Curtis Bias
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My good fishing buddy learned to fly fish while he lived in Colorado. That list of flies looks almost exactly like what is in his fly boxes. He has some BWO dries in there as well. I can’t wait to take a trip with him out there next summer to fish the Animas and the San Juan.
We planned another trip up into Utah as well. His brother is an environmental attorney for the National Parks Service and travels to different parks regularly. He calls up when he is in prime fishing territory and we fly over to meet him. This year he is spending time in Utah. Last year he was in Yellowstone. I always like to see his name come up on the caller ID. It means I’m about to have a really good time somewhere.
The tubes aren’t as nice as the thicker and stiffer tubes that people buy to make tube flies, but they do work. They are much less expensive than the things I see in fly tying catalogs.cost: under $3 US for 500. Even cheaper at the local dollar store
I use Q-tips for my tubes. They are very inexpensive. I buy them in the 500 pack at the local WAlly World. The ones with the blue plastic tubing.
I use tube flies when bass fishing on our local ponds.
The other benefit is that you usually don’t lose your flies if you hook a fish too deeply.
Rigging is easy too if you tie a loop in the end of your line, pass it through the tube using a threader (I use dental floss threaders), pass the loop through the eye of the hook, and pass the entire loop over the tip of the hook. Cinch it up and you have a loop to loop connection from line to hook eye. It works very well.- Swapping out flies takes very little time. YOu also don’t have to change the depth at which you are fishing.
I’ve been using a doll embroidery needle in my vise for tube flies. I like the idea of using the allen wrenches. If I ever decide to use a different size for my tubes I think I’ll have to try it.
I directed him to look here for the set up for sale in the classifieds when I saw him searching for one on the washington fly fishing forum. He must have just come ont he classifieds and posted the WTB add without reading the posts in this section.
Root beer colored shrimp patterns kill in the Tampa area for several types of fish. When the shrimp come in contact with fresh water, they turn brownish. The fish will key in on shrimp this color in brackish water and along the mangroves. – Quarter sized crab patterns are nice. (Merkin etc.)
I just recieved a box of 5 sage hen skins in the mail for fly tying. My brother sent them down from Idaho. Looks like it will make some good fly material. Just have to process them to kill any bugs first.
My first fly fishing adventure was on the White River. What a great place to fish.
Seeing the fog on the river there is just something magical. I could never capture the way it really looks on film. I’ve seen it look like the entire river was covered in a thick white blanket with swirls of cloud rolling up and swelling over the water. Then I snap a photo and the fog looks so thin. – YOu get in the boat and can’t see more than 30 feet in front of you and you listen for other boat motors as you make way up the river so you don’t hit other boats. You post a lookout in the front of the boat so you don’t hit any obstacles. I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere else.
My favorite photo is the last one in the line-up.
Is that the Twin Span on Lake Ponchartrain in your photos? Looks like you are fishing somewhere between New Orleans and the northshore of Lake Ponchartrain where the Twin Span makes land at Slidell, Louisiana.
Thats the cool thing about esthetics. What may not look attractive to you may look attractive to me. I think the Lamsons are very fine looking reels. Of course, they also perform well. Originally, the company was all about design and esthetics. Sage brought them into the Fly Reel business. Now they are standing on their own and are making a fantastic product.
JayMorr- I have enjoyed your photos. Your work is outstanding. I have a degree in fine art and have spent some time behind the lens. You have a great eye. Nicely done.
Jack- Thanks for sharing your photos here as well. There are some talented photographers on this website. You are in good company. I’m nowhere near the photographer you guys are. I do far better with paint brushes, colored pencils, and clay.
Well, Aaron…I have to agree with you about Albright lately. They overcharge for shipping and they have also raised their prices considerably. In the last year, their reels went up by 500%. Pretty much everything in their line-up has increased in price. I bought my waders from the company when you could still buy them for 29 bucks. I wouldn’t buy Albright again. I simply wanted to suggest that there are less expensive waders out there on the market for a very reasonable price. I also like the Hodgman brathable stocking foot waders that be found for roughly 50 bucks.
I have a pair of Albrights and some from Cabelas. They do the job admirably. I paid 30 bucks for the Albright waders. The Cabelas models were a gift from a friend. I have been wearing the Albrights for the last 3 or 4 years. I wear them about 2 days a month. I do not push through brush in them at all. I save that chore for the Cabelas waders because they were given to me in a leaky stake. I used aquaseal to patch them. I had to use about half a tube because there were so many holes. They work fine. I did try some Simms waders and thought they were nice, but I just couldn’t justify the cost. I figure I’ll save my money for more important gear.- I wear these brearthable waders year round. I just layer up underneath the things with fleece during snowy weather.
