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waders
cruz-
Waders are prone to leaks, usually at the seams or where the neoprene stocking foot attaches to the legs. Use and care have a lot to do with how long they will last.
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Best place to buy affordable quality materials
I'd second the suggestion of J. Stockard - high quality and very good prices. If they don't have what you want, here are a couple of suggestions. Saltwaterflies.com specializes in saltwater st |
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Spring landlocked salmon
So I have been taught by my great uncle the art of Maine salmon trolling streamers. This is the first spring season I have had the oppertunity to use some of my own flies to catch landlocked salmon. T |
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Best online supplier?
I have 3 sites I visit regularly, and each gives great service. My favorite and the one where I have spent the most money over the years is [url="http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/category/490 |
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Spring trout flies
if you're looking at "put and take" stocked fisheries, keep it simple when starting out. A white marabou streamer with a tinsel body and a red hackle-barb tail will work as well as a ro |
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Striper Decline
This isn't about fly tying, but there are a lot of us here who fish for striped bass, and I thought I'd pass along these numbers from the past six seasons. It's depressing, to say the leas |
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Any Geocashers out there?
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A hard-core geocaching master here. I've been on the board of directors for our state's geocaching organizatio |
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Sensitive question, guys
I had the misfortune of being stuck in Maine for six winters with a big woodstove, and I used to get it bad enough that the skin would split around the fingernails. There are lots of products that wil |
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Crab fly
[quote name='JWM72' timestamp='1328483041' post='492914']
I've been trying to come up with a fly that I could use to mimic a green crab and use some Tuffleye Flex to give i |
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Guess this location
Yes ... many many moons ago. Flew into a lake ... around the Churchill River, maybe? With my old Golden Retriever, "Saxon" ... and some other guys.... I then drove across Canada to Maine f |
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RBF: Old time fishing shows
A good friend of mine mentioned something just recently and he brought up some old time names in fishing. His comment was watching some fishing shows with some of the older names. There are a bunch of |
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The Caddis Fly Invitational
If you are trying to figure out what the hell is going on; a brief recap. Several swaps ago Troutguy went to his local post office to send flies to a swap I was hosting. When putting return postage |
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Rest In Peace Dad
My Father passed away one week ago. He taught me to love the outdoors, especially fishing and hunting. It's been a rough week, although his passing was not unexpected after a long string of ill |
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It's Veterans Day
US Coast Guard 1987-2008. Did a lot of stuff, did a lot of "non-traditional" Coast Guard missions, and proud to have served alongside members of all the other military services Marines, Arm |
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flytying events
Are there any flytying events open to the public in Maine or New Hampshire ? Any names of the events for me to google would be deeply appreciated. Looking for something close to home. We come across |
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spray on attractant
I don't OFTEN use any scent on my flies, but I've said it before and I'll say it again- Fly Fishermen are the only kind of fishermen who think they are too good to use scent. Some of it i |
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Waterford, Maine.
Went to Maine for a week. It was beautiful the highest it was 85 degrees, while back in NJ it was 100's so i was happy to just sit on the screened deck and read a magazine or do a puzzle.
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RBF: Wanting to Make My own Forms
Anyone in Maine available or interesting helping me make my own set of forms. I have already collected (2) 6ft Steel 1" square blanks and a few sets of files. But where I go from here and the lack o |
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A New Mystery Fly Box
Awesome.......
has been a great summer here in Maine...tying up a storm. I'm looking into supplying a couple fly shops near me and will be selling flies on Ebay again shortly. Nearly fully recover |
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Honest! It Really Happened
Happened to me last summer fishing a pond up in Maine. I was fishing from the dock with my 5 weight, hooked a 3" bluegill next thing I see is a huge 8 pound bass come fly out from under the boats |
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eel
Ive always had good vibes on eels an was asked for some. so I came up w/this one giving it a little classic look some ribbing an spay hackle w/ a dab of white included.on a 34011 to extend the body.no |
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My first crawdad
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Thanks guys,I am working hard to a better tyer.The this fly was fun.Left handed fish... very funny.
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First topwater bass of the spring
QUOTE (TheCream @ Apr 29 2011, 07:59 AM) Here in SE Ohio, the weather has been crazy the last few weeks. The temps have been warm, but we have been belted by rain day after day. For the bet |
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Bait fish
QUOTE (eastern fly @ Apr 28 2011, 07:49 PM) What would some of you say is your most common bait fish where you hang out? I see a lot of Fall Fish. Emerald Shinners, Fathead Minnows ect. Kevin |
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Sculpin swap
I'm smack dab in the middle of Brook Trout heaven..the last vestage of the true wild eastern brook trout. I love the tastey little buggers!!We gots salmon and Togue(lakers) and brownies... |
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Smallmouth Swap
Finishing them tonight, just need a place to send them. I want to get these out before we leave to open our summer place in Maine. |
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Ultimate Fly Displays
Getting ready to move....must sell.http://maine.craigslist.org/bfs/2320684400.htmlGreat deal for someone!Local Pickup only!!!Willing To Trade....... |
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New guy from MAINE
Hey everybody, I'm new to this forum. I live in west/central Maine. I love fishing small rivers, one is across the road from my house. I teach school, so having my summers off, I fish this rive |
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THE ARMY!!!
I wouldn't think that the water temps will be in the 70's there in late May, maybe though. Here in Maine, water temps are still pretty low in late May.Kev<>< |
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Early season brook trout fishing
QUOTE (Thomas.T @ Mar 27 2011, 07:46 PM) Hi all, I am new at fly fishing the early season in New Brunswick, Canada for brook trout, I have been told that nymphs are the best but i am having |
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entomology book
You might try your university extension for local insects - they probably just focus mostly on insects of economic significance. Uh, sorry, I mean pests. This is a good book for beginner:http://www. |
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New but completely OBSESSED!!!!!!
thanks for all of y'alls help. i just asked my girlfriend and the area in maine that we will be fishing near is Biddeford, Maine. Does anyone know anything about the fishing there? |
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My new HMH Standard Vise is sweeeet....
QUOTE (NJ All Day @ Feb 26 2011, 01:10 PM) QUOTE (petelangevin @ Feb 26 2011, 01:03 PM) I vacation near the factory and I got an invite to come check out it. I can't wait. I |
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Fly Tying Materials
as far as deer hide vs elk for caddis.. i think its mainly color... you can use hair from nearly that whole hide.. spinning deer hair is fun when you learn. packing deer hair is an art.. watch yout |
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Small Creek Fishing
QUOTE (Voodoo @ Jan 30 2011, 05:22 PM) I find the smaller the creek the easier it is to fish. This is mainly because in my area if your not fishing the Bow river they probably an idiot...... |
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Homemade Head Cement
Sorry, but I have to weigh in here - not so much from the home made head cement line, but from the toxicology line. Perchjerker chose a bad example when he picked PCBs. I'm a toxicologist with t |
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How to cut bark chunks?
Just curious on how you cut bark chunks using a hole saw? I live in Maine and I have access to a lot of pine bark and a variety of hardwoods which I would be interested in harvesting some bark chunks |
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Emerald Eleven
I guess you could call it my original, but is is basically a cross between a Maine style streamer (wing and shoulders) and a Blonde style (tail and body). My mother gave me some materials for Christm |
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Pencil Poppers
In re-reading the thread, I realized that I never answered the hook question. The 8X long steamer hooks that are used to tie Maine salmon streamers, such as Joe's Smelt, on are great, as are the r |
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Brook Trout - Dry
Flies have been sorted, a nice group of flies Sets mailed today for kbranch, lykos33, Sjo, rich5665, Horseshoes and fishingbobnelson.All other sets will be mailed Tuesday from Maine. |
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Scent......
Fly fishermen are the ONLY fishermen who get all wound up about using scent. In the early 80's, I was catching tons of carp on my fly rod using small brown woolly worms with a couple drops of C |
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Hey!!
hey, new here, I'm from maine and looking to start in building some rods. planning on a trip to the salmon river next fall and issued a challenge to myself to build a fly rod for the trip!! nany sugg |
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Preserving hide?
please keep in mind that salt/alum is not a "true" tan, but it does good to preserve a hide if done right. Rabbit is a very thin hide which tears easily- VERY easily. I've still got |
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Great Steven's Ghost
trout,almon anglers fishing the famous Rangeley Lakes region of Maine realize they are within a few canoe paddle strokes of the home of the Grey Ghost, one of the most popular flys ever tied. Still fe |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 21) Belgrade
Tip: None *
Tail: Crimson and white married
Butt: Black chenille *
Hackle: Claret tied palmer
Ribbing: Gold tinsel
Body: Yellow wool or dubbing
Wing: White with scarlet stripe, married, jungle cock e |
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Best flies for the west
Hi all,I've lurked here for quite some time and always found answers. I'm hoping you can help me again. My kid sister's nephew tried fly fishing this summer when they went to Yellowstone |
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Hello from maine
QUOTE (smalliestalker @ Aug 20 2010, 10:45 AM) Welcome...you'll learn a lot here...My goal is to move to Maine in the near future...Wow.Didnt know so many people wanted to live in Maine.L |
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Rainforest RX7 1006 Trolling Fly Rod Build
Howdy, bear with the way this is written as I'm trying to explain what I'm doing and why. Currently I'm building a 2 pc 10' 6wt trolling fly rod for general all around use. I picked out a Rainforest 1 |
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Need some help...
Hi i was up in Maine for two weeks, and in that time i managed to land some nice fish. But my biggest one was about 7lbs and i wanted to get a picture fast. So therefore the picture isnt very good. I& |
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Clouser and Bunny
Killer fly! Gonna tie some of these up for my trip to Maine for smallies. |
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Wooly bugger Swap
Addy please! And while I was in Maine for 2 weeks I tried the bugger out and they look crazy when wet and ungulate like crazy. Also caught 20+ smallies, 10 bluegills and some largemouth bass |
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Dream Fishing Trip...
I was just wondering what everyone's dream fishing trip is?So the question is if you hit the lottery and had enough money to take your dream fishing trip, where would it be? what type of fish woul |
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Mothball smell
I washed them before I read any advice to the contrary. I had almost 40 capes and saddles and I did this by putting about 3 gallons of water in a 5 gallon plastic pail with a small amount of dishwash |
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Hellgrammite Questions
Once you are familiar with the hellgrammite, you will probably agree that they are appropriately named as "the-bug-from-hell". However, Smallmouth Bass love these ferocious appearing bugs an |
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Mottled turkey uses?
I used to tie a lot as a kid in Maine, less so since I moved out west 20 years ago.I always wanted to try mottled turkey quills, but the cost always put me off. Well now my wife has four Narranganset |
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Cool candy bar I ate in Maine
This is so cool! It actually tasted good too. I think a box of these would be cool to raffle off at the next TU event. Not a rep for the company but just a fan. I bought it up in Kittery Maine while s |
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