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That's ok Pygmy ... you always live up to our low expectations...

I learned along time ago you almost never always have the right fly. And I hate paying $2.00 -$4.00 for a fly I can make for .50 cents. I'm far from organized. I just carry a lot of flies. Nothing worse than watching big trout rising and having nothing in your box they will take .

Happy birthday !

I carry to many fly boxes .... streamer box ,midge box,caddis box ,nymph box ,dry box . I also carry what I refer to as a hatch box . So right now I carry a hendrickson box . In it will be light ,dark,wet fly ,emerger ,nymph . All representing hendricksons. In late may I will have a box with gray fox ,march browns green drakes coffen flies , iso . July its larger golden drakes yellow drakes brown drakes . Anybody else keep hatch boxes ?

Best way to clean a Turkey is to let someone else do it ... theres a reason they call them fowl....

A friend of mine from Middleport found out his daughter and family all have it . He hasn't been near them except at the porch to drop of prescriptions. He and his wife were told to quarantine for 2 weeks .

Well got out and did a little fly fishing friday . Arrived on the river and found a small army where I intended to fish . Sat and watched the water . No bugs hatching yet. Looked up stream nobody fishing . But I did see a splashy rise . Hopped out and walked up to investigate . A pod of 9 inch stockers cruising the bank . About gave up when I glimpsed a larger trout rise up off the bottom and sink back down . I had to give him a go . Went back to the truck put on waders grabbed the rod . Hit the bank and watched for my target. Nothing but the little guys. No bugs hatching so I opted for a black nosed dace. Two casts in and phone rings. It's the one and only Pygmy... he is fishing a mile down stream from me . He graciously invites me to join him . I agree to meet up in a bit . But first I have to try this trout again. Casting acrossed and swinging down through the hole I get a solid hit on a decent trout . Little tussle on the 3 wt and I get him to shore I pack it in and head down stream to meet up with Pygmy. Arriving at the location I find Pygmy has all the fish in the stream corralled up in front of him on the far bank . I drop in above him and proceed to cast repeatedly into the barren waters whipping in to a froth to no avail. I waded to shore and watched pygmy tease and torture the poor trout by repeatedly casting to them and denying them the opportunity to strike . By this time the hendrickson hatch is in full swing. Pygmy decides to take a break and allows me a shot . I step in and make pass after pass but no takers . Light hendrickson ... dark hendrickson... pale evening dun.. even a nymph . Nothing. Finally I see a smaller mayfly on the water.... it's a masking hatch .... overcast day ... must be bwo.. I put on an snow shoe emerger bwo. 3 cast I managed a hit Pygmy was very upset that I would injure that poor fish by actually hooking it when I could have missed the hook set or at the very least pulled it away at the last second .... I promise I will try harder sir ... Had a good time Pygmy ... we need to do it again soon.

There's more thread on the spools ... I think you got a few more rewrapps in ya .....

Rod dryer showed up .. maybe next weekend I can work on finishing the rod.

Last I knew Raytheon was contracting the navy platform . Its 500 plus there . South of Valoice there's a spot I marked on my bottom line fish finder that was 636 feet .

I can think of 4 instance of people drowning in a canoe accident on Seneca lake over the years . That lake is no joke when it gets going and it's cold.. very cold . Surface temps are 70 in the shallows at the hottest time of the year . Go a few feet down and its 50 . Once a body goes down it sinks and it's to cold for the gasses to build and float the body back up . I know of 3 people where the body's were not recovered. I think one is attached to a bass boat that was not recovered. Boat sank .. one guy suffered a heart attack his partner tied him to the boat and swam to shore for help. The boat sank and took the body with it . I feel sorry for the family and the survivor.

Hopefully there will be a bikini hatch at some point ..

Love the ausable Wulff. I thought about adding it .. the usual.. bivisable ... Griffiths gnat and yes the green weenie. But there was so much in the list to begin with . A guy could go broke buying all those patterns . Fran Betters was a great innovator in fly tying and a genuine nice guy.

I thought about bringing uprise forms and individual hatch characteristics slow water of one species verses fast water .. crawlers and such . Didn't want to cludder things up . Keeping it simple so as to speak .

My son in law just got a notification in the mail this morning He is getting his severance package from Watkins Glen International. He was a full time maintenance man since he graduated high school. 20 plus years ! Plumbing ,electrical,mechanic . What a way to tell someone they are done ! He has been layed off for a month.

The Muddler minnow is a streamer. It is intended to fish wet .The grass hoppers does work its just a late summer fly. A size 8 or 6 stimulator will work as a good hopper replacement and is taken as a large stonefly. In our area first large stones hatch in June. If you have an area of home waters research a hatch chart . Not all waters have the same bugs . I have fished a stream for 20 plus years that has never produced a sulphur. Yet two streams around it has prolific sulphur hatches. My go to for all waters are . Rusty spinners 10,12,14 Pheasant tailes 14 ,16 Hairs ear 14,16 Adam's, 14 Caddis 14,16,18 Light Cahill wet 14 Dark cahill wet 14 Yellow Stimulator size 8 Black nosed dace streamer Muddler minnow Wooly buggers white,black,brown ,olive. Biggest thing about fishing wet or dry is what the fish want . If the fish are taking on top you will see them . If no rises fish wet . That comment is really over simplified but will serve you well 95 percent of the time .

Good movie ... but I preferred the book.

Looking good .. like to see what you think of the pro coat

Fly fishing is the spot and stalk of fishing ...

Fly fishing isn't a new hobby it's an extension of your fishing hobby. Kind of like refining deer hunting to bow hunting .... dont fight it it's a natural progression... just except it .. it's the light side of the force...

Its not that hard . I learned from a book and a vhs tape . My first rod build cost 25 bucks . I wrapped it on a cardboard box using a coffecup and book for tension. Used a drill for a dryer.

Probably depends on his OCD..... how many times he has to rewrap the guides to make them perfect...

Isn't that interesting.

Been paying $1.99 for a month down here in Horseheads.

I'm probably R7 ... I'm a constitutionalists... I believe the constitution defines the law not laws defining the constitution. Do things right ... Work hard earn what you bring home . Take care of yourself and your family. Help your neighbors... shouldnt mean bank roll their family so they can sit home on their ass.No free rides no corporate bail outs . To me it's about god.. guns.. and babies. Let the bashing begin.... lol