Rob Snowhite
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I’ve worn the SIMMS rubber studded boots now for about 4 years. Same pair. No issues.
I’ve trusted my life to them-ice, snow, mud, rocks, slimy rocks etc.
Just don’t walk on tile (gas station floors, grocery stores, etc) with them or you’ll fall on yer arse
mid arbor is one solid reel, i’d trade my LA for those
they had buy ___ rod and get a free mid arbor before xmas. that was a deal!
morsie is cruel, posting those is like having a fly fisherman voodoo doll and sticking him with pins
don’t think i’ll get out till inaug weekend (if we don’t go to san fran)
boston this weekend for fam eventsnot sure of the stream or area but i’ve seen them on tv and mags
100% moss covered forest in pac northwest with a stream going through it, looks like forrest moon of endor
not sure if there are fish in it but the rio azul somewhere in central america has been on my list of places to visit
after thinking for days on what to post, those are all i can confirm now other than some secluded island with jack and bonefish with rum and turqouise water
my roommate from college would tell you to be sure to stop in at huck finns catfish something or other for all of them catfish nugets you can eat
Here is what I meant by a triangle:
X = line
Y = water
Z = rodY and Z are the same in both images
Z in the top image is at a greater angle to the water which lengthens the distance between Y and Z
Z in the bottom image is at a lesser angle to the water which shortens the distance between Y and Z
More line on the water = more line manipulated by the water
Less line on the water = less line manipulated by the wateras the term instar has been brought up, here is a webpage with a graph indicating the instar stage in the life cycle of a mayfly.
http://www.thefeedinglane.com/insects.html
send some snow this way
i haven’t used my snow shoes in 3+ years here and had them sent to our condo in breck (where the wife and her fam are now)its 34 and rainy here
traditional wet flies would be tied with absorbant | sinking material.
you would not want to use oily pelts from muskrats or beavers
weight may or may not be added to the fly to help it sink -depending where in the water column you want the fly to be worked- substrate bottom, suspended above bottom, in mid water, sub surface, or surface filmnymphs could represent insects swimming to the surface to live a terrestrial life, insects that have lost holding of substrate, things that have been knocked loose by somone up stream, another fish digging in the gravel, or a stream bank being eroded.
if a lot of foot morsels are coming down stream, a fish meerly needs to open its mouth and they will be fed. if you think about how many bugs could be in 1 sq inch of water and how many square inches a fish can move through mouth into gut/gills you get to picture that these morsels make up a mighty large percentage of the trout’s diet (think cold water where the fish metabolism is slowed down)
other times the fish will actively pursue the food item
submerged aquatic food items are like an iceberg. we only see a small portion of what is going on in the air, there is a whole lot more going on below and that is what nymphing is aiming to replicate
there are a myriad of items from crustaceans, round worms, insects, fish, leeches, mollusks, drowned mammals, that make up the submerged diet.
dave whitlock’s book is great: http://www.amazon.com/Whitlocks-Guide-Aquatic-Trout-Second/dp/1599210665/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231190755&sr=8-1
check out the ‘underwater world of trout’ dvd and
this website i have linked on mine: http://www.bgsd.k12.wa.us/hml/jr_cam/macros/amc/index.html#odonata
i’m used to saying all of this as usual rather than writing so hope you can make sense of it all.
edit: tackle
shorter leaders have less drag in the water/are less manipulated by the current and thus will allow your fly to have a more realistic look in the water for a longer period
some prefer flourocarbon leaders as light does not reflect off the line, some prefer to paint their split shot to make them resemble the stream geology, some prefer to rub their nymphs on the rocks and logs so they take on the smell of the water and don’t smell like sun screen or all other things in the food thread
a longer rod will take more line off the water surface which enables the line to be less manipulated by the current. think of a triangle with water is one side, your rod is the other, and line is the 3rd, the hypotnuse. if make your arm/rod longer, you shorten the hypotnuse.
pre packaged outfit that has a warranty. brand shouldn’t matter too much, warranty warranty warranty
i still have my first 2 cortland kits, caught a monster on a mouse on the dream stream in ’05 with one.
remembered these: http://www.flyfishguides.com/colorado.htm
maps for sale in most fly shops,
tells you private/public land, parking, and most other relevant info for each body of waterdo it
every time we watch an episode of dexter i give the wife the stink eye
i had a job offer there a year ago that included a company boat. a company boat!!!!
i love the tropical weather, flora, and fauna. the fishing is just the icing for me.
the things that would hold me back is the lack of fresh water, forest fires, and those pesky storms come end of summer.
the best warm water fly i have ever come across:
i fish it as a dropper under a popper (mr bobs dye injected rubber that are no longer produced)
deadly
biltong :drool
my neighbor from ZA is going to try and smuggle some in for me.
i already got a bottle of red heart from one of my wife’s friends -it sits next to my bottle of bundyranch sunflower seeds
kashi crunch bar
jerkyif room – camp stove with instant soup n noodles from asian market or chili mac w/ beef dehydrated
i should bring charcruterie and cheese from the shop but always forget. the mini finocciona would be perfect
short answer: no
long caffienated answer:there is a sign at cape may nj with a list of things that fisherman use and their time to biodegrade.
mono was in the hudreds to thousands of years. that includes exposure to elements and uv light
i think replacing tippet be it flouro or mono is more of a sales pitch (companies that place experation dates on their spools)
as long as it is not exposed to the elements i’d say you should be fineif you are going for some igfa record and are paranoid enough that you might loose the fish of a lifetime due to brittle or decomposed flouro then go for it.
annecdote: we threw a spool of mono off my parents deck in the 80s and it got caught up in the branches. when the leaves drop you can see the same spool dangling by the same piece of mono
the wife bought me some airline bottles of johnny walker black (i got her a 5th of dahlwinie 15 = not fare) and a trip to the baltimore aquairum (pics soon) and dinner at the woodberry kitchen in baltimore.
first time she’s gottten me anything since we met in 2001.
parents got us a tempurpedic bed (it was their guest room bed and we traded)
no fishing related stuff unless i take the airline bottles with me – if they last that long.
dr jones (the dog) got a hickory smoked bone from the butcher next to the cheese shop where i work, his beard friggin stinks of hickory now
zach has been having a series of unfortunate events, hope the new year gets better (no dog pipes bursting, no house pipes bursting)
NPR had a great piece about the spill last week on morning edition or was it science friday? I forget.
Either way it sucks and I hope it gets remedatiated. TVA should pay for all personal property damage and enviromnental.
