Kingfisher

Jim - It will be great to meet you at the show. Where are you thinking of going fishing?

I shop J Stockard almost exclusively; the only other place that I've ordered from in the past several months is flytyersdungeon.

I'll be there on Saturday with my wife's uncle. If you spot a guy wearing a navy blue "US Lacrosse" hat with the American flag, it will likely be me.

Just out of curiosity, which brand of hooks do you tend to tie on, and why?

mrjim - I picked it up at flytyersdungeon; it was pretty cheap. See http://www.flytyersdungeon.com/tying_materials.htm and scroll down to the bottom of the page. At $1.75 a hank (and considering how much you get), you really can't go wrong. I haven't tried coloring it yet, but will do so in the near future for some snapper bluefish patterns I'm going to tie. I'll let you know how that goes.

Okay, so to update everyone, the sign-up is closed and there a total of 6 participants. That being the case, you will need to submit 5 flies, due to me on the 3rd of December.

Ahhh... the long-awaited book that I heard about long ago. Can't wait to read it!

mahaney - If you ever happen to have an extra wood duck skin or two, I'd be willing to take them off your hands for a good price.

Ditto the other comments; I'd love to see a step-by-step, as well.

WOW!!! Thanks for such a great tutorial!

Philski - Out of curiosity, would you mind telling us what the approximate cost of the materials was to build that desk?

QUOTE (Dble Haul @ Nov 8 2004, 11:13 AM) Careful guys....that bandwagon is getting pretty full. Fortunately, I've been a Steelers fan since I was 6, so no worries about a band-wagon accident here.

STEELERS!!! ... AGAIN!

I'd also be up for some Mustad C70SD saltwater hooks in various sizes.

I'd be in for some Partridge CS15 and Mustad 94720 hooks.

Thanks Charlie. I have a GLX 11'6" 8/9 (double-hand rod for single-hand lines) that was designed by Steve Rajeff, and is supposedly his favorite rod for steelheading. I'm looking to aquire an 8-wt. steelhead taper line for it to allow me to Spey, roll, and overhead cast. The other rod I want to try for steelheading is the 10' 6/7 Redington I picked up last month, also with a steelhead line (6-wt.). I was trying to figure out if these two rods would be "just what the doctor ordered" for places like Oak Orchard, Salmon River, and any other water accessible from NY and PA. Any thoughts? Would I do just as well using these two rods and forgetting about a formal Spey rod?

Cree Caddis - Can you give me an idea as to the average distance that one needs to cast on these waters, and what the maximum distance (on average) needed to cast would be?

mmarkey - that's a great approach, one that I will indeed try as the weather starts getting cooler.

Sorry OSD, maybe I didn't make my question clear; I was interested in finding out what one length and line weight of Spey rod would best cover every season when steelheading the GL tribs. In other words, one Spey rod to do it all, if that's what you were forced to do.

... to cover every season when fishing the GL tribs, what length and line weight would you choose, and why?

Will do!

Swap update: 1. me 2. sdnz13 3. Mako 4. geozip 5. TroutBum 6. tidbit 7. Pat Carroll 8. mcfly 9. mmarkey 10. DFix (tentative) So we're down to 10 people total, possibly 9 pending on Dave's schedule. So far I've received flies from two participants (mcfly and tidbit), and I will be sending an extra fly (or two) of theirs back with the packages. Everyone else go ahead and tie 9 flies just in case.

Something to consider is how far you need to cast these flies, and how close you can get to the "hog's lie" before you spook her. A big deerhair fly and a large bass could be handled on a 6-wt. with a shooting head, but I would prefer the added launch- and fighting-power of a 7-wt. (or even an 8-wt.). You will be able to cast farther and whip the bass more quickly, which is key to successful catch and release during hot Summer months when the water temps are a bit high and the fish "burn out" quickly. Besides, being in Mass., you might use that rod to indulge a new pursuit: pike, or even in-shore saltwater, fly fishing.

BG - I actually fish in Holgate a couple of times each year. Never got much of a chance to fish the park, though it's on my list of places to wet a line next year. Time permitting I might try to get down there before the end of November.

Welshtyer - Thanks for the update re: shipping. We haven't closed the swap sign-up yet; I will post again on Saturday after everything is finalized with the total number of flies needed. As for the pattern, it's up to you, so long as it adheres to the guidelines laid out in the first post.