FishyboY

they were out. i called them. i do know how to google.

BZ-12 carbon fiber net. i have looked all over for this net but the few fly shops that carry s2 only have the zephyr and dont even carry the bz-12. called s2 but they were out and wont have any until next fall. i need one in 2 weeks for the bighorn. anyone know a shop that currently has one or someone willing to part with it for a good price?

the master is back!

dude in the first pic there was a huge lump in his bell. possibly ate another fish before it. what is really funny is when i snake tries to eat something to big and just kills himself doing it when it gets stuck.

nice!

i loved the furled tail idea. working on integrating it into other patterns. i did a furled tail as a body in my Ice Hot Bugger. it is nice because the rams wool on the tail floats really well to the tail sticks up. i really wish i had a 90degree jig hook. would have been killer then because it sits nose down tail up

yeah i am starting to get turned on to hot beads for streamers with scud or caddis droppers to that. the streamer attracts the fish and if they refuse on the streamer they usually go for the nymph

you would be supprised how well this fishes in high water. i usually double nymph in high water with like a big #14 frenchie with a hot orange tunsten bead with this 22" of as a dropper. works killer because the orange attracts them and the little flash in the warrior gets the fish

Hey FishyboY this is exactly what i plan on doing during the summers, guiding for people. Hopefully going to a guiding school next year as a graduation present from my parents. Hey Steve i remember a couple years ago when i only spin fished i saw a show on Versus called "Chasing Silvers" i think dont quote me on that one. But they were all fly fishing for Tarpon, and since i was a a spin fisher i didnt like watching it. but now i wish they would bring it back i would love to watch. Great stories everyone, cant wait to hear more. yeah dude where you thinking on going to guide school. i am considering sweetwater because i know a dude who regularly comes to the shop who went there. he said he got offered 3 jobs. montana, alaska, and mongolia so i guess they can higher you right there which is sorta what i want. as far as the chasing silver i have seen that again. i was in the same predicament as you with as seeing it before i fly fished then i really wanted to see it again. i just got to see it again a few weeks ago. it was killer :headbang: That's what my parents still think....(sigh) my parents now sorta understand it. i sorta go my own way now and it use to be really strict but now that i am doing good and school and staying out of trouble they are fine with it. you just gotta explain how there are different rods for different uses

nice fish. those are some pig smallies

sorry if you thought the movie was mine. the movie was from Front Range Anglers Fly Shop. i thought it was a killer pattern and was needed in the database. There should be a materials list from the link that has the exact materials. I listed materials in it but this could have been the other post. look under the link i have in my sig and you will find it there.

yeah some of the galloup flies are insane for big brownies. just to add a few. Sex Dungeon and Yellow Butt Monkey both galloup flies with weird names but are amazing flies. flash fly clouser. tie a clouser but with 2 different flash colors. any rabbit strip pattern

one of my favorite flies for stockers. and it also works really well for wild fish.

thanks guys. really been getting turned on to tungsten hot beads lately. a really cool thing to use.

Okie Dokie, Here is my story. Fly Fishing First. Started spin fishing for bass and decided i wanted to try fly fishing which a friend did. I asked my parents about it and they said i already had enough fishing rods (LIKE 2 RODS!!!) cause they had some idea that one rod worked for every species on the planet. So after a few more fishing trips i decided that i needed a boat. did a little research and found out that kayak fishing was pretty cool so i saved up for a fishing kayak for 2 years. Was on a family vacation and there was a little outfitter. Walked in and the first thing i saw was a fishing kayak at the back of the shop. Talked to the owner of the shop about it and got really into the kayak (a heritage redfish 12) I did not have enough money to buy the kayak at the time but the owner of the store invited me to come to his house to fish his private section of stream he owned. He taught me how to cast in the grass and all then he got me wadered up and we went out in the stream. i ended up catch a nice little stockie 12incher rainbow. Got totally addicted from then on. A month later for an early birthday present my parents got me tickets to go to the virginia fly fishing festival. The day i left 10 minutes before i left they asked me to run and get the tickets out of the closet. when i opened the closet there was a fly rod, reel, and line sitting there! i was so excited that day i could hardly stop screaming because of the amazing gift of the fly rod. Had an amazing time at the fly fishing festival and about a month later i had finally saved up fully for the kayak and bought it (which i still use to this day for smallie fishing) fast forward a few fishing trips not understanding anything and slowly things started to make sense! Then came all the finer stuff such as czech nymphing, dry droppers, double nymph rigs, streamer nymph rigs, technical wading, stalking fish, stealth fishing.... etc, etc. now my obsession of fly fishing has led me many places such as Alberta Canada on a family vacation where i was able to go pike fishing, to fishing the famous AuSable River in Mi, then to team usa youth fly fishing team tryouts, and then working at a fly shop. And then in 2.5 weeks my first trip out west. I have chased species in coldwater, warmwater, brownwater, and starting this summer saltwater. I have landed somewhere around 10-15 species on a fly. Looking at starting guiding soon for a local dude next summer in high school and then guiding in either montana or colorado during and after college. Fly tying is a much shorter story. Was short on money. liked to make my own things. took up fly tying a few months later after starting fly fishing. I taught myself the basics of fly tying and then learned different patterns from the you-tube. Now i do a little bit of commercial tying. I was luckly awarded 1st place in the junior division of the Mustad Scandinavian Open (MSO) fly tying competition this year. I work a lot with project healing waters mostly with fly tying. So i guess you could say i am a little obsessed!

for my nymphs i am really digging the partridge hooks. they also make a really nice dry fly hook but hard to find. for my main dry fly hook i am using a Tiemco 100 which has worked nicely. Mustads for streamer hooks and nymph hooks and saltwater hooks.. gamakatsu hooks for bass.

looks killer! keep up the awesome shooting!

yeah got to cast one the other day in the shop i work at when we got some in. fun thing to cast. but the thing is killer and can open a can of whoop azz on any other fly rod when it comes to pendulum casting under structure such as docks and low hanging trees. this rod is a must for any boat angler

welcome to the james daly i invite you to tie me flies swap :rolleyes: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :ripped: :ripped: nice one :headbang:

Every weekend in high school a group of us would alway get together and watch Monty Python. Man I miss those days. thats a good one there!

thanks. a really cool pattern. check under the tying instructions for a video on how to tie it. sorry for the double post.

thanks.

nice dude! more pics! i am guessing i now have somewhere around 1,000 flies in total. somewhere around 700 trout flies. the rest are for bass, saltwater, and carp

Ice Hot Bugger geezus lizzard :headbang:

tungsten. thanks for the reply