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Back legs extended, front claws out – Back Scratcher. — Frank Reid Reverse email to reply. Another cat person – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – On its back legs up … magazine rack that doesn’t scuff the covers. Steve (Actually a cat person … especially Abyssinians)

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well, evidently Mr. Reid did, though it bears mentioning that Mr. Reid implies (at least) that he has no memory or knowledge of having said anything that would indicate that he did.  On the other hand, Mr. Reid would, we hope, certainly deny that he made any such denial, especially in light of the documentary record plainly demonstrating the utter absence of any such denial.  Meanwhile, Mr. Reid, having recently returned to the fold, is up to his old tricks vis a vis objectors objecting to objections, while simultaneously and vehemently objecting to the notion that he ever left in the first place.  The careful reader will, of course, not be fooled by any of the foregoing as it clear, plain, and uncategorically inarguable that that couldn’t possibly have happened given the time constraints and the relative implausibility of Mr. Reid’s simultaneous cohabitation in more than roughly three planes at any given moment.  Hope this clears things up. Hum? Wolfgang

Cool, I know drugs kicked in ’cause I totally grokked that.  BTW, am I in New Zealand or Maryland today? — Frank Reid Reverse email to reply.

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[gross humour snipped] Which begs the question, was it a case of mistaken identity or … Steve

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[gross humour snipped] Which begs the question, was it a case of mistaken identity or … Steve

Being too drunk, high, stoned etc. to know what you were doing . . . Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Well, evidently Mr. Reid did, though it bears mentioning that Mr. Reid implies (at least) that he has no memory or knowledge of having said anything that would indicate that he did.  On the other hand, Mr. Reid would, we hope, certainly deny that he made any such denial, especially in light of the documentary record plainly demonstrating the utter absence of any such denial.  Meanwhile, Mr. Reid, having recently returned to the fold, is up to his old tricks vis a vis objectors objecting to objections, while simultaneously and vehemently objecting to the notion that he ever left in the first place.  The careful reader will, of course, not be fooled by any of the foregoing as it clear, plain, and uncategorically inarguable that that couldn’t possibly have happened given the time constraints and the relative implausibility of Mr. Reid’s simultaneous cohabitation in more than roughly three planes at any given moment.  Hope this clears things up.  Hum? Wolfgang who, becoming hopelessly confused anent who is likely to do how much damage to whom under which circumstances and when, is giving serious consideration to kicking his own ass this weekend and being done with it!    :(

You planning on any ice skating judging in the next little while? Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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Hey Op, I’m in for c-note.  Does this mean YOU are coming to the Penn’s clave? Gonna make it to the presentation? john

Whether I make it to the Penn’s ‘Clave is a matter to be determined.  Still waitin’ to hear from Mr. Fortenberry.  ’Course he may never have seen my post on the subject, as he has me blocked and all, and in that case if I don’t hear back from him within two weeks of the ‘clave I will attend, come hell of high water. I will attend the presentation, as long as it doesn’t involve you and an out door shower! Op

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A LIAR AND THOSE WHO MAKE THREATS CANNOT BE TRUSTED: You are known for your lies and that you cannot be trusted.  Even this message of yours must be reported to the authorities Mike Connor and all of this is of your doing. It is time Klaus does something positive about you because his trust in you has been violated as you have indeed violated Roff and many of its’ members. You must be stopped before you do something very, very stupid. It is time to post every negative thought, every negative deed, every name calling post you send to Roff.  Until you stop your insane conduct, every abuse you bestow upon the American Fly Fishing Scene will be reported until you stop. Do you understand this Mike Connor? George Gehrke "it’s time to police your pathetic conduct Connor"

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I pledge $100.00 to Mike’s trip across the water, but only if he will spend his time at a ‘clave over here.  Any ‘clave will do, but wouldn’t it be nice if he made an appearance at the Penn’s ‘Clave! Mike, please don’t waste your time and energy on confronting an obviously deranged individual.  I honestly don’t think George can help himself.  I have no doubt that the rest of the folks pledging funds would rather see you in the flesh fishin’, than see you on the back pages of some local paper’s arrest report.  Do you realize how much satisfaction George would get from you being hauled off to an *American* jail, before you ever got to lay a finger on him? Anyway, hope to meet ya some day, at a ‘clave! Op  –eternal optimist– Well Op, that is very kind of you, and I appreciate the sentiment, but I don

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Not wishing to be a spoilsport or anything, and no offence to Sandy, but she is not the only lady posting. Cyli keeps getting forgotten it seems. She posts regularly.

I didn’t know I had an angling sister on this ng!  Cool!  Thanks for saying so, Mike. Sandy

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the *one* fine *lady*–quite serious–that graces this NG!

Now, Opie, you don’t want to leave Sandy out, do you? — 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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My most sincere apologies!  I had no idea?  I never considered?  Oh hell, before I get into any deeper shit.  Sorry, Cyli. Cyberspace can be so….um…damn….confusin’ sometimes! Actually, the waters have been nice and cool of late. Opie –the quite embarrassed–

‘Sokay.  I took it in good humour.  And responded in a way I hope is also taken as good humour. — 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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Not wishing to be a spoilsport or anything, and no offence to Sandy, but she is not the only lady posting. Cyli keeps getting forgotten it seems. She posts regularly. I didn’t know I had an angling sister on this ng!  Cool!  Thanks for saying so, Mike. Sandy

My alias doesn’t seem to lend itself to thoughts of femaleness. Though the vixen part my sig file would be a clue to those who know something about wildlife. If my sig file still shows up. — 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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My alias doesn’t seem to lend itself to thoughts of femaleness. Though the vixen part my sig file would be a clue to those who know something about wildlife. If my sig file still shows up. — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless

Sorry cyli, or vixen??  Guess it’s just because I don’t know what the rbc: stands for, so I wasn’t clear on what the word vixen was referring to.  And that, followed by Fairly harmless.  What would you have us call you? BTW — I checked out your link, and am very impressed by the emotional impact of your artwork!  Are those all pastels?  Are you still painting nowadays? Sandy

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My alias doesn’t seem to lend itself to thoughts of femaleness. Though the vixen part my sig file would be a clue to those who know something about wildlife. If my sig file still shows up. — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless Sorry cyli, or vixen??  Guess it’s just because I don’t know what the rbc: stands for, so I wasn’t clear on what the word vixen was referring to.  And that, followed by Fairly harmless.  What would you have us call you? BTW — I checked out your link, and am very impressed by the emotional impact of your artwork!  Are those all pastels?  Are you still painting nowadays? Sandy

That’s impressive stuff – some of it reminds me of photos of Jupiter’s Red Spot – the word ‘fluid’ just doesn’t do it justice.  BTW, up here, rbc stands for Royal Bank of Canada – somehow, I don’t think that’s what you had intended.  <G (Soon to be coming to a bank near you.) Someone with an artistic mind would see fishing differently than would one (like me) who goes through life with a cold blooded, linear, analytical approach.  You should share your insights sometime – don’t be worried about your newbie fly fishing status – we were all there at some point in our lives.  A unique viewpoint would be very refreshing. Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://members.home.net/pcharles/streamers/index.html

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I’m afraid that I was also the victim of ignorance in this case.  I figured that rbc:  vixen was some sort of computer code, known only to those adept in such fields.  I am glad to know, now, that there are *at least* two fine ladies that frequent ROFF! Op

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My alias doesn’t seem to lend itself to thoughts of femaleness. Though the vixen part my sig file would be a clue to those who know something about wildlife. If my sig file still shows up. — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless Sorry cyli, or vixen??  Guess it’s just because I don’t know what the rbc: stands for, so I wasn’t clear on what the word vixen was referring to. And that, followed by Fairly harmless.  What would you have us call you? BTW — I checked out your link, and am very impressed by the emotional impact of your artwork!  Are those all pastels?  Are you still painting nowadays? Sandy

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My alias doesn’t seem to lend itself to thoughts of femaleness. Though the vixen part my sig file would be a clue to those who know something about wildlife. If my sig file still shows up. — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless Sorry cyli, or vixen??  Guess it’s just because I don’t know what the rbc: stands for, so I wasn’t clear on what the word vixen was referring to.  And that, followed by Fairly harmless.  What would you have us call you? BTW — I checked out your link, and am very impressed by the emotional impact of your artwork!  Are those all pastels?  Are you still painting nowadays?

Oh, it’s a rec.backcounty joke.  Many have animal callings over there and one day the net.ranger challenged me to name my animal.  I was feeling cute, fleet, and snappish.  The rbc stands for recbackcountry. Cyli is just fine.  It’s pronounced ’silly.’  I found I was becoming way too serious.  It’s been one heck of a job training all the people I work with to use my alias (there’s another person with the same real life first name as mine working near me.).  Takes about a week of my not answering to my real name.  As half the people (including two of the bosses) knew me for years on local BBSes by Cyli and called me by it (especially as one of the bosses married a woman of the same first name).  It’s a very relaxed place, as long as we get the work done.  I do recognize vixen, but only in text, I’d not respond to it in person. Thanks for the compliments on my art.  It’s all done in binary, but with imitations of real artists tools.  Not  with programming or the kind of image stuff that Web artists and advertising for magazines use (not that there’s anything wrong with either.  But I don’t have the tools or the inclination for it.).  I used Painter II and Corel PhotoPaint 3  to do them.  Mostly I used the oil paint and water colour tools.  One of the advantages of binary is that you can use water colour over or under oil. And clean up and set up are as simple as one or two clicks.  Nonetheless, they still take the same number of hours to do that they would in ‘real’ art. I’ve not done much recently.  I have some that I really should finish (where I do use usual Web style tools) by putting frames around them and so forth and put up as another page.  But my job and something about my mother’s death (even though it was 3 years ago) put me into stop mode on creating.  I expect to get back to it within a couple more years. — 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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That’s impressive stuff – some of it reminds me of photos of Jupiter’s Red Spot – the word ‘fluid’ just doesn’t do it justice.  BTW, up here, rbc stands for Royal Bank of Canada – somehow, I don’t think that’s what you had intended.  <G (Soon to be coming to a bank near you.) Someone with an artistic mind would see fishing differently than would one (like me) who goes through life with a cold blooded, linear, analytical approach.  You should share your insights sometime – don’t be worried about your newbie fly fishing status – we were all there at some point in our lives.  A unique viewpoint would be very refreshing.

Thanks.  Fluid is pretty much what I aim for, as I sort of  paint emotions, which are always at least a little fluid.  No, not bank. Though I suspect I’d like to have a share of their vaults. I don’t know if I see fishing differently.  Maybe.  The beauty of a stringer of browns that I saw a year ago, lying on green weeds next to the stream may have stayed with me a bit longer than it would have with most.   Especially as they weren’t my browns.  I’m also pretty big on large trees that have been dead long enough for the bark to be gone.  I can sit on one and contemplate the far end of it very happily for some time.  Or sit on a stream bank and look at one that’s lying partly in and partly out of the stream.  They have interesting patterns and shapes and, like clouds, can form pictures in the mind. — 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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I’m afraid that I was also the victim of ignorance in this case.  I figured that rbc:  vixen was some sort of computer code, known only to those adept in such fields.  

As explained above, it almost sort of maybe is… I am glad to know, now, that there are *at least* two fine ladies that frequent ROFF! Op

Thank you sir.  And probably wise of you to assume there might be lurkers of female status.  Who knows what / who lurkers may be. — 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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Thanks for the compliments on my art.  It’s all done in binary, but with imitations of real artists tools.

Outstanding!! I’ve not done much recently.  I have some that I really should finish (where I do use usual Web style tools) by putting frames around them and so forth and put up as another page.  But my job and something about my mother’s death (even though it was 3 years ago) put me into stop mode on creating.  I expect to get back to it within a couple more years.

Let us know when you update your site.  I’m anxious to see more.  :^) Sandy

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Brian don’t mind these freshmen!  One is from Montana and the other couldn’t find a stream in his own backyard. Are you a resident of NC?  If so, pick-up a Delorme’s map for NC.  I the front section you will find a list off NC trout streams with locations. If you hang out here long enough, you will inevitably end up fishin’ with myself or one of the many other ROFFians from NC, as long as you don’t insult the *one* fine *lady*–quite serious–that graces this NG!

Not wishing to be a spoilsport or anything, and no offence to Sandy, but she is not the only lady posting. Cyli keeps getting forgotten it seems. She posts regularly. If you are from outta state, let me know when you plan to visit and I will be happy to guide you to some fine steams in my area.  Free of charge of course!

That explains how you keep getting into hot water! TL MC

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Only on e-Bay! Op

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I will be happy to guide you to some fine steams in my area.  Free of charge of course! Do you sell bass bugs, too? <g — Charlie…

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My most sincere apologies!  I had no idea?  I never considered?  Oh hell, before I get into any deeper shit.  Sorry, Cyli. Cyberspace can be so….um…damn….confusin’ sometimes! Actually, the waters have been nice and cool of late. Opie –the quite embarrassed–

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Brian don’t mind these freshmen!  One is from Montana and the other couldn’t find a stream in his own backyard. Are you a resident of NC?  If so, pick-up a Delorme’s map for NC.  I the front section you will find a list off NC trout streams with locations. If you hang out here long enough, you will inevitably end up fishin’ with myself or one of the many other ROFFians from NC, as long as you don’t insult the *one* fine *lady*–quite serious–that graces this NG! Not wishing to be a spoilsport or anything, and no offence to Sandy, but she is not the only lady posting. Cyli keeps getting forgotten it seems. She posts regularly. If you are from outta state, let me know when you plan to visit and I will be happy to guide you to some fine steams in my area.  Free of charge of course! That explains how you keep getting into hot water! TL MC

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I will be happy to guide you to some fine steams in my area.  Free of charge of course!

Do you sell bass bugs, too? <g — Charlie…

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http//:www.wnctrout.com for good nc info…. –waldo If there are any NC resident, I would like to hear there suggestions for Good NC Streams. Thanks…

– Wilson Creek Outfitters, Ezflyfish.com, Inc. 115 East Union Street; Morganton, NC 28655 http://www.ezflyfish.com

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man, North Carolina has been fished out for years….. john

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If there are any NC resident, I would like to hear there suggestions for Good NC Streams. Thanks…

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  If there are any NC resident, I would like to hear there suggestions for Good NC Streams. Thanks…

First, tell us all about your home waters.  Where are the best places to fish, what flies do we use, when are the best hatches, when is the best time of year to fish, etc so we can add it to our dossier of places to fish so that we may have the info for future querries. Thanks in advance. Warren (Hopefully one of them NC boys will take pity on you and drop you a line via email with some suggestions.  If not, do a deja.com search under NC and get all the info they let slip:-)

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If there are any NC resident, I would like to hear there suggestions for Good NC Streams. Thanks…

We try to keep these smaller streams out of the headlines.  Drop me an email and I’ll tell you where I don’t catch any fish – at least you can cross those off your list

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Brian don’t mind these freshmen!  One is from Montana and the other couldn’t find a stream in his own backyard. Are you a resident of NC?  If so, pick-up a Delorme’s map for NC.  I the front section you will find a list off NC trout streams with locations.  If you hang out here long enough, you will inevitably end up fishin’ with myself or one of the many other ROFFians from NC, as long as you don’t insult the *one* fine *lady*–quite serious–that graces this NG! If you are from outta state, let me know when you plan to visit and I will be happy to guide you to some fine steams in my area.  Free of charge of course! Opie

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Just finished watching a piece on Fashion TV, CITY-TV, Toronto where they interviewed Karen Graham.  The former Vogue model was sought out by Estee Lauder, lured away from her fly fishing school and brought in to promote stuff for older women.  She’s going to have a TV ad running soon as well. And boy,  she can double-haul me any day.  ( No honey, I’m not serious. . . . stop looking over my shoulder . . . yes I love that rod you bought me, . . .  stop whacking me with it. . . .) Cheers Visit The Streamer Page at http://www.cgocable.net/~pcharles/index.html

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I just saw a piece about Karen Graham on Oprah recently… very interesting.  Besides being very beautiful, she was charming and down to earth as well.  And most importantly, she casts beautifully. ;^) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just finished watching a piece on Fashion TV, CITY-TV, Toronto where they interviewed Karen Graham.  The former Vogue model was sought out by Estee Lauder, lured away from her fly fishing school and brought in to promote stuff for older women.  She’s going to have a TV ad running soon as well. And boy,  she can double-haul me any day.  ( No honey, I’m not serious. . . . stop looking over my shoulder . . . yes I love that rod you bought me, . . .  stop whacking me with it. . . .) Cheers Visit The Streamer Page at http://www.cgocable.net/~pcharles/index.html

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I’m moving to the Patapsco River, MD area near Ellicott City.  Any recommendations on good fly fishing spots and what types of fish?

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Steve, I fish a few areas of the Patapsco, mostly between the dam at Daniels Road and the Rt. 70 bridge.  It’s loaded with smallmouths, rockbass and bluegill.  They recently stocked it with trout, so there’s no sense even fishing it right now.  From mid May through late October it’s one of the most delightful streams I’ve ever fished.  Shallow, firm bottom, lots of rocks and boulders, and very few people bother with it.  Access is easy, with railroad tracks on one side and a bike trail on the other.  Good luck. Doug  

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try the Patapsco. (0r the gunpowder, potomac, cheseapeake bay, wherever you look.)  (Be more specific:  salt, brack, lake, trout, smallmouth, largemouth, picky trout, easy trout, big trout, little trout, far drive, near drive, wow.  If you are a trout purist you will do ok. . .Wolfe’s fly shop in Ellicott City. ) Dave

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Jim Bashline, in his book "Night Fishing for Trout" claims that the best time for night fishing is when there is no moon.  His technique is to use large flies in the middle of the night, and is not "matching the hatch" at sundown.       Gene

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Jim Bashline, in his book "Night Fishing for Trout" claims that the best time for night fishing is when there is no moon.  His technique is to use large flies in the middle of the night, and is not "matching the hatch" at sundown.      Gene

Hi Gene, I like night fishing with a mouse pattern.  The big browns love it. Tight Lines] Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products Bozeman, MT (96 catalog)

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: Someome told me that the fish stop biting the : closer you get to a full moon? : True or just a myth? Not true! It was invented by the Mythiss.  <G Jon Porter Mythiss? A small aquatic insect, right? -David Buschhorn

Negative. You know, like Mythiss Robinson! – -Big John — J.P.Erwin – System Tech – Network Surveilance He that knows the world best – likes it least.  -Poor Richard’s Almanac

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Someome told me that the fish stop biting the closer you get to a full moon? True or just a myth?

True as far as most FFpeople are concerned.  Because of the increased light, they can feed more effectively at night and, therefore, do not need to feed as much during the day. — Richard Nelson Spokane, Wa. "Its not that life is so short, its that death is sooo long."  

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Read your thread in the FF Newsgroup.  It looks like you’ve already gotten some good answers & I agree with them.  Glad to see you tying some new things to try out – that’s half the fun. If you want the best advice – bar none, you have to call the Bass Pond. Their number is 800-327-5014.  There is not a nicer, more knowledgeable group of warmwater people around.  Doug, the owner and his wife Lori, are both in my opinion a few of the hidden gems of this sport.  The Bass Pond is the mail order arm of Anglers All, their retail shop.  If you don’t find what you need in the catalog, ask & they’ll have it (or kill themselves getting it) in their retail shop. I’ve been dealing with them a couple of years now and they get ALL of my business.  Their prices are right on & the Bass Pond rods aren’t listed along with SAGE for nothin’.  Great deal there! No I don’t work for them – I’m just fanatical about warmwater FF & the folks at The Bass Pond.

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Anybody know what to use for bass in IOWA?  I am tying a wide assortment of flys right now to experiment with when the ice thaws but I’d like to be able to use some flys or nymphs that will work in early spring. Any help would be appreciated. Thanx…Jim Hauer

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Wooly Bugger, size 10 and larger

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Anybody know what to use for bass in IOWA?  I am tying a wide assortment of flys right now to experiment with when the ice thaws but I’d like to be able to use some flys or nymphs that will work in early spring. Any help would be appreciated. Thanx…Jim Hauer

Jim: If you mean EARLY spring, like shortly after the ice goes out, my experience is you’ll need to go with something wet (like the Wooly Buggers mentioned earlier, leech patterns, and Clouser minnows have all worked for me).  I will tell you, though, I do a lot of farm pond fishing just outside Des Moines, and FLYfishing for bass can tend to be pretty slow (at least for me) until the water starts to warm up a little. Now, once the water temp. does start getting into the high 40’s and low 50’s, things really heat up on flies.  When the bass are starting to be active in the shallows, hair bugs, poppers, and ESPECIALLY DEER HAIR MICE can be a riot.  I have caught lots of nice bass on a mouse – nothing fancy, just natural brown deer hair spun fairly thick in kind of a fat, torpedo shape on a long size 2 or 4 hook, and trim the belly a little and use a brown or black bunny hair strip for a tail.  When the bass are in the mood, this is heart attack fishing ’cause they’ll just inhale it. Later toward summer and through fall, hopper imitations work real well. At ANY time, if you want to speed up the action, try tying a nymph of some sort as a dropper attached to the hook bend of your topwater bass fly.  Odds are you may get lots of bluegills that way, and occasionally you’ll get a bass on the top and a bluegill on the dropper. Have fun, I’ll be after the bluegills this weekend.  The ice just went out on my favorite pond. Bob

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Anybody know what to use for bass in IOWA?  I am tying a wide assortment of flys right now to experiment with when the ice thaws but I’d like to be able to use some flys or nymphs that will work in early spring. Any help would be appreciated. Thanx…Jim Hauer

Jim,    You didn’t mention the type of bass : large or smallmouth.  Since Iowa has lots of farm pond I’ll assume the former. I have had the best luck on large floating spiders. Tie them with white foam then pantone the backside and some of the underbelly grey to simulate the large diving spiders living amongst the pond edges. The largemouths go bunkers over them initially, then wise up after having been hooked a few times.. Its a blast !                                                                                        Jody

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Steve, There is the San Mateo Sportsman’s show that used to be held in March and will be held in Jan or Feb. this coming year (96).  This is a consumer show with all the big guns represented whereas the Fly Tackle Dealer Show is a dealer show not a consumer show.  If you like fly fishing, and live in the Bay Area, don’t miss it.                                                    Dan Dan Gracia Schools Coordinator Orvis West Coast Fly Fishing Schools If you kill that big fish you can’t catch ‘em again.  So what if they eat other fish?  If you kill the big ones there will only be little ones left (funny how that works!).

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I’ll be attending the The Fly Tackle Dealers’ Show in Denver next month. Anyone wishing information on new products (particularly rod blanks and components) exhibited at the show, feel free to post e-mail. I’ll be returning on approx. Sept. 25 and I’ll have a chance to respond at that time. You can also receive a free copy of our current catalogue with custom rods, blanks, componments, fly tying material and accessories by sending your name and snail mail address via e-mail. Phil Koenig Manhattan Custom Tackle    

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Try the AMI Rec Net at: http://www.aminews.com/ami Centralized source for outdoor news and info. Several fly fishing pages linked. Looking for good stats and other pages on fly fishing. Enjoy, Rob Brown Webmaster

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: Here is a listing I maintain on the Missouri Flyfishing Page of other : flyfishing links: : State or Regional Flyfishing Pages : Arizona : California : Colorado : Montana : Oregon This has shamed me.  Nothing in Idaho.  But will it motivate me?  I’ve been thinking of listing all the rivers in Idaho I know of which offer at least 5 miles of good trout water.  The barrier to my action has been that the list is over 150 in number.  Just the larger streams, nothing small.  So…would anyone out there be interested in this type of info?  I’m usually against these types of lists.  All it does is add to the crowds, but perhaps I’m wrong.  Advice? Rick — T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Assistant professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    |  These University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    |  opinions Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. |  are mine.  

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i just got www access and would like the www sites of any fly or not fly fishing pages.  email or post in reply please. –

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i just got www access and would like the www sites of any fly or not fly fishing pages.  email or post in reply please. –

The Virtual Flyshop: http://rmii.com/~flyshop/flyshop.html Enjoy! — Mike Tucker- The Virtual Flyshop, The Complete Resource              Web Page:  http://rmii.com/~flyshop/flyshop.html              Tel. 970-498-8779   FAX 970-491-2585 If you try 970 and it doesn’t work use 303.  Leave it to US WEST to change our area code and not tell the rest of the world……

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Yes, it’s true.  My first sighting.  Along Henry’s Fork, the Deschutes, the Madison?  Nope.  Parked outside a gourmet coffee shop on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Tight Lines (and tall lattes), Scott

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: Yes, it’s true.  My first sighting.  Along Henry’s Fork, the Deschutes, : the Madison?  Nope.  Parked outside a gourmet coffee shop on Bainbridge : Island, Washington. Now *there’s* a shock : Tight Lines (and tall lattes), I like grande’s -JEG — John E. Grant             |"it’s 3 days ride from Bakersfield and I don’t http://www.tufts.edu/~jgrant1

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Yes, it’s true.  My first sighting.  Along Henry’s Fork, the Deschutes, the Madison?  Nope.  Parked outside a gourmet coffee shop on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Gosh, saw one today myself. Outside of Boushey’s Fruit Market; "Cheeses of the World, 250 varieties…" on Elgin Street, here in Ottawa. Maybe belonged to a visting American, come to think of it Bill C. _was_ in town. Naaaa….. In anycase this ain’t trout country anyway; smallies, walleye & muskies maybe. — Blair Sharpe Ottawa, ON, Canada

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This thread should be renamed.  How about "An oil leak runs through it"? Rick — T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Assistant professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    |  These University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    |  opinions Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. |  are mine.  

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I saw the owner’s manual in a book store recently.  I think it’s called "Fly Fishing Through The Mid-Life Crisis."  I’ll be moving along, thanks. Don’t fish and tell. Terry

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: I saw the owner’s manual in a book store recently.  I think it’s called : "Fly Fishing Through The Mid-Life Crisis."  I’ll be moving along, thanks. : Don’t fish and tell. : Terry If you haven’t read FFTM-LC don’t knock it.  It’s good!.  Not Gierach, perhaps, but better than Lyons.

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I saw the owner’s manual in a book store recently.  I think it’s called "Fly Fishing Through The Mid-Life Crisis."  I’ll be moving along, thanks. Don’t fish and tell. Terry

Read the book now I guess I will have to buy the jeep, special edition no doubt. Probably comes with a built in rod rack, fly tying table, wine cooler etc. To bad I still have to work for a living.

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It’s a wonderful book, but I don’t get your comparison of Lyons and Gierach. Both are fine essayists, but Lyons, it seems to me, plays it deeper and acknowledges something more of the complexities of human experience than Gierach…without any less humor, understanding of the sport and its Richards) writes: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : I saw the owner’s manual in a book store recently.  I think it’s called : "Fly Fishing Through The Mid-Life Crisis."  I’ll be moving along, thanks. : Don’t fish and tell. : Terry If you haven’t read FFTM-LC don’t knock it.  It’s good!.  Not Gierach, perhaps, but better than Lyons.

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It does not come with fly tieing table or cooler.  That is extra. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I saw the owner’s manual in a book store recently.  I think it’s called "Fly Fishing Through The Mid-Life Crisis."  I’ll be moving along, thanks. Don’t fish and tell. Terry Read the book now I guess I will have to buy the jeep, special edition no doubt. Probably comes with a built in rod rack, fly tying table, wine cooler etc. To bad I still have to work for a living.

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I’ve never seen one and don’t plan to as long as it stays on the east

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I will be in yosemite along the merced river  sept 13 for 10 days and would appreciate any advice on that or other nearby rivers: eg, patterns, line weight, good areas, guides, weather conditions, etc, etc.  please email me and thanks for the help.   daved

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writes: I will be in yosemite along the merced river  sept 13 for 10 days and would appreciate any advice on that or other nearby rivers: eg, patterns, line weight, good areas, guides, weather conditions, etc, etc.  please email me and thanks for the help.   daved

I’ve never fished it, but "California Fly Fisher" magazine had a short article in their July-Aug ‘93 issue on the Merced.  Call them at (415)621-3117, maybe they can send you a back issue.  They said the better fishing for wild trout is outside the park.  Good luck, Bill Uyeki

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