the wolverines are licking the wounds. Irish the lucky

My irish will suprise this year. hopefully all willl be good Irish

White Water is no problem but the boat is not armored against tree ramming. I'm not sure if there is enough time to steer the boat before ramming the bank where ever it is. The float you went on would be about 20 minutes today. I may get on it Saturday. The water is now only 4 ft above normal and clearing. Irish

I got mine Today along with 13 feet of new water in my river. It should be down in time to fish next week. A great bunch of flies I will fish them and do well. Irish

Paul, i'm glad to see you survivede the weekend. I to am beginning to not like hurricanes. That section of the River we floated is up 13 feet and on the road. Parts of Mitchell county with 14 inches of rain and 5 inches at my house just yesterday. All area rivers are having floods of record size. I hope that the NC place survived. I lost a really nice Bradford pear to winds last night. No damage to the rest of the house. The float would be a really quick one today. I would need to armor the cat to keep the trees off the boat. The holes have changed and when the river goes down I will fish it. Perhaps by next week. Irish

TrueNorth Welcome to the site. Lots of fishing in N GA, NC, SC, AL, FL among others. TheSoutheastern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers will hold their annual Fly Fishing Show and Conclave at Calloway Gardens, Georgia, June 2 - 4, 2005. A great place to learn all about Southern fly fishing in a great atmosphere. Come on down, i will be glad to meet you. Irish Dave Duffy SE Council FFF President

Paul, See you next month and the hair bug for the salmon fly is a trade that I will make. And a suprise fly too!! I think you will be impressed Dave

Jim2flies, I will also be at the conclave but this year I am not tieing just being an attendee. Hope to see you there. Irish dave Duffy

TB, If it makes you feel better, Western NC and in particular up where I am got 4 - 6 inches last night. That smallie river you floated is up a bit and some others (Linville River ) was up 6 ft over night. Hopefully we dry out before Francis or it will get interesting. You take care and be safe. Irish

Smallie Hunter, My flies are done and would you pm me your address so I can send them. I need to get them in the mail tomorrow as i am headed home to Montana Saturday morning. Irish

Troutbum, That is a predy nice fly. Can you bring some of them up and we will use them for smallies? In all seriousness, a very good rendition of a bergman fly. Irish

Burbler size 2, in Chart, yellowblack and red, dahlberg diver & dilg size 1/0 and 2, in chart, white, blask and grey bass-a-roo size 1/0 in chart and orange clouser minnows in size 2, 1/0 in chart, chart/white, grey/white, black/white drop nose minnow in chart, rootbeer, grey, black and olive size 1/0 and 2 murray's strypbhs in black and olive all hooks are mustad 3366 Irish

I'm in. Will build the drop Nose Minnow. Irish

Mark, i will do the Penguin Irish Dave Duffy