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"Walt Winter" wrote… Are you planning on stopping by Penns?

Probably; I figure my casting "technique" will give the guys something to laugh at. Timothy Juvenal For years my fly-casting technique was compared … to an old lady fighting off a bee with a broom handle.     -Patrick F. McManus

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ok, ya got me stumped. which book has all the cool flyfishing quotes in it? –walt…. whose own casting style will have them guffawing uncontrollably…. "Walt Winter" wrote… Are you planning on stopping by Penns? Probably; I figure my casting "technique" will give the guys something to laugh at. Timothy Juvenal For years my fly-casting technique was compared … to an old lady fighting off a bee with a broom handle.     -Patrick F. McManus

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"Walt Winter" wrote… ok, ya got me stumped. which book has all the cool flyfishing quotes

in it? Gotta bunch of ‘em from various female acquaintances.  "Quotable Fisherman" by Nick Lyons, "Gone Fishin’" by Marc Anello, "Gone Fishing!" by Anna Nicholas, etc.  Not sure why I’m always getting these.  But then, I’m not sure of anything regarding females. Timothy Juvenal I know the joy of fishes In the river Through my own joy As I go walking Along the river     -Chuang Tzu

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thankee tim…. -ww – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "Walt Winter" wrote… ok, ya got me stumped. which book has all the cool flyfishing quotes in it? Gotta bunch of ‘em from various female acquaintances.  "Quotable Fisherman" by Nick Lyons, "Gone Fishin’" by Marc Anello, "Gone Fishing!" by Anna Nicholas, etc.  Not sure why I’m always getting these.  But then, I’m not sure of anything regarding females. Timothy Juvenal I know the joy of fishes In the river Through my own joy As I go walking Along the river     -Chuang Tzu

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"Walt Winter" wrote… Are you planning on stopping by Penns? Probably; I figure my casting "technique" will give the guys something to laugh at. Timothy Juvenal For years my fly-casting technique was compared … to an old lady fighting off a bee with a broom handle.     -Patrick F. McManus

Some act and talk as though casting were the entire art of Fly-fishing, and grade an angler solely by the distance he can cover with his flies. This is a great mistake and pernicious in it’s influence. Casting is but a method of placing a fly before the trout without alarming it, and within its reach. It is merely placing food before a guest. The selection of such food as will suit, and so serving it as to please a fastidious and fickle taste, still remain indispensably necessary to induce its acceptance.    - Henry P. Wells, "Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle", 1885 — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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…    - Henry P. Wells, "Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle", 1885

While there’s much truth in the quote posted, how fitting that it was posted by an inept, ham-handed, yuppie-come-lately Sandra Bernhardt look-alike who ain’t ever learned to cast a lick. — Ken Fortenberry- no leeches, but thanks anyway

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Some act and talk as though casting were the entire art of Fly-fishing, and grade an angler solely by the distance he can cover with his flies. This is a great mistake and pernicious in it’s influence. Casting is but a method of placing a fly before the trout without alarming it, and within its reach. It is merely placing food before a guest. The selection of such food as will suit, and so serving it as to please a fastidious and fickle taste, still remain indispensably necessary to induce its acceptance.   – Henry P. Wells, "Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle", 1885 visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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"rw" wrote… Some act and talk as though casting were the entire art of Fly-fishing, and grade an angler solely by the distance he can cover with his flies. This is a great mistake and pernicious in it’s influence.    - Henry P. Wells, "Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle", 1885

I think I’m going to need to memorize this quote. 8^) My buddy is really a fine fly-caster: I’ll show him some old rod, and he’ll take it out to parking lot, strip line off the reel and coil it into his hand, and with two strokes of the rod have 50 or 60 feet out, just as pretty as you please.  For the life of me I can’t figure out how he does it.  I’d have to have Joan Wulff blindfold me and call me "Grasshopper" before I’d even get close. Timothy Juvenal And when white moths were on the wing, And moth-like stars were flickering out, I dropped the berry in a stream And caught a little silver trout.     -William Butler Yeats

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"rw" quotes some guy from long ago: "Casting is but a method of placing a fly before the trout without alarming it, and within its reach. It is merely placing food before a guest."

Casting is a lot more to me than simply placing food before a fish. The beauty of a tight, smooth, effortless cast is a pleasure unto itself. It’s no secret that I aspire to be a better caster–but little of that aspiration is based on a desire to catch more fish. –Steve

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…    - Henry P. Wells, "Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle", 1885 While there’s much truth in the quote posted, how fitting that it was posted by an inept, ham-handed, yuppie-come-lately Sandra Bernhardt look-alike who ain’t ever learned to cast a lick.

You’ve seen me catch two fish, Ken. In two different states. You even got a photo of one, but I never saw it. I suspect you forgot to take the lens cap off. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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While there’s much truth in the quote posted, how fitting that it was posted by an inept, ham-handed, yuppie-come-lately Sandra Bernhardt look-alike who ain’t ever learned to cast a lick. Ken Fortenberry- no leeches, but thanks anyway

Naw, he looks more like Merril Streep when he’s in drag! Wayne (wondering if the NC cabin at the Clave has room for a chiffon gown with off-the-shoulder sleeves) to fish is human….to release Divine!  —–  Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web  —–   http://newsone.net/ — Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups    NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam.  If this or other posts

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Wayne (wondering if the NC cabin at the Clave has room for a chiffon gown with off-the-shoulder sleeves)

I propose that we temporarily suspend the usenet injunction against posting binaries……I GOTTA see this! Wolfgang um…….what would that be, about a 26 slim?      

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but little of that aspiration is based on a desire to catch more fish.

I thought that was a bonus to the adventure. Drew

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Wayne (wondering if the NC cabin at the Clave has room for a chiffon gown with off-the-shoulder sleeves)

……tell Tom that I will stop by for the banner,well, sometime….                    suffering scary visual,                        your Clavemeister

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Walt, I’ve seen you cast – it’s not funny….(snicker) john

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ok, ya got me stumped. which book has all the cool flyfishing quotes in it? –walt…. whose own casting style will have them guffawing uncontrollably…. "Walt Winter" wrote… Are you planning on stopping by Penns? Probably; I figure my casting "technique" will give the guys something to laugh at. Timothy Juvenal For years my fly-casting technique was compared … to an old lady fighting off a bee with a broom handle.     -Patrick F. McManus — Ezflyfish.com: http://www.ezflyfish.com Blue Ridge Book Gallery: http://www.amazon.com/shops/blueridgebooks

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Walt, I’ve seen you cast – it’s not funny….(snicker)

I’ve seen him catch fish.  That wasn’t funny either.     Wolfgang funny how some people have the uncanny ability to steer a guy to every dead hole in a river

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Walt, I’ve seen you cast – it’s not funny….(snicker) I’ve seen him catch fish.  That wasn’t funny either.     Wolfgang funny how some people have the uncanny ability to steer a guy to every dead hole in a river

or the ones full of suckers <BSEG BTW, I have some of the photos back – want a few scans? Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://members.home.net/pcharles/streamers/index.html

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Walt, I’ve seen you cast – it’s not funny….(snicker) I’ve seen him catch fish.  That wasn’t funny either.     Wolfgang funny how some people have the uncanny ability to steer a guy to every dead hole in a river or the ones full of suckers <BSEG

Ah yes.  Well, there’s the suckers hiding under the banks, and there’s them what stands on ‘em.    :) BTW, I have some of the photos back – want a few scans?

Hell yes, send all of them! Wolfgang

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Some act and talk as though casting were the entire art of Fly-fishing, and grade an angler solely by the distance he can cover with his flies. This is a great mistake and pernicious in it’s influence.

That’s right.  How many different types of casts you know is important too.

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And when white moths were on the wing, And moth-like stars were flickering out, I dropped the berry in a stream And caught a little silver trout.

Yeah, right, you dropped a Power Bait, more like it….

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wanna see a picture of Wolf naked? john

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Walt, I’ve seen you cast – it’s not funny….(snicker) I’ve seen him catch fish.  That wasn’t funny either.     Wolfgang funny how some people have the uncanny ability to steer a guy to every dead hole in a river or the ones full of suckers <BSEG BTW, I have some of the photos back – want a few scans? Peter Visit The Streamer Page at

http://members.home.net/pcharles/streamers/index.html

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wanna see a picture of Wolf naked? john

John, its strange you would offer a photo like that here, stranger still, you have a photo like that! To head off the questions which are sure to follow your post, is it electronically ENHANCED??!! Wayne to fish is human….to release Divine!  —–  Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web  —–   http://newsone.net/ — Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups    NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam.  If this or other posts

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"Jeff Connelly" wrote … Yeah, right, you dropped a Power Bait, more like it….

Oh, it’s O.K.; I stuck a feather in it first.  8^) Timothy Juvenal Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.     -Henry David Thoreau

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Tim, Are you planning on stopping by Penns? –Walt – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Light Cahills were hatching on the Neshaminy Creek in Southeastern PA on Monday evening.  It was a decent hatch, and fish were rising actively to it.  The water temperature was 65 degrees, air temp was 55 on the ride home.  The air and water temps have been all over the place this year; it was hot, with air temps in the 90’s and water temps around 75 degrees last week.  So the timing of hatches may be a little off this year. Caught numerous rock bass, including some of the bigger ones I’ve seen lately, and a couple of redbreast sunfish using a sulphur with a 5x tippet and #6 line on an old 9′ bamboo rod.  Saw a monster leap completely out of the water, between the branches of a blow-down over an undercut bank.  Fished that fly over under and around that blowdown until the owls said it was time to go; never saw another sign of that fish.  Not positive what it was, but it’s belly was more of a goldish color, not silver like a smallmouth, so I’m thinking a stocked brown. There were still some tan caddis about, and also saw a small dark brown mayfly, but wasn’t able to identify it. At any rate, folks heading to Penn’s creek next week might want to bring some light colored sulphur & cahill imitations in #12 and #14. Timothy Juvenal Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine.     -John Bunyan

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Light Cahills were hatching on the Neshaminy Creek in Southeastern PA on Monday evening.  It was a decent hatch, and fish were rising actively to it.  The water temperature was 65 degrees, air temp was 55 on the ride home.  The air and water temps have been all over the place this year; it was hot, with air temps in the 90’s and water temps around 75 degrees last week.  So the timing of hatches may be a little off this year. Caught numerous rock bass, including some of the bigger ones I’ve seen lately, and a couple of redbreast sunfish using a sulphur with a 5x tippet and #6 line on an old 9′ bamboo rod.  Saw a monster leap completely out of the water, between the branches of a blow-down over an undercut bank.  Fished that fly over under and around that blowdown until the owls said it was time to go; never saw another sign of that fish.  Not positive what it was, but it’s belly was more of a goldish color, not silver like a smallmouth, so I’m thinking a stocked brown. There were still some tan caddis about, and also saw a small dark brown mayfly, but wasn’t able to identify it. At any rate, folks heading to Penn’s creek next week might want to bring some light colored sulphur & cahill imitations in #12 and #14. Timothy Juvenal Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine.     -John Bunyan

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A fellow (Bill) from the local FF club writes an outdoor column for one of the newspapers around here.  He tells me that his friend (Gary) is a surf FF guide and invites me along for a trip to the beach last Saturday. A trip which is going to turn into a photo op and inspiation for an article.   I go to Gary’s web site (www.garybulla.com) and there is a recipe for a fly he suggests I tie up for our few hours in the surf.  It’s called a gremmie and it’s basically a saltwater version of a marabou crappie jig.   It looks incredibly simple but I’m not gonna argue – I tie up a couple of them along with a pair of Blanton Whistlers (www.danblanton.com) as Gary suggested and we meet up at the beach. *What are we expecting to catch?*   *Oh, Halibut.* *Halibut, this time of the year?*   *People don’t seem to realize that they can.* OK.  Ever since I moved to California I’ve been trying to get as much info as possible about the local fishing scene, epecially saltwater since I’d been landlocked for so many years.  I bought books, fishing rags, talked to guys at tackle shops, bait stores, boat landings.  Halibut are supposedly a summer fish.  They can be especially close to the beach during a grunion run.  Typically they can be found in the calmer water beyond the waves so being able to heave a 6 oz sinker with a pendulum cast on a surf stick out to the third gut would be helpful. Halibut are bottom feeders so even if you were to try to fly fish for them from a kayak out in deeper water or inside protected water like a bay, you’ll need a super fast sinking line which you will basically be dragging or jigging along the bottom.  Halibut are light biters so when fishing with bait let them eat the anchovy, give plenty of time, wait and then wait some more, use a circle hook blah blah blah. Well, last Saturday proved to be the exception to everything in the previous paragraph.  Not only did I see two halibut being caught on the beach with fast swimming flies, including one which was very easily over the legal minimum of 22 inches, I hooked and lost one at my feet.  On top of that, I saw a halibut jump about 3 feet out of the water for some mysterious reason.  It was a few yards in front of Bill so at first I though maybe he had hooked it.  But no, it was a free swimming fish.   Even more outrageous (at least to me) is that Gary caught a white sea bass.  These fish are supposed to be very rare in the inshore waters and it always makes the printed news when someone catches one off the beach.   Plus, it’s February!  On the far end of the beach were some bait fishermen who had set up long surfcasting rods. *Do those guys ever catch fish?*   *Sometimes.  But never as many as we do.* You ever stumble upon something that most everyone else seems to be unaware of?  I feel like a high school kid who knows that the geeky girl that all my friends think is a dork, is going to end up being a bombshell come reunion time. It’s been raining the past couple of days.  But i can’t wait to get back out there and start discovering more cracks in the conventional wisdom. For another surprise check out this picture of an LA bonefish: www.garybulla.com/images/surfpix/pages/surf10.htm Mu salty nuts be damned

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For another surprise check out this picture of an LA bonefish: www.garybulla.com/images/surfpix/pages/surf10.htm

That photo’s hilarious. I’ll bet that little sucker fought like a 3-lb trout. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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Just read an article in my local paper about the NY DEC stocker trucks dumping their annual loads of browns and bows into the local rivers. 8" one year olds and up to 16" two year olds. i welcome a discussion on this program. i’ve heard a lot of pros and cons on this issue. one point is that is provides a lot of fun (if you like to catch dumb stockers), and that fishing pressure neccesitates the stocking program. the counterpoint (which i agree with), is that the inferior stocker fish dilute the gene pool and compete with wild fish for food. the solution seems to be more no kill zones on rivers so the population is not deleted in a single season. i’ve seen this work on rivers in the west where i used to live, and the result was a healthy population of wild fish that were a little harder to catch, but worth the result. in the state of washington where i used to live, the state’s policy is put and take, and they spend millions of dollars and employ thousands of state workers to dump gujillions of fish into the state’s waters. in more enlightened states (MT for example), its been shown that reasonable management of wild fish can result in a plentiful and healthy population. personally i’m not crazy about catching trout with raw noses from living in such tight quarters in the breeding tanks. the wild fish are much healthier and prettier. comments and complaints please. stephen in ny

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As a fellow New Yorker, I pretty much concur with Stephen.  With the vast financial resources of NY State, I think the fishery can do a much better job. While I’m strongly in favor of better stream/river management–a la "no kill/artificial only" to help build healthier and more ‘wild’ trout bases, I also believe that keeping some ‘Put and Take’ spots is critical.  NY should continue to heavily stock parts of streams/rivers near significant population bases where young kids can still have an opportunity to catch fish with worms and bring ‘em home for dinner.   This is what gets kids interested in the outdoors.  Sooner or later they appreciate the ’sport’ of fly fishing, just like the rest of us did, and don’t have a need to keep everything.   For example, I live in the Albany area.  There’s a ton of chatter about state of the Battenkill.  I think the DEC should stock the stream with healthy browns, and then restrict the ENTIRE river in NY to catch and release/artificial only.  Over the next few years, assuming people don’t keep anything, this river ought to bounce back.  Most of the Battenkill winds through very rural areas, so there isn’t a huge population base thats really affected by the change in policy. At the same time, the DED should continue stocking the Kaydeross and Geyser Creeks, understanding that ninety percent of those fish are going to be fried for dinner. The Battenkill becomes the classic trout tream it once was, and the Kaydeross is the stream we all grew up with… My two cents, but NY, has large opportunities for improvement. Pete

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Hi, Anyone out there ever done a walking/hiking trip on the south island. I’m looking to go for 10-14 days of hiking and fishing. Any advice, resources, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks, Rodrigo

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Rodrigo, Don’t know a thing about fishing New Zealand.  However, it’s something I will do someday.  How about letting us know how it was when you get back? Thanks, Eric

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, Anyone out there ever done a walking/hiking trip on the south island. I’m looking to go for 10-14 days of hiking and fishing. Any advice, resources, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks, Rodrigo

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Anyone out there ever done a walking/hiking trip on the south island. I’m looking to go for 10-14 days of hiking and fishing. Any advice, resources, etc. would be appreciated.

Rodrigo: you want to do one of the State Forest / National Parks, though at any time of the year anyone of them will have weather that is predictable only to the extent that it will be highly changeable. To give you the best chance of settled weather (ie fishable water) I’d suggest the North West (Nelson Province) – a trek along the Karamea and Wangapeka systems would fit your timescale well and, water permitting, provide wonderful fishing opportunities for browns that average over 4lb. Maps etc can be had from the Department of Conservation’s (but no doubt they’ve recently changed their name to something unpronounceable to me) Motueka Field Centre, 406 High Street, PO Box 97, Motueka. Let me know if you’d like more info about this, accommodation possibilities etc. Roger www.wildtrout.org (in dire need of an update)

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The Missouri River Trout Shop in Craig rents Kingfisher kickboats.

Thanks, Bruce.  By the way, any further news about the legislation to overturn the referendum? Mark Faulkner

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Mark, The Missouri River Trout Shop in Craig rents Kingfisher kickboats. They also rent driftboats and provide guide service, lodging, and food. Plus a full service flyshop. They have a new website but can’t remember the URL try troutshop.com bruce

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Flyfishing  Montana’s  Missouri River  around Craig the last two weeks in August and wish to rent kickboats for a couple of days with shuttle service each day.  Can someone  put me in touch with a reputable service? I’d be interested in seeing if anyone responds.  Tried to find rental kickboats around Missoula a couple years back, but couldn’t. I checked every shop and the regular rental businesses.   Might be a liability thing, I don’t know (damn lawyers).  Anyhow, I bought one instead, then had it shipped home. A shuttle should be easier to find – check with a local flyshop and they should know who is doing it.  I’ve made arrangements around Missoula and Dillon, but not over on the Missouri. Mark Faulkner

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Flyfishing  Montana’s  Missouri River  around Craig the last two weeks in August and wish to rent kickboats for a couple of days with shuttle service each day.  Can someone  put me in touch with a reputable service? Thanks,  G

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Flyfishing  Montana’s  Missouri River  around Craig the last two weeks in August and wish to rent kickboats for a couple of days with shuttle service each day.  Can someone  put me in touch with a reputable service?

I’d be interested in seeing if anyone responds.  Tried to find rental kickboats around Missoula a couple years back, but couldn’t. I checked every shop and the regular rental businesses.   Might be a liability thing, I don’t know (damn lawyers).  Anyhow, I bought one instead, then had it shipped home.  A shuttle should be easier to find – check with a local flyshop and they should know who is doing it.  I’ve made arrangements around Missoula and Dillon, but not over on the Missouri. Mark Faulkner

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        I got tired of catching the regular fish we had around here so I asked a friend what we could do about getting in some different species. He said that he had been to Arkansas and up there they planted trout. I called the Fish and Game people and they were more than happy to send me some baby rainbows. Now, here’s the problem….         I keep planting them and they keep dying. I asked my buddy about it and he thinks we’re planting them too deep. My thought is…maybe our soil ain’t right. ps. Would fish meal be a good fertilizer? Why aren’t you fishing? Da’ Capt

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YOU GOT IT RIGHT!  They are definitely planted too deep.  Also, maybe browns would work better? Ed BTW – forget it!

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All hatchery trout should be planted, preferably in dirt. — Ernie Harrison Remove NOSPAM to send E-Mail Selling my Fly Fishing Books Go to: http://users.ccnet.com/~emh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – YOU GOT IT RIGHT!  They are definitely planted too deep.  Also, maybe browns would work better? Ed BTW – forget it!

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Are you planting the heads UP or DOWN ???? Bill – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –         I got tired of catching the regular fish we had around here so I asked a friend what we could do about getting in some different species. He said that he had been to Arkansas and up there they planted trout. I called the Fish and Game people and they were more than happy to send me some baby rainbows. Now, here’s the problem….         I keep planting them and they keep dying. I asked my buddy about it and he thinks we’re planting them too deep. My thought is…maybe our soil ain’t right. ps. Would fish meal be a good fertilizer? Why aren’t you fishing? Da’ Capt

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Man it is great right now!  Fish everywhere.  10 in each hole anyways.  I am a beginner but have not been skunked yet.  Need help though with what to use, any suggestions?

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Man it is great right now!  Fish everywhere.  10 in each hole anyways.  I am a beginner but have not been skunked yet.  Need help though with what to use, any suggestions?

Dear Seven; Try a light wire tied, size 8 Green Butted Skunk tied sparsely.  Also, if you know the pattern, try ‘the Green Ant’.  Both should skate across the current but I need to know where this river is to make sure I’m not telling you wrong.  However; these two patterns are standard ones in my Steelhead Box. Best of luck, George Gehrke/Mr. Gink

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WHERE IS ELK CREEK?

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Now Mr. Gehrke (Gink), this is what this newsgroup is all about.  Keep up the good work and let the other nonsense die. Tight lines and sharp hooks

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Jennifer, The meat fishermen (sic,fisherpersons) have distroyed Elk Creek so you might as well tell everyone where it is. That way if every fisherman in the world is there snaging fish we can go to other streams that are not as popular. Great idea….huh. Tight lines, David

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It’s 12 miles west of Corvallis, OR! Burton – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – WHERE IS ELK CREEK? It’s in Nebraska…no,no, it’s a mile or so from the Bighole….wait, that’s the wrong Elk Creek. Ummmmm, lemme see, I think it’s near Stone Mountain Ga. Yup, thats it, Stone Mountain. Oh, THAT ELK CREEK!!!! It’s in Upstate NY. Pullin’ ‘em tight and lettin’ ‘em go somewhere on Elk Creek, Tom. It’s also about 14 miles West of Erie, PA. Jason Beary

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WHERE IS ELK CREEK? It’s in Nebraska…no,no, it’s a mile or so from the Bighole….wait, that’s the wrong Elk Creek. Ummmmm, lemme see, I think it’s near Stone Mountain Ga. Yup, thats it, Stone Mountain. Oh, THAT ELK CREEK!!!! It’s in Upstate NY. Pullin’ ‘em tight and lettin’ ‘em go somewhere on Elk Creek, Tom.

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WHERE IS ELK CREEK?Guard PA Not far from Erie PA on rout 18.

Water gin clear, use nymphs (small). The steelies will spoke to other flies. Roger

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I’m Fly-Fishing the Alphabet, and have come up short on rivers beginning with O (probably a temporary oversight), Q, R, and Z. This is admittedly a daffy undertaking, but it’s better than the aimless wanderings of Fly Fishing America.   I  find that I’ve already fished most of the alphabet (Arkansas, Bighorn, Colorado, Dolores, Encampment, Fryingpan, Grande Ronde, Henry’s Fork, you get the picture). An "i" river was a problem, until I remembered the tiny Illinois River in northern Colorado. Any ideas for Q, X and Z? The Quinalt and Quillaute would do. Nice Sea run cutts in there right now.  Steelhead later.

Question!  Is it your goal to fish a stream for each letter of the alphabet or to catch fish from a stream for each letter of the alphabet? I once knew a fisherman who set out to fish every stream and lake in Montana.  Dont’t know if he made it or not but it would be fun trying. So much water, so little time. Jim

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: I once knew a fisherman who set out to fish every stream and lake : in Montana.  Dont’t know if he made it or not but it would be fun : trying. This little suggestion made my heart go floppa-floppa.  Not Montana, but this would be a *great* way to justify the hard trips to the interior of Idaho.   Wow.  Greeeeat suggestion! I have fished many of the "great" rivers of the west.  I don’t think I would miss much at all if I narrowed my focus to the rivers and streams of Idaho.   It would also make me feel better when I’m standing in a stream in the middle of a pasture with my line in the water and a speeding pickup goes cruising by at high speed with five guys screaming out the window and bed "You fool…there’s no fish left in there…"  I’ll have an excuse when they see me in the local tavern later that night. Perfect, a fishing version of Sissy Hankshaw.  I can see it now, casting a puddle because it is a body of water and it is there.  Perhaps my thumb will sprout a flyrod. Cool. — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Associate professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    | ad hominem University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    | ad hominem Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. | ad hominem

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the Quinipoxet river flows into the Wachusetts resevoir about 40 miles west of Boston.  it contains stocked brown and some native brook trout. Gerry

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the Quinipoxet river flows into the Wachusetts resevoir about 40 miles west of Boston.  it contains stocked brown and some native brook trout. Gerry

X & Z may require you to travel abroad. Not so bad an idea. George Gehrke/Mr. Gink

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: X & Z may require you to travel abroad. Not so bad an idea. Send me the money from one out of every 100 little bottles you sell and I’ll travel!<g  (That’s all I ask, one out overy hundred.) — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Associate professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    | ad hominem University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    | ad hominem Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. | ad hominem

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Quinn River, Nevada.      There are good browns in most of the river, and the fishing is improving. The Quinn River Allotment Management Plan is up for consideration until October 23, copies of which can be had from the Humboldt National Forest, 2035 Last Chance Rd., Elko, NV 89801. Alternative 4 will provide the best future fishing and is the preferred alternative. The river runs along the NV-OR border north of Winnemucca. Jim, Nevada Jim’s Outdoor Sports, Elko, NV Jim, Nevada Jim’s Outdoor Sports, Elko, NV

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I’m Fly-Fishing the Alphabet, and have come up short on rivers beginning with O (probably a temporary oversight), Q, R, and Z.

Try the Quitapahilla outside of Lancaster, PA.  This is still on my "to fish" list so I don’t know how well it fishes.  Directions are available in Dwight Landis’ Trout Streams of PA or Charlie Meck’s Pa Trout Streams and Their Hatches

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: I’m Fly-Fishing the Alphabet, and have come up short on rivers beginning : with O (probably a temporary oversight), Q, R, and Z. : This is admittedly a daffy undertaking, but it’s better than the aimless : wanderings of Fly Fishing America.   I  find that I’ve already fished most : of the alphabet (Arkansas, Bighorn, Colorado, Dolores, Encampment, : Fryingpan, Grande Ronde, Henry’s Fork, you get the picture). : An "i" river was a problem, until I remembered the tiny Illinois River in : northern Colorado. : Any ideas for Q, X and Z? These can all be handled in the PNW, but I’m not telling where.  You will enjoy searching the map, or just use the web and do a search with one of the map services or the Geological Survey. — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Associate professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    | ad hominem University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    | ad hominem Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. | ad hominem

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I’m Fly-Fishing the Alphabet, and have come up short on rivers beginning with O (probably a temporary oversight), Q, R, and Z. This is admittedly a daffy undertaking, but it’s better than the aimless wanderings of Fly Fishing America.   I  find that I’ve already fished most of the alphabet (Arkansas, Bighorn, Colorado, Dolores, Encampment, Fryingpan, Grande Ronde, Henry’s Fork, you get the picture). An "i" river was a problem, until I remembered the tiny Illinois River in northern Colorado. Any ideas for Q, X and Z?

The Quinalt and Quillaute would do. Nice Sea run cutts in there right now.  Steelhead later.

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I’m Fly-Fishing the Alphabet, and have come up short on rivers beginning with O (probably a temporary oversight), Q, R, and Z. This is admittedly a daffy undertaking, but it’s better than the aimless wanderings of Fly Fishing America.   I  find that I’ve already fished most of the alphabet (Arkansas, Bighorn, Colorado, Dolores, Encampment, Fryingpan, Grande Ronde, Henry’s Fork, you get the picture). An "i" river was a problem, until I remembered the tiny Illinois River in northern Colorado. Any ideas for Q, X and Z?

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -All I Need T Know About Life I learned From Fishing * There is no such thing as too much equipment. *  When in doubt, exaggerate. * If it feels good, it’s fishing. * Everyone has a story about the one that got away. * It’s good to be at the top of the food chain. * Even the best lines get weak after they’ve been used a few times. *  Sometimes you’ve really got to squirm to get off the hook. * Cast everything in the best light possible. * Keep one eye on your bobber at all times. * Get reel! * Life is a stream of conciousness thing. * Take time to smell the fishes. * I fish, therefore I am. * The way to a fisherman’s heart is through his fly. * A fishing line has a hook at one end and an optimist at the other. * Fish always start to grow after they get away. * Life is a can of worms. * The fishing is always better on the other side of the lake. Good things come to those who wade. * When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing. My mom picked this list up for me at Fred Meyers for $6. It has a matte, and I’m working on getting it framed to hang in the bedroom. Just thought you’d all enjoy it, I know I did.

how about…happiness is a wet pole that smells like fish? sorry, couldn’t help it.<g stev – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Arklier Firsty is the best!

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All I Need T Know About Life I learned From Fishing * There is no such thing as too much equipment. *  When in doubt, exaggerate. * If it feels good, it’s fishing. * Everyone has a story about the one that got away. * It’s good to be at the top of the food chain. * Even the best lines get weak after they’ve been used a few times. *  Sometimes you’ve really got to squirm to get off the hook. * Cast everything in the best light possible. * Keep one eye on your bobber at all times. * Get reel! * Life is a stream of conciousness thing. * Take time to smell the fishes. * I fish, therefore I am. * The way to a fisherman’s heart is through his fly. * A fishing line has a hook at one end and an optimist at the other. * Fish always start to grow after they get away. * Life is a can of worms. * The fishing is always better on the other side of the lake. Good things come to those who wade. * When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing. My mom picked this list up for me at Fred Meyers for $6. It has a matte, and I’m working on getting it framed to hang in the bedroom. Just thought you’d all enjoy it, I know I did. Arklier Firsty is the best!

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Can anyone out there tell me the dates etc. of the Southfield Michigan Fly Fishing Show,  Help, Help. David E. Kerridge

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Dave, The show will be held on sta&sun March 16&17 in Southfield, Mi.   See you there! tight lines DWH

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Dave, Second post, my computer died while sending the first post. Here it is again: The Southfied show will be March 16 & 17 thght lines Dave

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