[Tim Pommer]

More like year of the (giant) popper!

Bite off – I will no longer fish 60lb fluoro as a bite tippet.

Success (sorry for the bad self timer photo).

[Tim Pommer]

Awesome.

[Tim Pommer]

I’d be willing to bet you picked one of the biggest fish out of that water.

[Tim Pommer]

Looks like my dog’s turds after he ate all my bucktails.

[Tim Pommer]

I have several of the Lumalux lines used for hex and other night fishing escapades.  They aren’t really necessary if you know what your doing and are comfortable fishing in the dark, but they are alot of fun to watch, and suprsisingly, don’t seem to spook fish at much, if any at all.  If your new to it, they could be a big help, especially on a moonless night when it really is pitch black.

I have found that the night bite on the surface doesn’t really turn on unit its dark-dark, meaning at least a hour after sunset.  The pattern is actually the least critical part of the whole thing – anything that moves water will move fish.  Tie some sort of gurgler gooking thing out of foam so it floats, like Tim says, and get out there and cover water with it.  Short roll casts, and then sweeping the rod back to pull wake the fly is typically how i do it.  The hardest part is hooking up on fish – there are a lot of short strikes, or just plain misses.  If you figure that part out, let me know.

That about sums it all up right there.

[Tim Pommer]

No foam but never leave home without a power ant.  Color combinations are endless but I like to stick to the black body, white legs, white wing, and grizzly hackle.  Make the legs extra long – longer than the photo.

Simple but effective.

I’m sure you could add foam to this thing in some way.

[Tim Pommer]

Nice Travis.

[Tim Pommer]

The SLT is more of a moderate-flex rod, so keep in mind that today many, if not most, lines are a half-weight heavy.

SA XPS and Trout tapers are not a half line heavy.

[Tim Pommer]

You guys actually use your real names?

[Tim Pommer]

I use the SA XPS or the SA Trout taper on my 2 and 3 weights.

[Tim Pommer]

It’s a sweet stick – my favorite in my arsenal right now.

[Tim Pommer]

Nice Tim.

[Tim Pommer]

The wind often picks up in the afternoon and this is when you’ll want to chunk those big foam hoppers and chernobyls. A 4 weight would be tough to fish with.

Agree.

[Tim Pommer]

Anyone see Germany destroy Australia?  Whoa….

[Tim Pommer]

You really need to shave.

[Tim Pommer]

 I would do away with goal tenders though, so you would have lots of scoring like basketball.  Can you imagine how exciting it would be to see a soccer score of 85 to 84.

That is the most typical American response to soccer.

[Tim Pommer]

If the hoppers are gonna be as good as they say, I’d go to the Horn.

[Tim Pommer]

Every thing in Banff is overpriced.

[Tim Pommer]

Am I the only one that thinks the whole thing looks a little blurry?

[Tim Pommer]

Cool Rick.

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