Iroc_Jeff

We got 12-18 inches or so. Its really powdery and light so shoveling was super easy. I even took my small shop vac out and blew the porch off. Stuff is melting already and roads are better now than at 9am.

You can turn them into frogs. Take two saddle hackle trimmed to popper size, like olive color, and tie both in so they curve out for one leg. Do the same for the other leg. Then, tie in one or two more saddle hackle to build up the body. Paint the body to match and your done.

My vote is for the San Juan Worm as its the fly that got me started. Can't get too much simpler that tying a piece of string to a hook and burning the ends.

I found these by accident looking for reels. 70% off, 4 different styles. Still have to pay shipping but its still not a bad price. Ended up getting two of the 4 sided ones in black. https://okumafishingusa.com/collections/specials/products/okuma-fly-boxes

Landed this 44lb common two Saturdays ago. I broke my personal best 4 times this late summer/fall going from 26lb to 32.5lb to 33lb and now 44lb. Hoping to shoot for 50lb by Memorial Day next year.

Yeah it was, until yesterday... lol The first fish with the pot belly is 32lbs while the second is 33.5lbs roughly.

Decided to start up carp fishing again for a change and landed this 24lb a few weeks ago. I blanked my other two trips but the river is really low so they might be hanging out somewhere else, however, this isn't a snaggy spot so fishing the bottom is pretty easy.

This does not mean Macs cannot get a virus. Because PC's dominate the market, especially in business, it doesn't make sense if you are creating malware to target a tiny fraction of the market. However, Mac users as well as Linux users can still get them.

My tablet is Android 5 and site works fine under chrome. Not sure about my phone which is 6 i think. Desktop still same as in spring, but Mikechells workshop post i can navigate as intended. No other multiple page post works that ive tried.

I guess it depends on what you are making. I avoided it for a long time and broke down and tried the UV kit on Amazon, the RiverRuns 2 pack. Now its a 3 pack. It works great for my bass and panfish fly needs. Have no complaints.

During Pa's shutdown we were essential but split into two teams working 4 days at home doing nothing, then 4 on site. This allowed one team to potentially quarantine and still function. Since June we've all (just over 100 of us) have been onsite. We have temp checks when we get to work, have to wear face coverings, have sanitizer all over the place, can only sit one to a table in cafeteria, and are just keeping spread out as best as possible. Our client devices that ship in are also quarantined for 3 days before we deal with them. People who have traveled for vacations to areas with a higher rate than we have in our area are not allowed back for 2 weeks. I'm there now about 50+ hours a week since we are dealing with devices associated with various Covid vaccine trials, on top of our usual tech support stuff. I feel safe.

Apalachicola River has them. Believe me, I have a nice Euro Carp setup and had to drive 3.5 hours to fish when I lived in Florida. Ugh. Grass carp are more common but a bit harder to catch.

Those are pretty cool. Where do you get the satin cord from? Joanns? I make the same fly but use rubber bands for the body.

Was cruising ebay and ran into a few of them posted. One was the RF-80. Never heard of them and did some research but did not find much. Anyone have any experience with them?

I decided to put my reel on the old fiberglass fenwick 8wt on Saturday and leave my Lefty Kreh Pro Series 2 rod home. I honestly preferred the older rod. Had to slow things down a bit casting wise but was way more accurate with the old rod. Even caught a smallmouth on the morirsh mouse along the shoreline.

i caught it right before i went golfing. Really cool coverage and that rocket landing on the ship was pretty sweet. Have to take a look at those space suits in more detail eventually. They look way different. Assume they aren't NASA suits.

I have a Fenwick FF 908 that's over 40 at least and it fishes fine when I use it.

Those are some pretty good lists. Here's a few more that are good that kinda get bypassed a lot. I tried posting links to trailers but got an error.. You can find that stuff on your own Memphis Belle Tuskegee Airmen (The HBO movie) Fatherland (Murder mystery, Germany won WW2 in Europe and is opening up to the West in the 60's) Mister Roberts Das Boot

Yeah, its just the foam on top. I am not a fan of sandwiching the foam between the shank as it gets messy with glue and the foam never matches up right. Its easier to glue and cut the foam as one and then tie it in.. You don't even need the dubbing, really. I've caught bass with the thread showing on the shank against the white foam.

Since this weekend usually has some blocks of war movies on TV what are some of your favorites? Do you like classic ones, modern ones? I used to like watching Turner Classic Movies's lineup of war films when I had cable. Overall, I would pick Stalag-17 as being my favorite war movie, and one of my favorite films as well. Downfall is another great movie, easy to follow even though its subtitled. If you haven't seen it its really worth the watch.

We are going back to onsite work 100% this week. No more work from home every other week. Got a client doing a Covid vaccine trial with up to 10,000 devices (phones/tablets) on top of other stuff ramping up. Not too happy about everyone coming back in at once but our county had really dropped significantly with all the distancing stuff. My company is also doing a really good job of keeping us separated and keeping common, touchable surfaces sanitized and stuff daily. I don't think this is going to last and we'll probably be working split shifts again of some sort by 4th of July to be honest.

Here's my favorite frog fly I modified from a few similar patterns. I don't make them weedless but you can if you want to. The eyes I use are the craft store doll eyes which i like since they are big and rounded. Probably doesn't matter buts its a confidence thing with me. If it has eyes, I'll seem to catch more. You can add some lead wire near the bend of the hook to get that semi submerged look, or even flatten split shot and glue it between the foam near the bend if you like. Eagle Claw bait holder (size 2 or 1) White/Green foam , glued together White dubbing Rubber legs Eyes

For bass I use an 8wt and use a 2ft section of 30lb (Cheap Zebco Walmart stuff) and then another similar section of 20#, then a 10lb tippet section of 2-3ft length of whatever line I have around. I don't seem to cast well without some sort of downsizing leader to tippet but I don't get too involved with them. I also loop to loop mine. Throws poppers, mice, frogs, streamers and wooly buggers pretty good.

I bought the grizzly hackle like that on ebay for 16$ shipped years ago from a Salon supplier on Ebay.

I bought the RiverRuns UV kit a few years back on Amazon and got thick and thin resins with the UV light for about 20 bucks. Now its a 3 resin & light kit for $18. Works well for the limited use I need it for. When I make hair jigs I just paint the jig head and then brush on Loctite 5 min epoxy. Going to loose a bunch anyhow and don't want to waste the UV stuff.