I have 2 fast sinking full sink lines( a 5and a 6wt), 2 fast sinking 25 ft sink tip lines again a 5 and a 6wt, a clear 10 ft sink tip with a slow sink rate ,a Rio versa tip ,and a couple of floating lines for fishing Crowley. What i use on a particular day depends on where the fish are hanging out a...

When the fish are focused on the surface I will usually start by throwing a dry fly with a floating nymph or an unweighted nymph about 18" off the bend of the dry. If it's an unweighted nymph I will treat half of the !8" tippet with floatant. Same with caddis, I hang a pupa off of the dry....

It's kind of funny listening to young folks talk about old folks. As if they themselves are immune to aging and the effects of time. As if they never consider that they too, if fortunate enough will be old some day. It's an astounding lack of self awareness. Behind each set of old eyes is a story. M...

You must mean Pat Jagger the guide in Bishop , right ? I have never seen him dance but i'll take your word for it.

Don't you wish that you could un-see things ? I do .

If you are going to fish Hot Creek you have to tolerate the crowds. that is just the way it is there.Some day's I am better able to handle the crowds than other days. It does not take much to try to observe which direction people are working or to just ask. Even during the week it can be packed. I w...

Being the cheapskate that I am I have resisted paying the 10 bucks extra to Cox for the sportsman package on my cable . Having hip replacement surgery in Oct. and knowing that I would be out of work for 3 months and watching alot of T.V in the beginning of my little adventure I bit the bullet and go...

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Like Midger, I use fluorocarbon for everything , nymph, dry , and streamers . You need to be careful about nicks and abrasions with fluorocarbon. Nicks and abrasion's make fluorocarbon really visible.

Thank you all for the encouragement. Thanks for coming by Chuck, it was good to see you. The recovery is going well. It's nice to not have the constant pain of a bad hip joint. I will be seeing the surgeon next week and am hoping that he will clear me to start getting back into the gym for some ligh...

Congrats Andre, it's good to be you .

What every one said plus this-- you have to watch it when you are wearing felt sole's in snowy- icy conditions. Ice can build up on the felt soles when you walk along the stream bank, you know what comes next. More of a problem when I jump shoot ducks than when I fish but it still will get you if yo...

I carry both . I used to use flouro for nymphing and streamers , using mono for dry's . When I use flouro it is only for tippet material, when midging that tippet is 5-6 ft long. A few years ago I was having a tough day on hot creek with alot of late refusals on dry fly's. I was using 6x mono and ha...

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Maybe I missed it, but how deep do you need to get those flies ? I vote for bringing a float tube. I always carry straps in my float tube when I fish Crowley so that if the wind gets nasty too quickly I can walk it back. Easy shmeasy. But, Crowley is flat ground , and that is a mighty big but. I don...