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<nice report snipped Here, here. Very glad you established that one could in fact fly fish for SH…I was kinda worried there for a minute or two, not yet having the experience myself my interest is again restored. Thanks for the report and good luck on your next outing. K

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Seriously, congratulations Paul. Now if only certain people will stop trying to make me feel guilty about sightfishing for steelhead in my own backyard, while spinfishing Texans wearing full camo snag their limits up by the hatchery before lunchtime.

ahhh, the texan defense <G chris

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You mean you didn’t like chuck ‘n duck? Don’t understand why not? Nice to catch big fish on traditional flies – probably the most elegant fly that’s ever been used on that river. Next time, I won’t be so quick with the vacation cancellation. Peter Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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The first drift with a Green Highlander hair wing produced a viscous strike and a short battle ending in a lost fly. Tied on another Highlander and two drifts later a 34" steelhead that had to be over 20 lbs took the fly. This one I landed. My first steelie and not a bad fish either.

Way ta go Paul.   Never tried the green highlander, but now I’ll have to tie a few.  :-) Joe F.

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 Have you ever had success in Sandy Creek ?  I’ve  looked at it several times but in each case I ended  up opting for somewhere else.

Kinda curious about that myself.   I’ve been there a couple times, without success; but that could easily be because I only went because the Salmon was too high and conditions are less than optimal at Sandy as well.   I’ve heard "stories" that Sandy was good, but I don’t go often enough to have a fair opinion. Joe F.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –  That was a heck of a nice fish !  At 2000 cfs, what color was the water  there ?  Have you ever had success in Sandy Creek ?  I’ve  looked at it several times but in each case I ended  up opting for somewhere else.  - hoping to get there next week. Friday I opted to fish South Sandy Creek since the Salmon was still high and I was told in one of the shops that that was my best shot.

The water was fairly clear. I was able to make out fish about 30′ away in 3′ of turbulent water. I went there on the advice of the Inn keeper and one of the shops as the best chance for getting fish. However, the water temps were 56 and not much visibility. The Salmon was much clearer. South Sandy Creek should be renamed Silty Creek since there was a lot more silt than sand or gravel. I’ll post a picture of the fly that I caught the fish on when I get home tonight. Paul

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – So last year was one of those trips that would be funny if it was happening to someone else. We spent two days in the upper fly zone and everyone around me was catching fish. I was standing in the water practicing my casting. Actually I was the only one who was casting. My friend comes over to see what I’m doing wrong and asks to see my setup. I have a 9wt with a sink tip and a flouro leader with 6# tippet. He chuckles and say turn the line around on the reel and fish with the running line. Tie a dropper on your line 4′ behind the fly and put these on it. Then he hands 4 large split shots. There was enough lead here that even Louie would have been disgusted. Then explains that I should flip the line on the ground behind me and then cast the line out into the river using the weight to pull the running line. That’s just about the most unethical thing I’ve ever heard of. After a few different flies I found the right one. The first drift with a Green Highlander hair wing produced a viscous strike and a short battle ending in a lost fly. That viscosity will get you every time. Seriously, congratulations Paul. Now if only certain people will stop trying to make me feel guilty about sightfishing for steelhead in my own backyard, while spinfishing Texans wearing full camo snag their limits up by the hatchery before lunchtime.

I think sight fishing is the only way to fish. It is no different then casting to a rising fish. You have located the fish because it is showing it self. You cast to it because A) you are trying to catch fish B) the rising fish gives away its location and C) it you wanted to pratice casting you could have done that on your front lawn. replace rising fish with large fish that stands out like a sore thumb and you have sight fishing. Paul

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So last year was one of those trips that would be funny if it was happening to someone else. We spent two days in the upper fly zone and everyone around me was catching fish. I was standing in the water practicing my casting. Actually I was the only one who was casting. My friend comes over to see what I’m doing wrong and asks to see my setup. I have a 9wt with a sink tip and a flouro leader with 6# tippet. He chuckles and say turn the line around on the reel and fish with the running line. Tie a dropper on your line 4′ behind the fly and put these on it. Then he hands 4 large split shots. There was enough lead here that even Louie would have been disgusted. Then explains that I should flip the line on the ground behind me and then cast the line out into the river using the weight to pull the running line.

That’s just about the most unethical thing I’ve ever heard of. After a few different flies I found the right one. The first drift with a Green Highlander hair wing produced a viscous strike and a short battle ending in a lost fly.

That viscosity will get you every time. Seriously, congratulations Paul. Now if only certain people will stop trying to make me feel guilty about sightfishing for steelhead in my own backyard, while spinfishing Texans wearing full camo snag their limits up by the hatchery before lunchtime. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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Having been skunked on a few steelhead trips to the Salmon River in NY I was looking forward to this one because I was determined to catch one of these beasts. I’ve been up until the wee hours for the past month tying flies for this trip. Some of the patterns were traditional patterns, others more contrmporary and some I was experimenting. I also tied a few of the flies the friends I went with last year caught all their fish on. So last year was one of those trips that would be funny if it was happening to someone else. We spent two days in the upper fly zone and everyone around me was catching fish. I was standing in the water practicing my casting. Actually I was the only one who was casting. My friend comes over to see what I’m doing wrong and asks to see my setup. I have a 9wt with a sink tip and a flouro leader with 6# tippet. He chuckles and say turn the line around on the reel and fish with the running line. Tie a dropper on your line 4′ behind the fly and put these on it. Then he hands 4 large split shots. There was enough lead here that even Louie would have been disgusted. Then explains that I should flip the line on the ground behind me and then cast the line out into the river using the weight to pull the running line. "Silly me, we’re in the fly fishing only section so I thought we were suposed to be flyfishing". To which he replies. I can but I won’t catch anything. He was right. I did turn the line around and went 0 for 1. I had a conflict so I couldn’t make the trip this year with my friends so I was going to fish yesterday and today and Peter was going to meet me. Then they turned up the water. Flows of 750 to 1000CFS are good for wading and the river was running at 6000CFS. I called Peter and we decided that it wasn’t worth the trip. Then they cut the water back to 3500 and I was hoping that they would drop it again for the weekend. I called Peter but he had already cancelled his holiday and booked some appointments. Since fishing credits around here are use them or loose them I decided to go anyways. Friday I opted to fish South Sandy Creek since the Salmon was still high and I was told in one of the shops that that was my best shot. I spent about 10 hours working that river and all I had to show for it was a couple of small mouths and a sunburn. Granted the smallies were about 4lbs each but not exactly what I was looking for. On the way back to the Inn I called the water line for the Salmon River and the flows were being dropped to 2000CFS. I should be able to fish that. Just after sun up this morning  I went to the upper fly zone and had the place to myself.  I started going through my box of flies looking for something to interest the steelies. I was using an 8′ 6/7wt I had built using a Partridge blank with a fast sinking line and 6# flouro tippet (and NO lead). After a few different flies I found the right one. The first drift with a Green Highlander hair wing produced a viscous strike and a short battle ending in a lost fly. Tied on another Highlander and two drifts later a 34" steelhead that had to be over 20 lbs took the fly. This one I landed. My first steelie and not a bad fish either. I had six highlanders in the box and managed to loose 5 of them to fish. But I landed 2 fish the second being a 25" male. I had a couple strikes on a purple thing I tied but with the success that the highlander had. By this time it was noon and a guide and his sport showed up.  Sure enough he seems to be chucking a lot of lead into the river. The interesting thing was that he was standing where I had my first two hook-ups. Not where I was when I had the hookups but where the fly was. The guide must have told the sport that he’ld put him "on the fish" and meant it literally. The deepest I waded was ankle deep. Any deeper and I was would have been stepping on or at least spooking fish. So mission accomplished I headed out. I Spent the next 3 hours checking out the lower part of the river. It was suggested that if I went away fishing for a couple days I might bring some fish home. There were no fish to be seen in the lower streches of the river. I had saved the last Highlander to fish the lower part of the river with but never got the opportunity. I’ll tie a dozen to take with me next year. Paul

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OH! Shuckie Darn!  I really wasn’t trying to be mean Wolfman.  Just a

Well……hack hack……that’s mighty kind of ya pard…….cough…..hack…..but I’m afraid it’s too late……cough……I think your morbiferous prose has done me proemial manifestations showed up right away…..cough……don’t fret none though……Wayno’s looking into the noxal ramifications…..groan……but by the time the summons arrives I ’spect I’ll have given in to geotaxis…..if ya know what I

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 Last Words     "I know we’re all going to die – there’s three of us who are going to do something about it."   — Thomas Burnett, in a cell phone conversation with his wife before his hijacked plane crashed. This last call, by Tom Burnett to the love  of his life,  represented actually three worthy men who were about to do something marvelous Charlie.  They put their lives on the line to save (without them even knowing it) THE WHITEHOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!   Three men out of nearly three hundred people on four different aircraft stood up to be counted.  My heart and appreciation of these three men will stay with me forever and until the day I die.  I’ve known Marines like this and these are the men who help keep America free. You disgust me Charlie and you deny truths this country should understand if it is to survive in this new world. All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

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You disgust me Charlie and you deny truths this country should understand if it is to survive in this new world.

You stupid twisted shithead. You have no idea who knew what. The men on the plane over PA *did* know what had happened to the earlier planes and certainly were heros. You limit your praise to just 3 but again you have no fucking clue. I know it is pointless to try to explain even simple things to you, but it is difficult to stand by while anyone, even an obviously insane idiot, maligns good people and their families. You are truly pathetic. — Charlie…

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of these three men will stay with me forever and until the day I die. I’ve known Marines like this and these are the men who help keep America free.

George, I KNOW men who are NOT Marines (as much as I respect and love them, the Marines that is) who would gladly have attempted the same thing. Your pontificating as to the others who may (or may not) have tried to thwart the hijackings is beyond belief. You, sir, are an idiot. And like Op said, I would definitely say this to your face. Like the motto from one of America’s finest naval fighter squadrons…..Anytime, Anyplace Baby. — Brian D. Nelson Diamond N Outfitters, Missoula, Montana www.diamondnoutfitters.com

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Last Words     "I know we’re all going to die – there’s three of us who are going to do something about it."

        if only they were *your* last words, instead of that fine man who uttered them.         fuck you, george. a. wayne harrison

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It seems you’re on the side of terrorists Wayne? Kiss it baby. All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

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It seems you’re on the side of terrorists Wayne?

Regrettably, you don’t appear to be on the side of sanity. May I suggest unwrapping your hand from your dick, taking your medications, and honoring that promise you made to leave ROFF? Oh, wait, "promise, Gerkhe," bad match. — "Armchair warriors often fail, and we’ve been  poisoned by these fairy tales" -Don Henley

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For the last few years I have mainly lurked on this group and listened to you shoot your mouth off. But when you say that Wayne is on the side of the terrorists you are TALKING THRU YOUR ASS BECAUSE YOUR MOUTH KNOWS BETTER. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW A REAL MAN IF HE JUMPED UP AND BIT YOU IN THE ASS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR PROMISE AND LEAVE ROFF. Kim James

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George, F.O.A.D.

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It seems you’re on the side of terrorists Wayne? Kiss it baby. All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

        george, do yourself and all the rest of us a true favor.  sit down and review every single response to every single post you have made in the days since the 9/11 tragedy.  what are these people trying to tell you, george?  without exception, they are doing everything in their literary power to force, or even beg, you to leave this group. you exist here only as a laughing stock or a source of enmity, depending upon your mood and the nature of your posts, 99% of which are mindless drivel.         it is simply amazing that your egomania prevents you from seeing the truth.         where are your supporters, george?  you are a sick, lonely man.  please leave. a.w.h.

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   george, do yourself and all the rest of us a true favor.  sit down and review every single response to every single post you have made in the days since the 9/11 tragedy.  what are these people trying to tell you, george?  without exception, they are doing everything in their literary power to force, or even beg, you to leave this group. you exist here only as a laughing stock or a source of enmity, depending upon your mood and the nature of your posts, 99% of which are mindless drivel.    it is simply amazing that your egomania prevents you from seeing the truth.    where are your supporters, george?  you are a sick, lonely man.  please leave. a.w.h.

I’ve kept myself out of this so far, and after this I will do so again. What he said. PLEASE GO AWAY GEORGE!! —  Charles Davis     K4SWB <<I’m The NRA

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I agree with Wayne, Charlie, Charles and others. Most of us usually just put up with your asinine comments and tolerate the fact that you’re the biggest asshole on ROFF. This time you’ve managed to insult the memories of all who died on those planes with your ill-informed comments. PLEASE, keep your promise to go away and never come back. Maybe we make a deal. You don’t show your ignorant face around her again, and we won’t try and organize a boycott of the fishing products you sell….

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Last Words "I know we’re all going to die – there’s three of us who are going to do something about it."   — Thomas Burnett, in a cell phone conversation with his wife before his hijacked plane crashed. This last call, by Tom Burnett to the love  of his life,  represented actually three worthy men who were about to do something marvelous Charlie.  They put their lives on the line to save (without them even knowing it) THE WHITEHOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!   Three men out of nearly three hundred people on four different aircraft stood up to be counted.  My heart and appreciation of these three men will stay with me forever and until the day I die. I’ve known Marines like this and these are the men who help keep America free. You disgust me Charlie and you deny truths this country should understand if it is to survive in this new world. All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

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I bet that screwed up face of yours got that way from being friendly? All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg         well, that one really blew poor wolfie away!  damn, and i really enjoyed some of his stuff… wayno, hoping i’m not next!

cough, cough, hack, sputter…….he hurt me wayno……i…..i…..cough, cough…..groan…..uncle wally……is that you? Wolfgang hanging on by a thread in the probably vain hope that the restorative waters of the great smokies will restore my wa.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I bet that screwed up face of yours got that way from being friendly? All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg         well, that one really blew poor wolfie away!  damn, and i really enjoyed some of his stuff… wayno, hoping i’m not next! cough, cough, hack, sputter…….he hurt me wayno……i…..i…..cough, cough…..groan…..uncle wally……is that you?

OH! Shuckie Darn!  I really wasn’t trying to be mean Wolfman.  Just a sick sense of humor.  Remember this ole siren, even an ugly duckling turns into a SWAN! Thing is, you’re just like them when they fly.  Flap, flap, flap . . . Me?  I can’t even get off the ground.  Frogs can’t fly. Which reminds me.  Do you know the difference beween a frog and a horny frog? YOU:  "No George.  What’s the difference between a regular frog and a horny frog? A regular frog goes, "Rib-it!  RIB-IT!"  A horny frog goes, "Rub-it! RUB-IT!" Hang tough Wolfgang. Wolfgang hanging on by a thread in the probably vain hope that the restorative waters of the great smokies will restore my wa.

Just look for the frogs Wolfgang. George who hangs around rivers

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I bet that screwed up face of yours got that way from being friendly? All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

        well, that one really blew poor wolfie away!  damn, and i really enjoyed some of his stuff… wayno, hoping i’m not next!

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I bet that screwed up face of yours got that way from being friendly? All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

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It seems you’re on the side of terrorists Wayne? Kiss it baby. All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

wayno, I apologize for stepping on your toes…and sure, it may be a troll… I almost wish I wasn’t doing this, but after a long, hard week, I was treated with a civilised drink, dinner, wine, and all the trimmings, including several after-dinner drinks, just me and my SO – well, mostly, anyway.  Blame it on exhaustion, or simply having had enough of it all, but George, I feel downright psychic – if I ever have the displeasure of coming face to face with you, I can see you shitting teeth, dentures, or whatever else fills the sorry cakehole that passes for your mouth.

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Do you doubt truth?

I’ll bet you sometimes wonder where those teeth marks on your ass come from, right? Wolfgang cowering in anticipation of the blithering retort

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I sincerely hope those are his final words.

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Do you doubt truth? All’s Fair With Fur or Feather gg

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Maybe we make a deal. You don’t show your ignorant face around her again, and we won’t try and organize a boycott of the fishing products you sell….

Oops.  Too late. — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless remove invalid or hit reply to email. Though I’m very slow to respond. http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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You know Wayne, it is amazing to many who stalk Roff around the world that you along with other Easterners (and they know who they are) that "your click of trollers" have been figured out a long time now.  Some things you say is not true.  Yes, have specific opinions about matters regarding the World Trade Center but they are only opinions.  That it is my opinion that the terrorists on all four aircraft should have been challenged and fought with by the male population (customers) on those flights remains intact.  I cannot accept any excuse, even in the face of death or getting hurt that more men didn’t challenge them. Of course I wasn’t there, of course you weren’t there, but my opinions are just as justifiable as yours or anyone else’s.   I

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Thanks to all who’ve helped with getting me started in FF. I bought the Renzetti vise today and a starter kit of materials. I appreciate a finely crafted piece of equipment, and the renzetti is ~IT~!! I also had the good fortune to get a few FF books at a garage sale for 10 cents each. I’m on my way, and will probably get a sage starter set for my first rod/reel combo. I got a nice solid maple table and adjustable chair too, earlier this week. You guys are pretty cool, despite my rather rude first post. Tight lines to ya!!

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Pass some of that disposable income our way.                 Frank Reid

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks to all who’ve helped with getting me started in FF. I bought the Renzetti vise today and a starter kit of materials. I appreciate a finely crafted piece of equipment, and the renzetti is ~IT~!! I also had the good fortune to get a few FF books at a garage sale for 10 cents each. I’m on my way, and will probably get a sage starter set for my first rod/reel combo. I got a nice solid maple table and adjustable chair too, earlier this week. You guys are pretty cool, despite my rather rude first post. Tight lines to ya!!

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Well….the table and chair were free, picked from someone’s trash. The legs on the table were all broken. and had to be pegged and epoxied, and the chair needed a rebuild. I have two teenagers. I have ~no~ disposable income. If I didn’t buy the Renzetti, the litttle pirhanas would have smelled the cash and come after me!! Thanks   Pass some of that disposable income our way.

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Can anyone tell me when and where are the 1998 East Coast wholesale dealer trade shows rumrunner

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Can anyone tell me when and where are the 1998 East Coast wholesale dealer trade shows rumrunner

There are no wholesale trade shows in the east that I’m aware of – just the IFTD and NAFTA shows in Denver and Salt Lake City. — Best regards, Dave Visit Dave Teffeteller’s Fly Fishing Guides Home Page http://www.olfart.com

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Let me know if you get an answer…interested too. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Can anyone tell me when and where are the 1998 East Coast wholesale dealer trade shows rumrunner

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I’ve rented a cabin on the back of Hiwassee river near Murphy for the first week in April, and would like to know what kind of flies are recommended for that area that time of year.  I’ve only fly fished saltwater in Florida, so I’m really looking forward to something new and different.   Thanks, Terry

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I’ve rented a cabin on the back of Hiwassee river near Murphy for the first week in April, and would like to know what kind of flies are recommended for that area that time of year.

        royal wulff, adams wulff (called a "thunderhead" in n.c.) and some dark bodied elk hair caddis.  all in size 12-16.  hare’s ear and squirrell tail nymphs, size 12.  that’s it.  now pretend you’re an otter hunting fish.  upstream, quietly and slowly.         a. wayne harrison

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I’ve rented a cabin on the back of Hiwassee river near Murphy for the first week in April, and would like to know what kind of flies are recommended for that area that time of year.  I’ve only fly fished saltwater in Florida, so I’m really looking forward to something new and different.   Thanks, Terry

– Hi Terry, Good luck with your adventure. For early spring dries you will need some: fly…                size Elk Hair Caddises    12-16 Blue-Wing Olives     16-18 Adams parachutes     12-16 March Brown          12-14 for nymphs: tellicos             12-14 bead head hares ear  12-14 pheasent tail        12-14 and for wets working downstream: wooly bugger         6-10 soft-hackled wets    12-14               you can use the soft-hackled wets as a dropper behind the other flies if you choose to. Also, the smaller the tippet you use the more success you will have with the dry flies. The fish should be actively feeding but they will scatter and hide at the smallest disturbance, including a leader splash. Be smooth and gentle with your presentation and you should do just fine. –Walt The Blue Ridge Book Gallery | We are located 8 miles south of Boone on Rt. 1 Box 975-23            | Hiway 105 in Foscoe in the heart of the Banner Elk, NC 28604        | beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Please (704) 963-5001              | visit us when you’re in the area.                             |  Thanks….Marie & Walter Winter http://www.mercury.net/~wgwinter/         also on Interloc…

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve rented a cabin on the back of Hiwassee river near Murphy for the first week in April, and would like to know what kind of flies are recommended for that area that time of year.  I’ve only fly fished saltwater in Florida, so I’m really looking forward to something new and different. Thanks, Terry — Hi Terry, Good luck with your adventure. For early spring dries you will need some: fly…                size Elk Hair Caddises    12-16 Blue-Wing Olives     16-18 Adams parachutes     12-16 March Brown          12-14 for nymphs: tellicos             12-14 bead head hares ear  12-14 pheasent tail        12-14 and for wets working downstream: wooly bugger         6-10 soft-hackled wets    12-14 you can use the soft-hackled wets as a dropper behind the other flies if you choose to. Also, the smaller the tippet you use the more success you will have with the dry flies. The fish should be actively feeding but they will scatter and hide at the smallest disturbance, including a leader splash. Be smooth and gentle with your presentation and you should do just fine. –Walt The Blue Ridge Book Gallery | We are located 8 miles south of Boone on Rt. 1 Box 975-23            | Hiway 105 in Foscoe in the heart of the Banner Elk, NC 28604        | beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Please (704) 963-5001              | visit us when you’re in the area.                             |  Thanks….Marie & Walter Winter http://www.mercury.net/~wgwinter/         also on Interloc…

    Hi Walter        I saw by one of the other sites that the non-resident NC license went to $30.00, TRUE ?                                                        John Popp                                                      in Sanford Fl.

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   Hi Walter       I saw by one of the other sites that the non-resident NC license went to $30.00, TRUE ?                                                       John Popp                                                     in Sanford Fl.

Hi John, I’m not sure what a day/3 day/or week license costs but a non-resident year license costs $40.00. –Walt — The Blue Ridge Book Gallery | We are located 8 miles south of Boone on Rt. 1 Box 975-23            | Hiway 105 in Foscoe in the heart of the Banner Elk, NC 28604        | beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Please (704) 963-5001              | visit us when you’re in the area.                             |  Thanks….Marie & Walter Winter http://www.mercury.net/~wgwinter/         also on Interloc…

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I mostly soak power bait in the High Sierras, but was always inquisitive about surface fishing. We stay at Silver Lake Resorts about 40 yards from Silver Lake near the boat launch area. (June Loop)  From our cabin you can see the lake and the trout are jumping like crazy first thing in the morning. Obviously they are surface feeding. I was thinking of using a clear plastic bubble with a little bit of water (for casting distance) with a 6 to 8 foot leader and some kind of fly or other bug..  Or 1/8 oz. Kastmaster with spots or Gold Panther Martin.  Have always excelled in soaking bait, but never really got into lures or surface fishing.  Any help would be really appreciated a.s.a.p. as we are leaving the 12th of September. Thx Garry     Good fishin’

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I mostly soak power bait in the High Sierras, but was always inquisitive about surface fishing. We stay at Silver Lake Resorts about 40 yards from Silver Lake near the boat launch area. (June Loop)  From our cabin you can see the lake and the trout are jumping like crazy first thing in the morning. Obviously they are surface feeding. I was thinking of using a clear plastic bubble with a little bit of water (for casting distance) with a 6 to 8 foot leader and some kind of fly or other bug..  Or 1/8 oz. Kastmaster with spots or Gold Panther Martin.  Have always excelled in soaking bait, but never really got into lures or surface fishing.  Any help would be really appreciated a.s.a.p. as we are leaving the 12th of September. Thx Garry     Good fishin’

A lure that I’ve had excellent results with is the Panther Martin in all silver.  Silver body, silver blade.  It works great.  Use the smaller sizes.   Good luck.   =)

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A lure that I’ve had excellent results with is the Panther Martin in all silver.  Silver body, silver blade.  It works great.  Use the smaller sizes.   Good luck.   =)

I havent had much luck with silver but gold blade w/gold or black bodys definately catch sierra planter trout. Dunno about surface fishing, I leave that for the fly guys. But I will occasionally mess with the bubble float fly rig with some luck. I wonder if trout will take topwater plugs? stev — stev_ix_netcom_com is a fake. Sorry, Im tired of all the crap I get in the mail.    

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Can anyone tell me about the quality of fly fishing in Arkansas the second week of Oct.?   Where to go and stay with a spouse that would like to do things other than fish? Thanks for your help.    

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Check out Gaston’s White River Resort in Lakeview.  It’s just below the Bull Shoals Dam.  Jim Gaston Has a homepage on the WEB & a lot of stuff upoloaded to the fishing libraries of CompuServe.

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I don’t want to sound like some spam spewing gimp, but my wife and I stayed at Gaston’s Resort in Northern Ark. on the White River just below Bull Shoals Dam and had a terrific time. The Cabins are clean and well stocked with fire wood (daily), A beautiful view of the river is available from the cushioned window seats in the cabin. And in less than twenty minutes you can be standing in Brown Trout Heaven (w/ a few Rainbows in the mix) in the C/R area just below Bull Shoals Dam. I just hope their not running water when you’re there. You can reach them by dialing: (501)431-5202 My last trip there was Jan 2nd-5th of this year. No water out of the dam, Browns stacked up in spawning beds, and of course very few fishermen. I ran an egg sucking leech through the rapids and regularly hooked into 20+" fish that weren’t quick to the net. I suspect if the weather gets and stays cool early this year, the spawn will probably be starting just as you arrive. Tight Lines, J&J Sandone

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i’ve asked about fishing in colorado during the first week of april, and i’ve gotten mixed responses.  some say i’ll need an ice pick, others say there will be good fishing.  i’m confused. i’ll be staying in winter park, but would be willing to drive 1.5-2 hours to get  to a fishable locale.  i’m new to fly fishing, so i probably will be practicing my casting more than catching fish, but who knows?  any tips would be appreciated. anyone in colorado up for some fishing? (or teaching?) thanks, narayan — Narayan Nayar

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Dear Novice, I am an avid flyfisherman in Colorado and fish all season.  Depending on where you go you may encounter ice or clear, cold water.  The South Platte River, although heavily fished, can be fished all year around.  The area around Deckers is the most popular and has "Gold Medal" water.  You can pull out a 10lb rainbow in some of the deeper Holes (Gilpen Trail) or below Cheesman Dam.  Another place to fish is the Blue River in Silverthorne.  Some of the biggest fish are right below the Dam and in back of the outlet stores.  Word has it that their are 15lb Rainbows that are in their.  They feed on Miasis (sp?) Shrimp.  These are all within about 2 hrs or less.  One thing to remember is that the weather can be either beautiful and 50 degrees, or snowing 6-12 inches (especially in Summit county). Those are two places that you can try.  They are popular, but there are many fishing stores around to help you with fly selection and equipment.

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Any suggestions for where to find flyfishing sites on the worldwide web? Is this in a fishing FAQ?  If so where is it?                  /                 /                                            John Woodling              o/                                             Sacramento, CA              /                                                                <     <

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Any suggestions for where to find flyfishing sites on the worldwide web? Is this in a fishing FAQ?  If so where is it?

I keep a fly fishing web page mostly dedicated to the state of Arizona, but also with some more general information, including a long list of links to other pages.  I hope this helps. John Shannon Fly Fishing in Arizona http://www.indirect.com/user/jshannon

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Any suggestions for where to find flyfishing sites on the worldwide

web? For starters, try  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~jsuchosk/fish/fishpage This has a lot of hypertext leads to other places.  It’ll keep you surfing until the green drakes hatch.                                           Catch and release,                                                              Phil Holt

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: Any suggestions for where to find flyfishing sites on the worldwide web? : Is this in a fishing FAQ?  If so where is it? :     Hi- FAQ URL: http://www.geo.mtu.edu:80/~jsuchosk/fish/all-faqs.html List of flyfishing web sites (and fishing sites in general): http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/fishing.htm Hope this helps, Diane

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Thanks for the response to my inquiry for fishing in Norway.  I will be in Laerdal, Bergen and onto Telemark.  Suggestions for these areas would be helpful, also any guide recommendations.

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s: I will be in Norway in June and would like to try flyfishing for Atlantic Salmon.  I am an experienced steelhead fisherman from Washington State. Anyone know whether this is a good time of year and where to go?  Any tips appreciated. Thanks- IBFISHN (Rodney)

I’m a primarily a trout man myself, but I subscribe to all Norwegian fishing/huntingmagazines and buy the updated version of the book "382 Norwegian Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers" each year (it’s got info on catch statistics, opening/closing dates, where to get permits, housing etc.) so if you tell mewhere in Norway you’re going to be I can look up the relevant rivers for you. do that than posting more messages here). Arvid Bjerkan Oslo, Norway

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writes: Thanks for the response to my inquiry for fishing in Norway.  I will be in Laerdal, Bergen and onto Telemark.  Suggestions for these areas would be helpful, also any guide recommendations. you tell me where in Norway you’re going to be I can look up the relevant rivers for you. Arvid Bjerkan Oslo, Norway

Sorry about that last post, I didn’t see your follow-up post untill after… Your timing si good (but could be better), most Norwegian salmon rivers opens June 1, but in most of them the fishing’s best from the beginning of July. If you’re going to Laerdal I assume it’s to fish the Laerdalselva? Or is it purely incidental? Because the Laerdalselva (Norwegian for Laerdal river)is a great salmon and sea trout river although it’s declined a bit in the last few years. It’s open from June 1 to August 27, and during that period there’s a "fishing curfew" (I don’t know what else to call it) each day from2 p.m. to 6 p.m. It’s difficult to get a fishing license for Laerdalselva so you’re not going there to fish and therefore have taken care of it already, I’m not sure if you ll be able to. Contact the Laerdal Tourist Office on +47 57666509. There’s a lot of other salmon and sea trout rivers in the area (midwestern Norway) though, the Gaula and the Etneelva comes to mind, but you may have to travel a few hours to reach them. In the close vicinity of Bergen there’s mainly sea trout rivers although most of them has got some small salmon too (5 to 10 pounds),they’re called the Daleelva, Tysseelva and Oselva. When you’re in Telemark you have got fewer choices, and the main two are the Numedalslagen and the Skienselva. Skienselva is a river with small salmon/sea trout, salmon 5 to 10 pounds (although it’s been caught 40+ pounders), sea trout 2 pounds. Call Holtskog Sport at +47 335 23619. The Numedalslagen is another story (it’s not actually in Telemark but in the neighboring county of Vestfold, but it shouldn’t be more than two hours from most places in Telemark). The Numedalslagen is one of the five best salmon rivers in Norway (regarding the quantity of caught fish, 25000 metric tons last year) with regular catches of 20+ pounders. Flyfishing is only possible in the upper parts of the river, around the area of Brufoss (drab flies, brown, gray, black in sizes 4-12). Call Larvik Tourist Office at +47 334 30100 or Brufoss Feriesenter at +47 334 29041. Hope this was of help to you, please ask if you’ve got any more questions or if you’d like me to find out more about any of the above rivers. Arvid Bjerkan Oslo, Norway

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Thanks for the reply.  I will contact you for more information after a little more research. Ibfishn (Rodney Bauch)

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Thanks for the response.  I’m visiting Bergen and Laerdal.  Any info related to those areas would be great.

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I will be in Norway in June and would like to try flyfishing for Atlantic Salmon.  I am an experienced steelhead fisherman from Washington State. Anyone know whether this is a good time of year and where to go?  Any tips appreciated. Thanks- IBFISHN (Rodney)

Rodney! The salmon season in Norway starts June 1 in most rivers, so your timing is pretty good. Most of the real BIG salmon are caught early in the season as these fish migrate up the river first. The problem in June can be high water levels requiring sinking lines and heavy flies and this caould very well be the case even in the second half of June with all the snow they had in Norway this winter. But being a steelhead fisherman, I’m sure you are used to conditions like that. In order to give you some real pointers, I need to know where in Norway you plan to travel. There are approx. 350 salmon rivers in Norway spread all along the coast, but the larger concentrations of good rivers are on the west coast, in mid-Norway and up in northern Norway. A little more details, and I’m sure myself or somebody else could give you some good advice on rivers to try out. Tight lines! Inge Solberg Houston, TX

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I will be in Norway in June and would like to try flyfishing for Atlantic Salmon.  I am an experienced steelhead fisherman from Washington State. Anyone know whether this is a good time of year and where to go?  Any tips appreciated. Thanks- IBFISHN (Rodney)

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