Branson MO
My Daughter has chosen Cottey College in Nevada, MO; so I've got trips to the area on my radar.
First up is the 3rd week in Aug when we drop her off. Dear wife has come across Big Cedar Lodge in |
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Wading Boots
I have Simms Freestone with rubber sole. They're an awsome boot. I don't use cleats on the Truckee River in Nevada and California, but could have used them on the Mckenzie River in Oregon beca |
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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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Fly Fishing Mysteries
Those are great mysteries, Galligan is a great writer. Some other ones you might want to check out. Some have fly-fishing themes but are not direct "fly fishing" mysteries
-C.J. Box - Joe P |
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Favorite size Royal Wulff
In northern Nevada/California these and humpies are my favorite on small streams. From 8 down to a few ugly 26's. |
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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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5/15 fishing report
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Nice looking fish, I wish it |
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Tenkara Swap (any style)
John...Something new to tie. Interesting style. I'll join in. "Ishigaki Fly" with black thread body will be my pattern.These fies look like winners for Sierra Nevada streams!Thank |
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Any interest in a gurgler swap?
the gurgler swap keeps moving along. welcome aboard flyderaght. tying gurlers may be the therapy you need for your hand.1.pat carroll - california2. mr.vegas - nevada3. foambug - colorado4. The Yman - |
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fresh water vs. saltwater blanks
Can anyone explain the differences between the Sevier Tiger Eye freshwater, and saltwater blanks. The saltwater blanks are less spendy, but what are the functional differences. I'm building a 9' 7 w |
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Pyramid Lake
Going to fish Pyramid Lake, Nevada this winter/early spring. Need a couple winter projects. I'm thinking of building a 9' 6wt. (possibly 5 wt.) for the trip. Anyone have any different thinking? Ju |
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Steelhead Pattern Swap
Good to see some California tyers in this swap With the abundance of water still flowing down from the Sierra Nevada this Fall/Winter could be an excellent year for steel head fishing, especially if |
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Black Widow ID
QUOTE (DrVette @ Jul 23 2010, 10:42 PM) The Males around here are smaller with stripes and/or red markings going all the way around the abdomen. It probably just a localized genetic carry ove |
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Backyard Visitor
I have a friend in Nevada that has told me stories about tarantula hawks . He said you don't want to get stung by one ,but also you would probably have to force the issue to get stung as they have |
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Bass Tournaments...
QUOTE (NJ All Day @ Jun 6 2010, 02:42 PM) Yes I know a long fight can put a strain on a fish but half the time the fish is skimming the top of the water. And once they lip the bass they get s |
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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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Dumbell eyes
It's been pretty well established that all the dumbell/hourglass eyes are produced at an above-top-secret facility, deep underground in the Nevada desert. Or on Fergus Avenue in Des Plaines Illin |
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Cactus Flowers
Wow I really do miss living in the southwest. I was lucky enough to be stationed in Nevada and in New Mexico. No fishing near where I was in NM, but in Nevada Lake Mead and Mohave were only minutes |
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Not a bug but....
It is not endangered. FYI, I have found out that it is a Nevada Side-Blotched Lizard, pictured here, top photos: http://www.californiaherps.com/noncal/nort...ansburiana.htmlGustav, it already has all |
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Hello from Eunice, New Mexico.
Hello from Eunice, New Mexico. When I was offered this assignment in New Mexico at this construction site I was told I would be in the middle of some of the best fishing in the country. Actually it is |
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Noob here...
Hey guys and gals... been looking over the site for the last few days and all I can say is WOW. You all are a wealth of information. I just started tying about two weeks ago and I'm trying to lear |
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Fresh materials, now need suggestions
IMO, you'll want to really wash the tail good with some anti-bacterial wash, and do a real tan job instead of just letting it dry. I've done over 100 coyote tails using easy home tanning che |
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Hart's Skwalla Stonefly
Hey Frank,Nice fly, What AFSC you in...Spent 20 years in AF Fire/Rescue, nice to an AF guy. Did two tours in California...Mather in Sacramento and Vandenberg.Grew up in Redding where we fished Lassen |
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Hello from utah
Welcome aboard. I lived in Salt Lake for 4 years, but it wasn't dry enough for me so I moved to Nevada.I used to love to fish the Provo River, great fishing!! |
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GoldenTrout Wilderness
Here are a few shots from a recent trip to the Golden Trout Wilderness out here in California's Southern Sierra Nevada.Nice crisp clean air is awesome to say the least, especially when your diving |
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RBF: Rod Blanks For Sale
I have some overstock that I need to off load.I have (19) Fly Logic FLP+ 9' 6/7wt 2pc Matte gray Blanks and (3) FLO 9' 8wt 3pc Matte gray Blanks.The FLP+ blanks I thought I would sell for $39ea / 2 fo |
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New Beginner
Hello all Just a Note to introduce myself, I am new to this website and am still very new to Fly Tying. I have been Fly fishing now for 2 years and fish here in Eastern Nevada Waters for Smallmouth Ba |
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Night Timed Exposures / Light Painting class
Hi Everyone After looking through some great long exposures of rivers and streams on the forum, this got my creative juices flowing.well, I just got back from a 110 mile drive to Rhyolite Nevada (a g |
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Whats your other job?
I've spent the last 31 years as a range management specialist with the Bureau of Land Management in Idaho, Utah and finally Nevada. As of Dec 31 I'll be retired and full time grandpa & |
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storing flash
QUOTE (bigdewy @ Dec 1 2008, 10:15 AM) Where can I order some of that Flash in the middle of your slatboard! You're in Nevada and you don't know where you can order some of that? |
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Ashby's pet Camel spider
guys, reality check please. They are Solpugids, not "spiders" even though the common name is "camel spider" or "sun scorpion" or "wind scorpion" (because the |
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Hello All
My name is Duane and I live in Reno, Nevada. I started tying and flyfishing in 1978 when I lived in Burley, Idaho. I took an extended leave of absence from my vise for about 20 years and am just now |
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ant swap
majestyja, 2008 is the Year of the Ant Especially in the Sierra Nevada region. I'm hoping to get up the Mammoth Mountain area this Summer...with a box of ants!Later... |
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TFF:A little rain...
Northern California just got hammered with the wettest rain storm in several years. My back yard rain gauge(a bucket) totaled 7.5" over 3 days...and there is more rain coming this week. Several coas |
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THE BODY
not to change the sub. but im willing to bet you have never seen this on a fly before it came to me today when i was younger in cow camps in Nevada we use to sit around at nite and hitch horse hair fo |
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Ridiculous gas prices
QUOTE and as it turns out reports claim it uses twice the energy per unit to make ethanol than it gives back.It is not twice........ but close! What I hate about corn is it pollutes the rivers lik |
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Bulk Barbell Eyes
this topic has come up before with little success to report. We all know that somewhere, there is a place cranking them out by the thousands, and there are probably 50lb boxes of each size laying on |
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Timed Exposures....
Hi Everyone well, just got back from a 110 mile drive to Rhyolite Nevada (a ghost town) Got some cool pix of the Cook Bank building and of some other stuff, and would like to share with everyone.Ill |
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Newb From N. Nevada
Hey folks, my names Matt and I just came across this forum while searching for new caddis patterns to tie. Looks like a lot of good information. Any other Northern Nevada fly fisherman on here?I' |
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Outsourcing fly tying to Asia
I'd be really interested to know what percentage of fly fishermen tie their own. I started tying as a kid, before I started fly fishing. I don't know why, just the way it happened. Nieth |
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Wine Label
Come on over guys, we'll have one, or two lol. As for the wine, flywine sells the 2001 Cab for $19.00, 2001 Merlot for $17.00, 2003 Sauvingnon Blanc $13.00. I know what I want for E |
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"mystery box revival"
Mid 80s with a chance of rain all week. Humidity 93% this morning I can deal with the heat as long as it's dry, ie. Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada... Utah maybe |
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Feb Swap club update
FC, Sorry about that. Flies arrived on time for two other swaps. One in Nevada, the other in Michigan. I thought for sure they would've been to you by today. Anyway, that's my fault for wa |
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WHATS YOU FAVIOTE SWAP U BEEN IN
all of the swaps i've been in were great. well, all but one, and after a month we got our flies from that one as well!!!!my favorite fly has come from sullytm in th sierra nevada s |
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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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attention sierra nevada fisherman
down2earthlv, pickin6ofem and I are going to fish the east and west walker rivers in the sierra nevada next week. does any one have any experience on where to go to fish these rivers? or that to use? |
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Going on Vacation...
That is priceless. Keep us updated, Paul. I once took my non-fisherman brother out on a riverin the Sierra Nevada mountains not far from Reno, where he proceeded to hook about a 4 lb. Brown.So don&# |
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Add a caption
I hear the the lakes are bigger in northern Nevada!BFR |
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favorite bead head swap
I just got back from fishing the sierra nevada outside of bishop. we had a great time. we fished the east walker river and caught some nice browns, also we caught nice fish on the upper owens as well. |
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Silver Lake California
Couple of shots from my end of the summer high Sierra Nevada outing. Silver Creek and Silver Lake. Couldn't get the shots to load in the TFF section so here they are. Silver Creek flows out of |
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Custom License Plates
only an extra 36 bucks in Nevada, for their standard plate anyway......96 for a specialty plate (veteran, community specific, firefighter, childhood cancer, spay and neuter, etc...) |
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New guy from No. Nevada
Hello to everyone, coming from Nevada. Northern Nevada that is. I'm 25, been fishing this area since I was too small to remember. My father has fished this area for 40+ years, as well as my Grandf |
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Stimulator swap
Stimulators in hand...I'll be field testing a few this weekend in the high Sierra Nevada region! Thanks everyone, especially Crolatus for hosting!!!Later... |
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IN MY POOL!
Sorry I don't have any pictures, but the other day I found a nymph in my pool. It actually looked like a scud. The weird thing is, I live in Nevada. Does anyone know what it could be? |
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MARCH MADNESS
HAHA yes the home team UWM won. I only got 1 game wrong so far, nevada montana |
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Anyone close to me?
Graham, By all means dig into your journal for the "secrets" I'm going to have to watch myself with the fly tying...I am going to be judicious in purchasing materials... I need to mak |
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Chris Helm at Dundee Mi,Cabelas Jan 7th
The Macomb show!!! That is right around the corner!I missed going on sunday when most of the members were there! I had to go on saturday, because I was leaving on sunday for Neva |
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