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dennywaynecody

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About dennywaynecody

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    Bait Fisherman
  • Birthday 12/02/1959

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  • Favorite Species
    steelhead
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    2008

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  • Location
    Clinton Twp. Michigan
  1. blue wing olive-duh - thanks that was the first fly I was planning on tying as it is shown for most summer months. Keeping it small sounds like a good idea to. Thanks CoachBob for the coaching on the tippet to leader. OK can I bug ya for 2 more questions? 1. can I use the cheep feathers for dries or should I use the good stuff? 2. dry fly flotant- scotch guard- rain x- spend the money on the right stuff? You guys have been great , thank you for your patience and knowledge. denny
  2. Great replies thanks so much. I was thinking I would have to tie a dozen each of may flies, caddis, and stones. If I can tie a couple of each that resemble the many varieties then I won't be so hard pressed to tie so many types. I do like a challenge but the pocket book is just so deep. I have about 7 colors in maraboo chenille feathers ( the cheep stuff ) 2 colors of Aussom possom a 12 pack of the wrong dubbing ( the real bright floresent colors ) a ton of pheasant wings and breast or neck? hackles? ( still learning the terms ) bucktail 6 colors lemon wood duck grizzly dry hackle dry fly saddle in brwn & black ( can I use the cheep feathers on the dries or stay with the good stuff ) ? streamer hair elk squirell tail guinea plumage peacock hurl krystal flash ( 3 colors ) antron yarn I've tied plenty of caddis and tube flies for winter but have yet to do a dry or a stone. I have looked at some that are posted on this site and WOW, so now thanks to all you guys I want to do some realistics and put them in a shadow box on the wall. I'm gonna need a bigger pay check! I think with the materials I have I should be able to tie up a good basic bunch that will give me a decent selection on the river. Thanks Peregrine and the rest for the help. OH 1 more thing if I may, The guide I had showed me how to use 2 flies on the line, but I don't remember how he tied the tippet to the leader. He left a long tag end for a dropper for an ant , worked real good to. Do I use the standard dbl. surgens knot and leave a long tag from the tippet or leader? or is there a better knot to use? again thanks for any help Denny P.S. I will try to put some pics of what I tied on my photo gallery. I did tie 1 dry, what a train wreck. P.S.S. what is a BWO? please
  3. 5 years ago a friend took me fishing, didn't catch much from shore. 4 yrs ago I picked up a great little river boat, started catching fish and loved it. 3 yrs ago another friend took me winter steelhead fishing on the Manistee with fly rods, changed me forever! 2 yrs ago we went back to the Manistee armed with spey rods, sink tips, streamers & tubes. I'm standing in the river in 20 deg. weather in a blizzard, near white out conditions, down stream my buddy is fighting a big steelhead, he's down to his backing, the fish is running and jumping all over the river and up ubove the fish which is quite a ways down from him is an Eagle circling overhead looking for dinner. It was a religious experience. ( can you say Norman Rockwell ) This year I wanted to try some summer fishing, my wife and I went to Vermont for our summer vacation and we camped RIGHT ON THE BATTENKILL.( and we saw Norman Rockwell's house ) To good to be true, and she let me hire a guide to take me out, it wasn't even my b-day. I caught small rainbows all day, the guide was dumfounded at my delight at catching these small fish as most of his clients were big spenders and wanted nothing less than trophy fish. Sorry I tend to ramble sometimes. My question; My fly box is set up for winter fishing-streamers tubes,nymphs,ect. I want to start a collection for summer so I found some hatch charts for michigan from trout unlimited, this should give me a good general selection for a pattern and size for any month in Michigan rivers , give or take a couple weeks and weather patterns, right? We camp all over Michigan so I may fish any river. At home I fish Paint Creek and the Clinton river on a regular basis. Starting with a generalized set of patterns is a little daunting as I'm looking at about a hundred different patterns, should I down size things a little? thanks for any response. Denny
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