You're invited on a "One Fly" fishing contest

[vicrider 0]

Exactly what I and a few others can do...but try that with a bead.

[mikechell 0]

Blah, blah, blah ... Again, I pretty sure the winner will be able to fish their presentation at any level within the water column.

 

[ihang10 0]

You never said that the fly had to be kept in original condition. You can cut the bottom hackle off and fish it in the film, you can trim the wing back to wingcase size, load it up with Xink and a split shot and fish it like a nymph. You can tie your knot over the top hackle, cut off the bottom, trim the wing and you have an emerger. So your "one level" theory is bunk....

Word! Which is why I'll be winning this one.

[fishingbobnelson 0]

You know it's a good swap when everyone's flies are in almost two weeks before the due date. Nick, thanks for hosting and for coming up with a great idea.

[troutguy 0]

Now Fishing Bob switches to sucking up as his strategy for whining

[troutguy 0]

My spell check wouldn't let Fishing Bob and winning be in the same sentence

[vicrider 0]

The wheel of chance is spinning at this time and it's a lot less likely to lie than a fisherman. Pics and report coming soon. Need to try to get a few better pics of some flies.

[troutguy 0]

Anyone read the Florida authors Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiaasen? and not think Mike Chell is a character from the books?

[mikechell 0]

Are those books you speak of, Troutguy, about super-spy "Jason Bourne" type guys? If they remind you of me ... must be!

[troutguy 0]

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=Florida+Roadkill&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MM42KCtSgjBzqooNtKSyk630k_Lzs_UTS0sy8ousQOxihfy8nMpHjMHcAi9_3BOW8pq05uQ1RhcuPIqF1LjYXPNKMksqhWS4eKUQlmkwSHFzIbg8AFMK08CKAAAA&tbs=kac:1,kac_so:0

[ihang10 0]

Anyone read the Florida authors Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiaasen? and not think Mike Chell is a character from the books?

What was the bass tourney book Hiaasen wrote? Lol.

[troutguy 0]

 

Anyone read the Florida authors Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiaasen? and not think Mike Chell is a character from the books?

What was the bass tourney book Hiaasen wrote? Lol.

 

Double Whammy

 

R.J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike, there's a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida -- and a lot that's rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments. Here Decker will team up with a half-blind, half-mad hermit with an appetite for road kill; dare to kiss his ex-wife while she's in bed with her new husband; and face deadly TV evangelists, dangerously seductive women, and a pistol-toting redneck with a pit bull on his arm. And here his own life becomes part of the stakes. For while the "double whammy" is the lure, first prize is for the most ingenious murder. (FROM AMAZON ihang10)

 

Hey Mike Chell..........not Jason Bourne, but R. J. Decker would be acceptable. i was thinking more of the former Governor of Florida Skink.........

[mikechell 0]

Ooooo .... please don't compare me to a politician, real or fiction. I might tell a tall tale, but I do not lie (tell a falsehood to avoid the truth).

ALL politicians lie.

[fishingbobnelson 0]

A very nice collection of flies in my mailbox today. Still can't believe I didn't win! Thanks for hosting the tourney Nick, great job!

[Jolly Red 0]

Got some flies in my box today, and they look like great trout flies, but how would I know if they actually work or not? Will just have to take you guys word for it that trout will take them. I know the bluegill will.

This has been a good swap to be in, and I'm glad that a "bluegill" guy won it. I am surprised that the infamous "beginner's luck" didn't get me any higher.