I will be tying all weekend at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo in Southfield, MI., March 11 and 12. I will be set up where the video equipment has always been. I will be tying 5-6 each day using my macro-video system. I have added a wonderful PA system so that all will be able to hear as well as see what I am doing. I will be showing all of the Rivergod bugs as well as concentrating on tips, special techniques and durability. Bring your questions. All of the Rivergod dry flies will be available at The Fly Factory booth. Hope to see you there.
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(AuSable1) writes: All of the Rivergod dry flies will be available at The Fly Factory booth. Hope to see you there.
Just out of curiosity, which flies at the *factory* are yours? or is this something new? Wayne Knight (remove nospam to respond via mail) Expert in the creation of wind knots and tailing loops.
I will be tying all weekend at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo in Southfield, MI., March 11 and 12. I will be set up where the video equipment has always been. I will be tying 5-6 each day using my macro-video system. I have added a wonderful PA system so that all will be able to hear as well as see what I am doing. I will be showing all of the Rivergod bugs as well as concentrating on tips, special techniques and durability. Bring your questions. All of the Rivergod dry flies will be available at The Fly Factory booth. Hope to see you there. Yippee Tie One On! Dennis Potter, Fly Crafter
I will be tying all weekend at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo in Southfield, MI., March 11 and 12. I will be set up where the video equipment has always been. I will be tying 5-6 each day using my macro-video system. I have added a wonderful PA system so that all will be able to hear as well as see what I am doing. I will be showing all of the Rivergod bugs as well as concentrating on tips, special techniques and durability. Bring your questions. All of the Rivergod dry flies will be available at The Fly Factory booth. Hope to see you there. Yippee Tie One On! Dennis Potter, Fly Crafter
_______ Sounds interesting enough to make me consider flying there and attending. Thanks for the information Dennis. Mr. G. — http://www.gink.com/chat
I’m looking for a fresh water fly fishing buddy. I live in Fairfax county.
OK weevee66. You wanna fish for trout and smallmouth or are shad, carp, largemouth, catfish and other trash fish your main quarry? When were you born and what is your real name? Many of us posted brief Bios awhile back. Care to do the same? Send me a private e-mail with a detailed listing of all your best secret fishing holes and we will talk. I’m just outside of Fredericksburg. Wayne To fish is human…to release divine. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m looking for a fresh water fly fishing buddy. I live in Fairfax county.
I saw a translation of the Redding CA fly shop’s fishing reports posted here several weeks ago. I am meeting a group that frequent the area this weekend and would like to share that with them. Does anyone know where I can get that post? Dingbat
I saw a translation of the Redding CA fly shop’s fishing reports posted here several weeks ago. I am meeting a group that frequent the area this weekend and would like to share that with them. Does anyone know where I can get that post? Dingbat
Hi Karl, This is the web address: http://206.155.34.5/report.taf Bill Kiene Kiene’s Fly Shop Sacramento,CA,USA 800/4000FLY www.kiene.com
Don’t be so insecure, Muskie; nobody’s looking down their nose at you. In terms of making the kinds of choices you describe, e.g. where to fish, what kind of fish to fish for and etc., the reason the vast majority of people fish the way they do is *not* ethics, its aesthetic preference
My family are planning to camping in Angle Fire, NM. I been fly-fishing in Red River but never been in Angle Fire. Anyone have comments or suggestion. please Email me. Thanks! Happy fly-fishing! — _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ AlphaPager (972) 597-0457 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ TI-MSGID: RKS2 _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9916
My family are planning to camping in Angle Fire, NM. I been fly-fishing in Red River but never been in Angle Fire. Anyone have comments or suggestion. please Email me. Thanks!
Rick When we’re in angel fire we generally fish the cimmaron, downstream from eagles nest lake (about a 30 minute drive) or coyote creek down the mountain toward Mora (new mexico 3 i think) at the coyote creek state park (30 minutes or so also). good luck james mahan Please include J Mahan in subject line of email replies.
I’ve built a kayak cart for my Caspia and question that $30 amount. The wheels alone for mine cost $12 each. Sure, I could have paid less but I wanted wheels at least 8" to make it easy to roll.
Mine has 10" wheels that were $7.96 apiece. I’ve posted a picture and description on my Web pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~iadams/ Follow the kayaking link. Ira Adams
I’ve built a kayak cart for my Caspia and question that $30 amount. The wheels alone for mine cost $12 each. Sure, I could have paid less but I wanted wheels at least 8" to make it easy to roll. Mine has 10" wheels that were $7.96 apiece. I’ve posted a picture and description on my Web pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~iadams/ Follow the kayaking link.
Whoops! The link in question was messed up on my site. It’s fixed now. Ira Adams
You might call Keel Haulers Outfitters 1-800-484-9832 They sell both Perception & Wilderness Systems Kayaks. Check out their WEB page — John Kobak <A <P<A HREF="http://www.awa.org/awa/affil_clubs/keelhaul/kh.htm"Keel Haulers Canoe Club</A <P<A HREF="http://pages.prodigy.net/keelhauler/"Outfitters Catalog</A
I went down that road too just recently. If you plan on using your Kayak solo at any time, consider that a tandem is difficult for one person to use. I was looking at the Pamlico and the Jocassee until this point was made and I relalized that my fishing would be affected. Also there is such a thing as too much togetherness. You know, back seat drivers, speed demons verses the coasters, sightseers verses the goal seekers. It cost a lot more but we now have his and hers kayaks. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am looking to buy a kayak that will be used on lakes and possibly rivers (calm). I want a tandem kayak and have looked at Perceptions Keowee 2 and Jocassee. The salesman also mentioned Wilderness Systems Pamlico and Pamlico Excel although he didn’t have any in stock at the time. I would appreciated any info folks in the group may be able to give me concerning these kayaks. Is there much maintenance on these rotomolded kayaks? It has been over 20 years since I went white water rating with a tour group and as I would like to get back into shape and the wife likes water (calm) I figured a tandem kayak would be perfect. Again thanks for any info you can give a beginner.
I went down that road too just recently. If you plan on using your Kayak solo at any time, consider that a tandem is difficult for one person to use. I was looking at the Pamlico and the Jocassee until this point was made and I relalized that my fishing would be affected.
Actually, the Jocassee paddles very nicely as a single (unless you’re silly enough to try paddling it alone without moving the front seat back to the singles position). The only disadvantage to using the Jocassee for flatwater fishing would be that it’s heavy and thus can be awkward to load/unload by oneself. It will require a dolly to move by yourself unless you’re a weightlifter. A dolly can be two wheels & an axle, from the local Wal-Mart – $30, tops. If I’m correct in thinking that the Pamlico is a Jocassee knock-off, then it would probably work just as well. The Keowee 2 would be good also, with the advantages of being lighter, shorter, and easier to handle, and the disadvantages of being slower to paddle and having not quite as much room for gear or friends. Ira Adams
I went down that road too just recently. If you plan on using your Kayak solo at any time, consider that a tandem is difficult for one person to use. I was looking at the Pamlico and the Jocassee until this point was made and I relalized that my fishing would be affected.
There is a Pamlico Sport. It’s a Pamlico equipped with a Motorguide 20 ft/lb. electric trolling motor which can be lowered and raised while sitting in the cockpit and steered with your feet. Actually, the Jocassee paddles very nicely as a single (unless you’re silly enough to try paddling it alone without moving the front seat back to the singles position). The only disadvantage to using the Jocassee for flatwater fishing would be that it’s heavy and thus can be awkward to load/unload by oneself. It will require a dolly to move by yourself unless you’re a weightlifter. A dolly can be two wheels & an axle, from the local Wal-Mart – $30, tops.
I’ve built a kayak cart for my Caspia and question that $30 amount. The wheels alone for mine cost $12 each. Sure, I could have paid less but I wanted wheels at least 8" to make it easy to roll. BTW, I’ve done a bit of flyfishing from my Caspia since I’ve owned it. I had a carp on a few weeks ago that was easily over 10 pounds and pulled me all over the river. After fighting it for almost a half an hour it finally broke me off. John Fereira Stop Unsolicited Commercial Email – Join CAUCE (http://www.cauce.org) Support HR 1748, the anti-spam bill.
I am looking to buy a kayak that will be used on lakes and possibly rivers (calm). I want a tandem kayak and have looked at Perceptions Keowee 2 and Jocassee. The salesman also mentioned Wilderness Systems Pamlico and Pamlico Excel although he didn’t have any in stock at the time. I would appreciated any info folks in the group may be able to give me concerning these kayaks. Is there much maintenance on these rotomolded kayaks? It has been over 20 years since I went white water rating with a tour group and as I would like to get back into shape and the wife likes water (calm) I figured a tandem kayak would be perfect. Again thanks for any info you can give a beginner.
" As far as Perceptions kayaks, they take a beating and keep on competing. They wear like steel and even with thousands of scratches, still handle like a dream. I have used their kayaks for over ten years in all kinds of conditions. Good Luck on your choice. DJMK – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am looking to buy a kayak that will be used on lakes and possibly rivers (calm). I want a tandem kayak and have looked at Perceptions Keowee 2 and Jocassee. The salesman also mentioned Wilderness Systems Pamlico and Pamlico Excel although he didn’t have any in stock at the time. I would appreciated any info folks in the group may be able to give me concerning these kayaks. Is there much maintenance on these rotomolded kayaks? It has been over 20 years since I went white water rating with a tour group and as I would like to get back into shape and the wife likes water (calm) I figured a tandem kayak would be perfect. Again thanks for any info you can give a beginner.
I am looking to buy a kayak that will be used on lakes and possibly rivers (calm). I want a tandem kayak and have looked at Perceptions Keowee 2 and Jocassee. The salesman also mentioned Wilderness Systems Pamlico and Pamlico Excel although he didn’t have any in stock at the time. I would appreciated any info folks in the group may be able to give me concerning these kayaks. Is there much maintenance on these rotomolded kayaks?
I’m far from expert, but after years of mooching off my friend’s canoe I finally sprang for my own boat(s). I just purchased a Pamlico and so far have had it out once on a lake for it’s shakedown cruise. I’m pleased with it so far, it was easily handled as a single and works as a double as long as you don’t plan on packing anything. The load is 325 lbs. My wife and I don’t leave a lot to spare. It’s very nice for an adult and child. However tandem paddling with two double bladed kayak paddles is an art that we’ve not yet mastered. It was suggested and I’m tending to agree that a forward kayak paddle for power and a rear canoe paddle for rudder is an easier way to go. From what I can tell, this load is about average for the doubles; although the Pamlico Excel is about 2 ft longer and should support more weight. If you want substantially bigger loads you might consider a plain canoe. I did say boat(s) plural. We also picked up a Wilderness Systems Rascal. This is a one man kayak (200 lb load). Its design is such that it is not easily rolled. My wife seemed to really enjoy it. I even put my 9-year old in it. I got them at "Appomatox River Company" in Farmville Va. They’re in the middle of nowhere but they were extremely nice and had the biggest selection and best prices I could find. Check them out at : http://www.moonstar.com/~arc/ PGP key available from "http://www.mnsinc.com/moore" Dave Moore
I’m a native of Florida and have been tying my own flies for some time now. I have an assortment of 3 that Snook/Redfish and Trout kill in the backcountry of Central and South Florida. If I get good response from this message I’ll post a photo in the and sell them my mail order. Let me know what you think. -Mark Ballard I have been flyfishing in Jenson Beach area of Florida without great results..I would be interested in information on your {hot flies and how to fish them. Thanks, TomI plan on a "business trip" to central Florida the first part of May and
plan to fish in the Titusville area. I would like to know more about your flies and other patterns that are successful in the area.
Mark: I am headed to S.W.Florida- would really like to have some trout and redfish flies and also the best type of places to fish them. Thanks-Alex
I would like to hear about those flies also. Jerry Virzi
For all these fish there are several types of flies that are very successful: 1) Clouser Minnows 2) Lefty’s Deceivers 3) Crazy Charlies and other shrimp/crab immitations. These all work well on the Texas flats, assume they will work in Flordia or elsewhere.
I’m a native of Florida and have been tying my own flies for some time now. I have an assortment of 3 that Snook/Redfish and Trout kill in the backcountry of Central and South Florida. If I get good response from this message I’ll post a photo in the and sell them my mail order. Let me know what you think. -Mark Ballard
I’m a native of Florida and have been tying my own flies for some time now. I have an assortment of 3 that Snook/Redfish and Trout kill in the backcountry of Central and South Florida. If I get good response from this message I’ll post a photo in the and sell them my mail order. Let me know what you think. -Mark Ballard
I have been flyfishing in Jenson Beach area of Florida without great results..I would be interested in information on your {hot flies and how to fish them. Thanks, Tom
A thirteen week break from the UK will do nicely thank you. Just send the return tickets for two. I’m undecided as to who to bring along, the queen mother is an excellent flyfisher but is not as sprightly as she used to be. An excellent talker though. I’ll ask Diana if she’s free. Dave Tait. writes I’m interested in producing a fly fishing T.V. Show and I need a female and male co-hosts. Can anyone recommend a couple to host a 13 week program that will be shot in a 13 days of fly fishing adventure that will cross the U.S and Canada?
– dave tait
I will be humble but I would still have to recommend me and Cindy Crawford to host the show. I can fish and she can look good in front of the camera. Afterwards, well…..
Look pal. If I cant get Lady Diana to come along I’ll be taking Cindy. Sorry to disapoint you! Dream on!! writes I will be humble but I would still have to recommend me and Cindy Crawford to host the show. I can fish and she can look good in front of the camera. Afterwards, well…..
– dave tait
Crow) writes: How much do I have to pay you for this gig?? 8^)
Cindy Crawford and I will do it!!! :)
I’m interested in producing a fly fishing T.V. Show and I need a female and male co-hosts. Can anyone recommend a couple to host a 13 week program that will be shot in a 13 days of fly fishing adventure that will cross the U.S and Canada?
Serious reply here: John Gierach and Joan Wulff. — Richard Nelson Spokane, Wa. "Its not that life is so short, its that death is sooo long."
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Brady O. bet me one hundred dollars that if he had ten shots at permit he would catch one; this heightened my somewhat casual interest in poling into the wind. We had another shot at some mudding permit, then another. Brady O. put the fly right on top of the fish in about 3 feet of water, let it drop, and I told him to strip when I saw a fish move on it and stop. He came tight and the fish took off. After about 15 minutes he landed his first permit, a 17-pounder, and told me he loved me. I was still trying to figure out how I lost that hundred dollars, and realized that my mistake was to assume he could not cast into a 20-knot wind. Now I know. Marshall Cutchin
Marshall, just wanted to say that I for one, am LOVING your posts. I am rarely able to get to the keys and I am living vicariously…… Jack Jack Wheeler "A bad day fishing is better than… come to think of it, I never had a bad day fishing!"
Brady O. and I cancelled yesterday after we woke up to a 20-knot north wind. If we hadn’t gotten so bashed about the day before we might have tried it. Today we left running east along the oceanside and started fishing at Sugarloaf Key on a weak outgoing tide and with a good 15-knot northeast wind. I wasn’t very hopeful because of the weak current but we did manage to spook one school of bonefish. We then tried another inside flat for bones but no luck. As the tide started to change and come in we ran about 25 miles to the west on the oceanside of the lakes and fished the low incoming. The wind and dark bottom kept us from seeing very well and we spooked some more fish: a small group of permit and a single. We checked three other edges inside the Lakes and then another oceanside flat and came up empty-handed. Finally, at about 3:30 I decided to try a couple of small oceanside flats just west of Key West. We had a good shot at a tailing permit who glanced at the fly and took off. The wind started to pick up and began to blow about 20 out of the southeast, but we had great visibility. Brady O. bet me one hundred dollars that if he had ten shots at permit he would catch one; this heightened my somewhat casual interest in poling into the wind. We had another shot at some mudding permit, then another. Brady O. put the fly right on top of the fish in about 3 feet of water, let it drop, and I told him to strip when I saw a fish move on it and stop. He came tight and the fish took off. After about 15 minutes he landed his first permit, a 17-pounder, and told me he loved me. I was still trying to figure out how I lost that hundred dollars, and realized that my mistake was to assume he could not cast into a 20-knot wind. Now I know. Marshall Cutchin
Does anyone know?
(if the fishing is good) D.P.
I have not been to Bright Angel campground in about 10 years, and when I was there, did not fish, but… There were tremendous numbers of large trout to be seen! Anyone with a rod down there did very well. One co-worker said it was kind of a pain, you caught a trout on every cast, no matter what you did! Ron
I have fished Bright Angel Creek, working my way up from the campground a mile or so. I caught a 14" brookie and a 17" rainbow in about a half hour. One was on a Gold-ribbed Hare’s Ear and the other was on a weighted "Ted Fay" Yellow jacket pattern. Look for places where the current sweeps under the rocks. Cast well upstream so the fly can sink and be swept down under. Few people flyfish – most use lures or Salmon egges. You will out fish them I guarantee. Big fish can be seen jumping in the main river but every time I’ve been there the clarity was so limited I stayed in the clear creek. Good luck! May the wild fish live to spawn, and may the brood of their progeny break the tippets of our grandchildren!
Hey, go and take your gear. Different times of the year will bring different conditions. During Aug and Sept when the canyon gets it’s heaviest rain fall, it might not be too great but any other time you might get a wonderful surprise! We fished from the put in at Lee’s Ferry for about five days downstream before the river got too murky, from storms, to do any good. The main river will produce two to ten pound trout which I have seen! We ate a few. Very few of the rafters fish, or even carry the gear to fish. This is due to limited space, especially for something as long and fragile as a flyrod. Or fear of loss due to flipping. I have not hear that bio-degradeable soaps had any effect on the fishery of anystream any kind of usage such as the Colorado. The fish are voracious and will hit just about anything you put good luck! and great hike!! -t =8^)
Hey, go and take your gear. Different times of the year will bring different conditions. During Aug and Sept when the canyon gets it’s heaviest rain fall, it might not be too great but any other time you might get a wonderful surprise!
Thanks, for the tip, hopefully I’ll have some fish stories to tell when I return. D.P.
You might as well enjoy the trip, because the AZ dept of Game and Fish is being pressured to remove all bag limits on trout in the Canyon, possibly starting next year. There and elsewhere in the state, trout (except Apache and Gila) are being treated by the federal courts as the enemy of native species, even though most of the ecosystems in which trout have taken home — the Canyon is an obvious example — have been permanently transformed from what they were when squawfish and humpbacks ruled the waves. For the next few years, the trout fishery at Lees Ferry will be unaffected by the squawfish regulations, and AzGF thinks it might even improve if the releases through Glen Canyon Dam are a couple degress warmer. On the other hand, the Bureau of Reclamation is talking about blasting a 50,000 (yeah, 5 K) cfs release through Glen Canyon Dam in March or April 1995, just to see what it will do for beaches, etc in the Grand Canyon. Whatever it does to those beaches, it will blast the hell out of the barely restored fishery at the Ferry. -bruce pencek
: Hey, go and take your gear. Different times of the year will : bring different conditions. During Aug and Sept when the canyon : gets it’s heaviest rain fall, it might not be too great but : any other time you might get a wonderful surprise! : Thanks, for the tip, hopefully I’ll have some fish stories to tell when I : return. — Political Science, Box 455029 ~ as eternal salvation — come by grace and University of Nevada, Las Vegas ~ grace comes by art and art does not come Las Vegas, NV 89154-5029 ~ easy." — Norman Maclean
Pencek) writes: On the other hand, the Bureau of Reclamation is talking about blasting a 50,000 (yeah, 5 K) cfs release through Glen Canyon Dam in March or April 1995, just to see what it will do for beaches, etc in the Grand Canyon. Whatever it does to those beaches, it will blast the hell out of the barely restored fishery at the Ferry.
Ah, the glory of government, it certainly is dumbfounding how these thought processes come about, and we pay for them. D.P.
Does anyone know? I’m planning a hiking/camping tripfor a two night stay at the bottom of the Grand Canyon in October and was wondering if it would be worth while to carry the weight of the fly fishing gear. I would be at Bright Angel Creek and the Colorado River. Is the fishing there any good, or have all the fish been killed or spooked by all the rafters. I’ve also heard that the high concentration of bio-degradable soap from all the campers has done a number on the fish, is this true? If the fishing is worthwhile what sort of line/leader/flies should I bring? And advice would be appreciated. Thank You D.P.