richmce

must have ran out of the bent hooks when we tied some up at mcdonalds ill have to look up the hook number

philly,i tie one similar to your mop fly body,thin cylinder of foam with the ends cut on an angle.wider towrds rhe rear. here is the best part i tie them on a angled hook. flat part behind eye holds the foam eye the rest angles down. once it is wet it will sink down and back ,retrieve andit comes upand will hold in thefilm.onecan almost yo yo it . i call it the back up nymph rich

the only time i use tear mender is too glue two rabbit strips for a double bunny fly worksgreat and is fleible

ive seen thicker foam on lee haskins gurglersonline.com

i lost a pair of cheap reading glasses at some private ponds, so thats my excuse to work off some turkey later this afternoon. if i dont find them i still win

looks like they came on your panfish attractor fly.nice work

the squirrel patterns used for trout have worked thru the ice for perch at shabbona pink and green at early ice and darker colors dropped of a spoon when they go deep. also go bigger 10 and 8 or you will be using pliers to dig out the hook each fish

denduke . ive heard woke generation many times in the last few days what is woke?

steve, peace be with you.

baitfish emulator flash is more durable than the purple taco flash

i know quite a few walleye anglers that airbrush their lures mostly flicker shads.and had afriend that moved to fl that got paid good money to custom paint crankbaits for tourney anglers. p personally would like to see an architectural drawing of a bass bug.

finished mine yesterday night . planned to mail wednesday but will have to wait till thursday. happy veterans day to the veterans thank you

is that an ordinary water snake?

mike, ive seen your travel kit when we tied at a mcdonalds a few years ago. you just need a carry on bag for all the material i gave you

i would grab a foam pool noodle . walleye spinner rigs were used with it . wrap the rigs around it . then put the foot long noodle in ZIP BAGGIE OR shoe box type container . for wading use a small chunk with 3 pre done rigs in a small baggie then use extra foam for tying flies

church at 8,breakfast with wife at9 30.take tackle out of boat and put in van, meet4 guys to fish some private ponds at 11.wife is going to a stampin up party so i have no time limit to fish. light winds forecast and no rain till after dark. possible snow monday am

what is an sp minnow? we have hybrid stripers in illinois

deer hair bass bugs, i used buggle bugs, gurglers and sneaky petes but never caught a bass on deer hair bugs thats poppers or dahlberg divers

years ago i made a list of weights with my friend who had a reloading scale. mostly interested in equalizing how long a piece of .030leadwire = a large dumbell eye. or how long a piece to=a 1/32jighead i posted the list on a few websites and never had a comment. this must have been 12 yyrsago dont have the list anymore

i tie mostly streamers use a renzetti traveler but have the clouser jaws for over 10 yrs need to get the cam lever

im in with big freshwater streamers

my fav fly to tie is one that just caught fish and i need more of the same or to tweek it to make bigger, smalller or more weight or different color

very nice. you can use chenille for claws tie on two or three stands and twist them together, fold back, let it furl and tie on. thanks for tying those

looked at the first pics i started thinking crayfish pattern. then you had the bronze colored piece and i said i have to work on one. stores are closed and now i probably wont sleep thinking about it. thanks anyhow . keep it up

for years i had UFLY2 that was an environmental plate for illinois. extra cost went to hire senior citizens for part time work at state parks when they cut hiring several years ago i dropped it