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mikechell

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  1. The thumbnails look pretty good ... I can't see them better since I can't open pictures that large.
  2. Holy Smokes !!! If I could wrap thread that quickly, I'd definitely be tying professionally !!! Hell, I'd be going on "America's most Talented". But that's a fly I am going to tie up for this Spring's bass pre-spawn (albeit a tad slower). Nice looking bug/fish.
  3. While agreeing with you on all you say, Perch ... I have to slightly debate the statement that only cloth/natural material eating bugs will be problematic. Since most of our materials are still attached to parts of skin, all manner of bugs can be involved. If the "meat" of the skin or hide is allowed to get wet, then one might also get flies and their offspring, maggots. I don't know if there are any flies that eat meat products and are as small as fruit flies, but couldn't that be possible?
  4. Spread some baby powder, fine corn starch or foot powder in the bottoms of drawers, shelves or any other place you keep your materials. Any insects that get into the powder breathe it in. The breathing holes (spiricules, I think they are called) get clogged and the insects die. This works for the tiny bugs like dust mites, too.
  5. Thank you, Agn. The pictures are great and the flies look "mahvelous"!!!
  6. Whoooo hoooo !!! Way to go Fred !!! I take back all suggestions I've made about any of your patterns !!!
  7. NOW you're cooking with gas !!! I like the folded version !!!
  8. Streamers of any kind, like deceivers and clousers for bass ... hard to beat when you know the bass are there. There are noiseless flies, which doesn't make them good search lures, but if you're sure the bass are there, then the old rule applies, "bigger baits for bigger fish". I am using them more and more for search baits too, but I just can't build my confidence in them when I know a topwater will bring them from several feet away.
  9. That fish looks weird ... skinny. Could just be the net, but since I can't open it (too big at 2MB) I can't tell for sure.
  10. Ooooooo, Shiny!!! My wife saw them, and would like a pair of earrings like those (thank you, very much), Tidewaterfly, so please post a recipe or SBS for these.
  11. One of those early poets or philosophers once wrote, "When the revolution begins, shoot the lawyers first." Glad you aren't a lawyer, Scott. Nice work on the hair/flash holder. Compact area you've got there. I do have two questions, to which I hope the answers are no: Is the swordfish a bodkin? Is the pink octopus on the wall one of your fly designs?
  12. You are correct, sir ... I love the colors. With those rocks and the lights, this tank is looking Puurrrrrrfect!
  13. your flies become "scented" then.. Does that make them stink bait for catfish, then? Or berry scented for carp?
  14. Semper Fi to your son ... and for making it through hell week, OOH RAH Devil Dog !!!
  15. This is ugly, but I modified your picture to draw the changes I'd recommend. While in the military, I spent a lot of time around salt water ... maybe that's why I don't like it so much now. What I obsserved was this: Fiddler crabs, like most crabs, only spread their claws wide for display purposes. While they might do this to fend of an attack from a large fish, it's more likely they tuck and run to get away. So, the claw would be more correct if folded in front of the crab. And if the crab IS fleeing, they always swim so the claw presents the least drag, with the claw trailing the "elbow" , so the hook would be reversed. So here's the ugly picture for an example.
  16. Okay ... now it's my turn to be the dummy. First off, are your buddies trolling under power? Or are you just drifting with lines out? If you are under power, it seems to me that you'll have to hold the reel the whole time to keep from stripping all the line out. Also, I've found, with several people on a boat, somebody is going to get hooked if you are fly fishing while everyone else is fishing differently. You'll be very limited to where you can cast because you'll need to be aware of everyone else all the time. Isn't trolling with a fly rod kind of like ... fly fishing with a baitcaster? They are two different kinds of fishing because they both work in different situations. I am just being curious here, and like the original post, not trying to get under anyone's skin.
  17. I love the kitty. Pound kitten, looking at the ear? For me, the cry of "More cowbell" that for some reason seems to be the rage among some of my students, should be changed to "More rubber legs!" That's a good looking fly ... and it really doesn't need any changes as far as I can see. But I really like how a couple of rubber legs add a buggy feel to any lure.
  18. As long as we have cats ... and the wife blames the "hairs" in her coffee on them, I am good to go.
  19. Now I can look at this tank ... you've done a lot since the last time I didn't look. I like the shading of this background stone a lot more!!!
  20. That'll be good, but I'll have to look at it from the corner of my eye ... a direct look at that tank with color in it will probably float me through the roof.
  21. It sits on the shaft of your vise, behind the fly. So, as flytire said, any material that "hangs from the back" of your fly until your ready for it, can be laid in it, to keep it from draping down under your work.
  22. Can't be there. In California at the present, working ... plus, and more importantly, it's the Marine Corps' Birthday !!! But then, if it's at the VFW, then y'all know that. So, I guess most importantly is the 2000 mile trip I can't do.
  23. Yep ... roll-top desk = area rug. Sweep it under the rug or roll down the top ... "everything is clean, Mom!" Then it's time to go fishing!!!
  24. That's pretty. A roll-top is always a classy piece of furniture ... and with a classy hobby ensconced in it, even better.
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