Squimps
Expensive is right - last time I checked, it was $18/pound. I found a bunch of it on ebay a while back for $8.50/pound and I snapped up 45 pounds. As my wife likes to say, it's not gonna |
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Best online supplier?
[quote name='Harold Ray' timestamp='1330047133' post='496018']
I have 3 sites I visit regularly, and each gives great service. My favorite and the one where I have spent the m |
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RBF: W. E. Mattson
Does that name ring any bells. He was/is a rodbuilder based in Gt. Barr. MA [Great Barrington in the Berkshires of Massachusetts] according to his signature of a 7'2" 5wt rod with two tips. Built so |
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Shipping fur and feathers
[quote name='tidewaterfly' timestamp='1313938803' post='476363']
These laws are intended to protect various species, and limit, or prevent the commercial exploitation of listed |
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Pheasant Tail Swap
The last set of flies have arrived. Now I just need to finish mine up. That is five sets of excellent flies received. Please be patient I've never tied a Pheasant Tail Fly, but I should have every |
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Not following the recipe?
from the web"The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (aka MBTA) was first enacted to implement the 1916 convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds. |
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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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Moth ID
QUOTE (flygirl @ Apr 26 2010, 10:18 AM) Scooped this moth out of the river & don't know his name. I looked up a few but the pattern on the wings didn't match[attachment=24910:201 |
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Looking for some American knowledge
I looked it up on the iMac dictionary. This is the description: QUOTE Commonwealth:a formal title of some of the states of the U.S., esp. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennslyvania, and Virginia.They are s |
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Crappie Killer
A while ago I was reminiscing with a childhood friend on-line. Lyndon was my fishing partner back when we were in grade school and high school and we learned to fish together. As my fly fishing capab |
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Rotary Vise Suggestion - Worth It?
That is a very cool looking vise. Hope you love it! btw... what part of New England are you from? I used to live in New Hampshire.David <><I live on the North Shore in Massachusetts - ten |
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Oliver Edward's Flytyer's Masterclass
QUOTE I also made a good fly tying book puchase this week . I bought a unused copy of Forgotten Flies signed by both the authors.Congratulations on that purchase, Fred. That series is really great an |
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Stripers on a Fly
QUOTE (Cole @ Apr 15 2009, 12:19 AM) QUOTE (Hairstacker @ Apr 14 2009, 10:39 PM) QUOTE (Cole @ Apr 14 2009, 06:32 PM) Guys, I have a chance to do some striper fishing here i |
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Second round of the swap box official thread.
HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR: 2030 Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California. White minorities still trying t |
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Hello from Ware Massachusetts
Hello all just found the forum while surfing today at work. I have been fly fishing for about 5 years now, self taught in the beginning then traveled with my brother in law to L.L. Bean in N.H. for a |
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lookin for a monthly tying sessions.
I know I'm too far away,but for people who live around Connecticut,Massachusetts,or Rhode Island,I am the president of United Fly Tyers of Rhode Island. UFTRI.org. We meet once a month and also ha |
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Lead Sinker ban
Not wanting to clutter another thread, I thought you might find this interesting.I recently came across an article (August 1995 Fly Fisherman) which noted that the EPA had made splashy headlines in 19 |
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Is it fly fishing?
As the folks on Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg would say "You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle.” i'm not sure we need a net nanny tell |
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The Sowbug Tie-In at Mountain Home, Arkansas
Misa and a friendMore tying floorFred Bauer is an independent designer who develops ideas often sold to WAPSI for national distribution. Tying floor once again! There were 50 (fifty) tyers on th |
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Flaggs Smelt
This is Flagg's Smelt. Rodney Flagg's fly shop is a Massachusetts institution. He's a great guy, and this is a great fly. Flat wings are pretty hard to take a decent picture of though... I |
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If You Care About Trout This Should Concern You
If you care about Trout, and the environment this should strike a nerve.I know for the most part, everyone on here is for the conservation of our beloved trout and its habitat. I live in Connecticut a |
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Was Hallock a person.........?????
Charles Hallock was an author and the founder and editor of FOREST AND STREAM, the leading American sporting periodical of the 19th century. His books include THE FISHING TOURIST (1873), CAMP LIFE IN |
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TFF:Fly Fishing Massachusetts
Hey friends,I'm on vacation in Massachusetts and will be doing some fishing between Sunday (6/17) to Thursday (6/21). If any of you New Englanders are up to fishing for a day at the Deerfield or Hous |
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Fly Fishing Massachusetts
Hey friends,I'm on vacation in Massachusetts and will be doing some fishing between Sunday (6/17) to Thursday (6/21). If any of you New Englanders are up to fishing for a day at the Deerfield or |
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Does anyone else have a Law vise
Saw a tyer at a show in Taunton, Massachusetts using one recently. I said "Wow, is that a LAW vise?" He smiled and said it was. He said it was great but the best thing about it was that ever |
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hello
hello i'm randy, i haven't posted here but i joined a while ago. Im 12 years old and i fish in Massachusetts. Mostly on Cape Cod. I Love to tie flies and do anything that involves fishing.- |
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Flies for winter eastern streams?
I'm in Massachusetts & fish a number of small, cold perennial streams. Stoneflies seem to be the basic winter food, though there are occasional hatches. Anyone with experience fishing these li |
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Fly fishing shows
And there have been a number of inquiries about shows in Massachusetts. This is the web site for the MArlboro show in January:http://www.flyfishingshow.com/marlborough/($14/head under you're |
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a waring for all fly tyers re Robert Orlowski
Maybe it is my Massachusetts attitude but I was shocked when I ordered fur and hair from Coffin and recieved it without paying first. I liked what I recieved and sent out payment ASAP. He even include |
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ITS ON THUNDER CREEKS SWAP
Hey geozip, unfortunately, I am under strict orders not to divulge the location. I really want to make the fall brown trip though. We don't get monsters like that in Massachusetts.Cheers,Michael |
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home equity loan for u
home equity loan home equity loan refinancinghome equity loan rateequity home loan mortgage thehomemortgageguide com bad credit home equity loan refinance home mortgage home equity loanhome equity loa |
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Salmon / Steelhead Swap
I've been in about 8 other swaps but this seems like one of the more diverse group of individuals, as far as where everyone is from, that I've been involved with in a swap. It could be that or |
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Used Car Dealerships
index.htmlindex1.htmllocal used car dealershipsused car dealerships in marylandused car dealerships in houstonmaine used car dealershipsused car dealerships in massachusettsused car dealerships in del |
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Telephone Box
Ashby:Great looking fly, even w/o the JC cheek. Ted Patlen of Lodi, NJ, loves Ray Bergman & fishes classic wets. He has successfully used a three-fly rig on New York's Opening Day in the Beave |
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Thomas Ames - Cabin Fever Night
Hope this is the right place for this sort of thing. If not, please delete or move to the proper place.Just wanted to let everyone know that the Millers River Chapter of Trout Unlimited in Central Ma |
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Magnate
QUOTEI really enjoy fishing my flies and I like to keep the "fishy" look as much as possible. There really is no better feeling than tying your on flies and catching fish. When I was living |
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International Symposium
I am glad you stuck it out in the traffick as it was a real pleasure to meet you. I hated driving home from Massachusetts to Maryland. When the Acela bullet train came around, life was much easier.. |
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first time post from iraq
Dan- Welcome Aboard!QUTTIANUMTo you, the members of your MP outfit and fellow comrades in arms, may He who watched over us who made it back from Wherever do the same for you all. May His light an |
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New 2 tying
Mozes has it right. If you tie a dozen of a pattern (or better, even more), you will figure out more efficient ways to tie each type with fewer wraps and more speed. Don't let mistakes discourage |
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Northeast Trip Anyone?
Anyone interested in a trip to somewhere in the Northeast, in either spring or summer? This thread is just a quick poll of who would be interested, any ideas on time, and any idea's in places, he |
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Hey All
My name's Matt, I'm from Massachusetts, and I mainly fish for warmwater fish such as smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, panfish, etc. |
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Better late than never.
hello everyone, I actully forgot that I had logged on to this site until I recivied the news letter last week in my email. Like I say better late than never. I have been fly fishing for 6 years and t |
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Might b dumb ??, buttt..
Yeah, I've been looking for some spots in massachusetts...Probably some of them up your way. I posted in here maybe a month ago, and Dfix was kind enough to help me, so search that post. I plan o |
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OK, bin Laden, Bring It On...
AP Release 1/19/05 "Dartmouth - The war on terror could have an unlikely ally in the Quahog. Federally funded researchers at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth who injected quahogs with the b |
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FYI Update
Northeast: Nantucket ShoalRemember this from the other day?STATE CAPITOL BRIEFSFrom: State House News ServiceSent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:28 PMWIND FARM COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED, STATE PERMITTIN |
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Mass/Cape Cod/Area Fishermen
STATE CAPITOL BRIEFSFrom: State House News ServiceSent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:28 PMWIND FARM COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED, STATE PERMITTING REMAINSAt the request of opponents of the proposed Nantuc |
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F.Y.I.
STATE CAPITOL BRIEFSFrom: State House News ServiceSent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:28 PMWIND FARM COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED, STATE PERMITTING REMAINSAt the request of opponents of the proposed Nantuc |
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What do you pay ?
Looks like we're on the high end. Massachusetts is $30/yr. - fishing only and the state is so small that I end up buying out of state licenses for NY, CT, VT and ME every year.Bamboo |
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Hello
SFFT- Welcome Aboard.Very Bad, Bad, Bad, the way you led in with your "...other feathers...prepared...winter" - we have "feather vultures" on this site who're eager and willi |
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How Long Have You Been Tying?
My next door neighbor, Pete Bumpus, came running to my house one early spring day to tell me about "fly tying" which he had seen on television. The show was "The Flying Fisherman with |
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Tying Lessons
Ready, Set- GO!!!Troutbum, every word of what Al says is chiseled in stone, so to speak, even the part about it being a slippery slope when it comes to involvement with ‘friends’ and ‘clu |
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Nate's first fish
dang, even yuor kid has more trout than me, 1. *Curses to Massachusetts lack of trout fishereies!* |
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Just a shout Hello!
Hello all. My name is Scott and I'm from Massachusetts. I have been tying for about 30 years off and on (sometimes life gets in the way doesn't it?!) and have been tying and fly fishing m |
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What Vise do you use?
I am new to Fly Tying and am using a vise that I purchased over 50 years ago. I don't believe any of you have ever heard of this company brand. The name of mine is a UNIVERSAL ROTARY VICE. I th |
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First Fly Rod, need help...
Dfix, you think you could give me the street addresses and phone numbers of those places, or websites if they have them? I couldn't seem to find them...It would probably be best to go and try out |
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What flies to catch brookies?
Hi, im new to the forum, if you haven't already guessed. All right, the place im fishing is a little brook(Hah, brook trout in a brook, who'd a thunk it)....its pretty shallow, i'd say 3- |
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Coastal Mass. Reports
(Discovered yesterday while in Sick Bay )Covert rumor has it that several larger schoolie stripers (<27") and a couple/few Massachusetts 'keepers' (>28") are playing with MA |
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Joke of the day
Newspaper headlines in the year 2029Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California. White minorities st |
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We Have An Annoucement!
Well that's great... and not only that..but if you plan a trip up to cape cod to fish..I will remind you that Massachusetts now allows for such marriages... and it's legal here...so there is |
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Hi to ALL
Just a quick note to introduce myself.I live in New York state and have been fishing since I could walk. I have turned to 98 percent saltwater flyfishing for the last 8 years and love it. I usually f |
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