rybolov

It's all about the weather. Since we just got a good healthy dump of snow, it's hard to think about "warm water". :hyst:

That thing just rocks. Good job. How much water does it soak up? ie, can you use it with a 6-weight line, or is it along the lines of trying to cast a small bluegill?

Looks nice. You gonna whip some up for me?

Also check out what everybody is using for pike. The one bit of advice I have is that if you keep getting following fish without hooking any, then speed up your retrieve.

So do you fish these like a popper or skate it like they do for steelhead/salmon like the original bomber? I like the color contrast, it's cool.

Hey, I got 2 you can borrow if you're in Virginia sometime. I don't have them tying flies, but they sure are "crafty" so it should be pretty easy to cross-train them. I used to tie brassies with copper wire, never thought of using other colors. Hmmm, gives me some idears.

I've heard of "coarse fishing" before, but I think this is about as low as it gets. Sounds like a ton of fun, too.

I know it's heresy, but I've always done a fantastic job with a simple flashback nymph, like a pheasant tail. I have a #4 clear sinktip that for some reason when I fish it and a nymph on a 3-4 foot leader, I can catch anything, from bluegills to big, fat rainbows. In deeper water, I make it a beadhead to get down a little bit lower, faster. But then again, I tube a lot. That helps. I also have a olive/brown and black variegated wooly bugger that I like to think looks like a baby smallmouth. That thing picks me up quite a few panfish when I can get out of the nymph habit.

I still can't get over those nymphs. They haunt me at night when I'm trying to sleep.

QUOTE (SmallieHunter @ Aug 16 2005, 12:33 PM) After discussing the situation with my provider we have decided to switch the website to a new computer to see what that does. It seems to be way faster for database queries now.

QUOTE (wilcara @ Aug 14 2005, 10:31 PM) I thought this was supposed to be in english. Nah, it's in "Dweebish". I've had a good education on it. Cheers --rybolov

QUOTE (OLB @ Feb 8 2005, 03:30 PM) In my experience I've never seen a pike go airborn, seems like they always dive. Musky on the other hand will try some smallmouth like acrobbatics to get off your line I have had them follow a fly up over my head. I was wading and at the end of a retrieve when I picked the fly up off the water, a pike followed it off the water, seeing it speed up and thinking that the fly was going to get away. I've had this happen several times. No, I didn't catch the fish.

It comes and goes, from pretty good to a crawl. In the past 20 minutes, I've seen it do both. When it's slow for me to pull up a page, the network connectivity is still hella fast... faster ping times than yahoo. ryzhe:~# ping www.flytyingforum.com PING flytyingforum.com (207.58.151.45): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 207.58.151.45: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=18.0 ms 64 bytes from 207.58.151.45: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=11.2 ms 64 bytes from 207.58.151.45: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=11.6 ms 64 bytes from 207.58.151.45: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=13.5 ms 64 bytes from 207.58.151.45: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=12.7 ms 64 bytes from 207.58.151.45: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=11.7 ms ryzhe:~# ping yahoo.com PING yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=103.2 ms 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=100.8 ms 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=100.7 ms 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=101.1 ms 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=102.1 ms 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=104.5 ms 64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=6 ttl=45 time=103.6 ms And the traceroute is this: ryzhe:~# traceroute www.flytyingforum.com traceroute to flytyingforum.com (207.58.151.45), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 2.590 ms 0.793 ms 0.714 ms 2 ip68-106-112-1.dc.dc.cox.net (68.106.112.1) 17.447 ms 18.038 ms 13.923 ms 3 ip68-100-1-89.dc.dc.cox.net (68.100.1.89) 15.998 ms 11.785 ms 11.142 ms 4 ip68-100-0-65.dc.dc.cox.net (68.100.0.65) 8.334 ms 9.390 ms 9.775 ms 5 mrfddsrj01gex070003.rd.dc.cox.net (68.100.0.141) 17.965 ms 9.814 ms 11.509 ms 6 mrfdbbrc02-pos0103.rd.dc.cox.net (68.1.1.10) 17.929 ms 10.421 ms 9.789 ms 7 ashbbbrj01-pos020100.r2.as.cox.net (68.1.1.232) 18.479 ms 9.736 ms 16.920 ms 8 68.105.30.102 (68.105.30.102) 10.576 ms 10.732 ms 12.407 ms 9 pos5-3.cr02.vna01.pccwbtn.net (63.216.0.42) 18.188 ms 10.721 ms 10.455 ms 10 63-218-97-138.btnaccess.net (63.218.97.138) 18.605 ms 10.462 ms 9.708 ms 11 sc-mcl1-smv98-1000M.servint.net (216.22.60.40) 18.732 ms 11.802 ms 12.444 ms 12 * * * So yeah, I would say that it's the server itself. Is that thing a palmpilot running apache? Just curious what's the load on the server. I doubt that FTF gets all that many hits. Google crawling it would bring it to its knees, though, because it's indexing every page, and it's all dynamic content. You guys might be able to reduce the load with google sitemap. http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/.../en/submit.html This might help out, too: http://www.searchengine-optimization-guru....c-websites.html There is a script execution time on the bottom of each page, and when I pull it up, it's either below 1 (seconds I'm presuming) or somewhere around 24 when it's slow. And yeah, I'm a total dweeb. HTH --rybolov

OK, so here's a dumb question: When do you use the rotary on a rotary vice? I've had a Renzetti Traveler for the past 5 years, and I think it's pretty good, but I still haven't figured out the rotary. The part that I can't get is how do you keep the tying thread from going haywire when you rotate the fly. I've since lost the bobbin cradle, do you need that to make the rotary action work? Thanks --Mike

QUOTE (Monty @ Jul 15 2005, 11:19 PM) I`m going to try beach flyfishing for pinks in the next few weeks.. Any suggestions to what type of line ? Look around and see what people are using for Striped Bass, Bluefish, and Albacore. I haven't seen much on techniques for the "left coast" but the east coast, wade fishing on the beaches is a well-established tradition. This is the only article I've ever read about surf flyfishing on the West Coast: http://flyfisherman.com/northwest/khsandybeach/ HTH

In a smaller size, that would be a pretty decent BWO. Gives me a good idea or 3. =)

I like the extended body, it's a nice touch.

QUOTE (SmallieHunter @ Jul 7 2005, 01:15 PM) One question; You tied in the bead chain eyes so the hook will ride "point up" but it looks like you tied the shell of the crayfish on top of the hook so when it is in the water the fly would be upside down(shell on the bottom, legs on top)....does that make sense or am I looking at the pic wrong? Yeah, you're right. I'll fix it the next time I tie them up.

QUOTE (swinks1966 @ Jun 25 2005, 11:37 AM) well usually, i do it in rivers, but what do I do for trout in lakes? I would guess lots of streamers. how do i fish nymphs in lakes? they all cant possibly be the same types that are in rivers can they? do dries fish the same? The important thing to remember about lake fishing for trout is that trout move to the food instead of the food moving to the trout. In a river, trout can hide behind a boulder or in a pool and the current brings them everything they need. In a lake, the fish cruise looking for a meal. There are 3 good ways to get started lake fishing. The first one is to cast streamers and a sinking line. Cast, count the seconds while your line sinks, then pull in the streamer with 12-inch strips or so. It's not too scientific, but experiment with fast and slow retrievals and waiting different counts for your line to sink. Try the basic woollybugger in black or any other favorite streamer, since whatever you are using for rivers works here too. The one that you are most likely used to is with dries. Cast and wait. Use a longer leader than you would for a stream because there are no ripples to obscure your line, so it has to be farther from the fly. Try the gulper special or a callibaetis. Nymphing is harder to get the hang of, but it's fun. You can use an indicator and a floating line. I have a 10-foot clear sinktip that I use for nymphs which works like a dream. The retrieve is a slowish strip, but I've had good results with a "wrist-pop" retrieve for some reason. Try any good nymph, but think about #14 hare's ear, zug bug, damselfly, or a chironimid pupa.

QUOTE (Blueman89 @ Jul 6 2005, 05:10 PM) Nice tie. The one thing I would change is I would tie it with the hook point up. Other than that is is a very nice cray. The bead-chain is tied on top so it rides hook-up. Should I have photographed it that way?

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by rybolov: Mike's Crayfish

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by rybolov: Mike's Heavy Woolly

QUOTE (mb82 @ Jul 5 2005, 10:32 PM) Welcome from just south of you in Richmond. This place seems to be a great place to be. Yeah, it's a bit odd for me sometimes. I've lived in the West except for the 3.5 years that I spent in Germany, so some of the attitudes in the East are foreign to me. The biggest thing that I can't get wrapped around my brain lately is that in some waters like mountain reservoirs and lakes, and in the South Platte, you get used to using small flies for big fish, which is fun. I can float a lake for 14 hours straight flipping out a #18 chironimid pupa for 5-lb rainbows. But here in the East, you have to use larger flies to keep from catching all of the small sunfish and chubs and whatever that are in the shallow water. One of my local creeks has some nicer hand-sized sunfish in it, and I'll throw a #10 woollybugger to them. Occassionally, though, I'll come up with a 9-inch chubb, which freaked me out the first time it happened. I guess it's my first experiences with warm-water fisheries. I'm just getting started looking at smallmouth, and so far I like it, although I didn't really know what the first smallmouth that I caught was since it was only 8-inches long or so. I had to come home and look at some pictures to confirm that it was, in fact, a smallmouth. In the grand scheme of events, though, I have to figure out what lies the smallies use in the river, because it seems like I'm searching more water than I have to right now. By the end of the summer, I should be pretty smart on it all.

QUOTE (steeldrifter @ Jul 5 2005, 11:24 PM) WHAAAT! now how come they couldnt have done that when I was in school Sure would have beat the hell out'a the "dancing" segment of PE we had to suffer through We had a very progressive PE program. In the fall, we did swimming, kayaking and flyfishing; in the winter we did skiing (crosss-country and downhill), weightlifting, and some indoor sports like bocce, and in the spring we did mountain biking, golf, and archery. I think the whole concept was to give us a taste of everything so that we could be more "well-rounded" and it was more of a holistic approach to fitness. I also harbor the thought that 75% of the teachers I had in high school and jr high lived in Salmon for the hunting and fishing and that teaching was just something to fill in the time between hatches. Think about it, you get most of the summer off. Idaho is a great place to go if you like the outdoors, not a good place to go if you want a steady job. =)

Hi everybody This is my self-introduction. My name is Mike and I am a geek. Professionally, I work for a contractor doing computer security for the government. I just got back from an extended vacation to Afghanistan, where there are no good fish or even water to hold fish. We did catch one fish out of an aquaduct, like a barbel or similar. After I got home, all I want to do is to stand in a river waving a stick. I live in Northern Virginia, and I fish quite a few places. I'm even up for throwing woolly buggers to red-breasted sunfish in some of the local creeks. I've been tying and flyfishing since I was 12 or so. I grew up in Idaho, where we teach flytying and ecology in the 8th grade and flyfishing in high school PE. It's a happy thing to spend a day on a river fishing and have it sanctioned by the school administration. I've fished the South Platte area in Colorado fairly extensively, including fishing for pike in 11-Mile Reservoir and Spinney. I used to live in Oregon a couple of years ago. The fishing is phenominal, but the work situation isn't so great. I did develop a taste for hiking into mountain lakes with a float tube, something that doesn't seem to be all too popular here in Virginia. This is a delicious smallmouth that I caught on the 3rd from the Potomac. I'll post the fly that caught that smallie when I get around to photographing it. =) Thanks --Mike