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Kytroutbum

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About Kytroutbum

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  • Birthday 04/02/1949

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    Carlisle, Kentucky 40311
  1. At Cabelas in Cincinnati, they told me they are dropping all fly tying and almost all fly fishing! I spoke to several "outfitters" who all said the same Thing!
  2. I tie this with either blue flashabou or blue mylar to get a deeper richer blue. This tie is a GREAT Brookie attractor. I started tying up a few as a novelty but have just whipped up several dozen as attractor flies for brookies this summer.
  3. I like to lay down one layer of thread, buildup a Dam of thread behind where the weight will go. then a drop of CA glue, then wrap the barbell while it is still damp. Figure eight it, then wrap between the barbell and hook to tighten it. I tie a series of weights on hooks, then go back and soak the figure eight threads with thin penetrating CA again. I let it dry while tying up the number of them I need before tying the rest of my fly. I feel that letting the thin CA penetrate may be as good epoxy. Using epoxy for me (appologies to Bob) is just one extra step and time to fool with. I've not had any "turning" of the barbells, but have had to repaint several.
  4. I'd highly reccommend Jay "fishy" Fullum's book on using Household Materials in Fly Tying (Not sure of exact title). He uses a lot of different types of paints and coatings. Very well worth the price. Amazon has used copies very reasonable. I use Creamcoat sealer on cork and balsa before painting. Delta Ceramcoat- Sparkle Glaze DecoArt makes Star Lite TopCoat, Duraclear makes a Varnish all available at :Michaels, Hobby Lobby, other craft stores. Some folks use epoxy- I don't like to use it. A fingernail polish called TOP COAT works also. I highly reccommend TESTING a coating on a sample of foam and paint before using it on a lot. I've had some melting and peeling with some combo's. As far as the position of the popper, I believe dying fish on the surface may actually have their tails submerged- heaqd up often. I tie my pencil poppers with some slight weighting so that they sit tail down on a 45 degree angle. I want to fish them "Walking the Dog" like a bait caster fishing a Zara Spook.
  5. Be aware that you will have SNOW MELT conditions in that area. Discuss with any guides the possible- probable river conditions, that will probably be bad, and alternatives they may offer. You might check into the Firehole etc in Western YNP. Don't want to be a drag but I work in the NE Yellowstone area and we don't see stream fishing until Mid-July most summers. We usually visit the Tetons in early July and mostly hike and bird,m the rod stays cased. Again work out alternatives before agreeing to book!!
  6. Peterjay- try placeing a "colorado" or a willow leaf blade on the tailend of your streamer. Called a "Fliptail"?
  7. Used to read about the Lower 40, in the back of "Outdoor Life??). These are NOT FLY FISHING but for anyone with Interest and Knowledge of the Greater Yellowstone, Wyoming area I highly recommend any of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series. The main character is a Wyoming Game Warden who in involved in Mysteries in the Yellowstone-Bighorn Mt. area. Having worked in that area I can identify with the types of characters and situations involved. April Christofferson, is a Cody Wyoming writer who has three novels based upon issues in the Greater Yellowstone. Alpha Female- Wolf Introduction, Trapped- Preditor trapping in the parks, Buffalo Medicine- Bison migration and Brucellois. (Her son was a Bear Biologist for YNP for 9 years, and currently does speaking engagments. He and his family camp in my campground several times a summer.) These are set in the Park area, her descriptions of locales, individuals, and situations are very accurate.
  8. I tie at home and during the summer in a camper. My place my hooks in a pill envelope, 1 size to an envelope, then all sizes of one style go into a "ziplock type" snack bag. I place small cardboard labels in each bag. I keep my hooks in a drawer in an shop organizer. When I am tying, I remove only one envelope- size at a time. When packing to go on the road, I can load the needed small packets into the snack pack "ziplock" and place it with my traveling kit. I only keep 100 or less hooks out in the organizer. My extra packs, usually bought when I find a great deal, are stored in a shoebox till needed. I find problems, clutter, etc occur when too much unneeded stuff is out. Randall
  9. I read somewhere yesterday, that the hackle growers will need sometime to recover their stock but things are looking up.
  10. Pfish- sent you a PM on the hooks. I've been having problems with pm's.
  11. Bassbugn- I don't have much of what you need but I think Pfish can use my "extras". Thanks a lot anyway! Pfish- Sent you a pm.
  12. I usually spend my summers as a camphost for the USFS in the Greater Yellowstone from Mid May till Oct. so I don't fish warmwateer much and tying trout stuff usually. I'll check and PM you later this evening. Thanks Randall
  13. I'd just rather trade to reduce some of my "abundance" since I don't tie commerically.
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