About 12 years ago I was sitting in a local tackle shop and two meat keepers were talking about reading a fly fishing site to see "where they were biting". This really brought it home for me so I now give a very generic report but well get specific if asked via email and it is someone who...

Nothing to do with Flyfishing, but just as important to Me...

taken on Oct. 22, 2011...

<<<when a person takes up the Fly rod there are certain guidelines that are to followed, and spraying scents on your fly certainly isn't one of them>>> Every person needs to define what THEIR flyfishing experience is about, under their own terms, and not necessarily follow the "sheeople"....

I goop this on all my flies. Sometimes they get foul hooked because their patented "sex attract" gets the fish all wound up and they try to do something other than eat the fly. :rockon: :bananadance: :rockon: :bananadance: :rockon: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/jazznfishin/Crave...

Check out the Brains of the various species you wish to target.. if the Olfactory region of the Brain is sizable, like in a Catfish's brain, then scent will be of great importance to them in seeking out food. However if the Olfactory region is really Small and their Visual region is Larger, like in ...

Unless you've added a Mini wet bar, I would have to say your 'Yak is Not completely Pimped out yet Benny..

Fish finder, good!!!

stanbery wrote:That is a huge gill.

Jon

Jon, Your "Fuzzy Streamers" would be a good choice to target these Huge Redears, as they tend to feed deeper then Bluegill do. sizes #8 & #10 in olive, rust & Black....

*, that guy has some really large hands :bananadance: Yeah i noticed that as well Sasha..and he's not all that Happy either, according to the source i got the first photo from, the Guy is a "Bass Pro" angler and those folks usually do not think much of catching Bluegill and Other Sunfish....

Just to show you, Big Redears in Havasu are not an occasional thing... http://api.ning.com/files/6EoSdowOsl8nLeYMAiNI7JojTqK5UC*OLnacVzAVWOrRnAUPsTrP-b7L2VcXVw7lh6AscoFzFOfPxFiRFb8aOZYyKsheOB26/doc4c19b087e5127518434011.jpg?width=342&height=367 This is a 4. lb. 11 oz. Redear caught June of last ...

midger wrote:That's certainly a bigun'. Just imagine the fight one of those would put to a 3or 4 weight rod.

You'd have your hands full with that Monster on a 4wt... a 3wt. would probably explode...

O.K. This Monster was not caught on a Fly, it was caught on a Jig... it's a 5.55 lb. Redear Sunfish from Lake Havasu!!!! It's been documented for a Line Class World record... http://api.ning.com/files/74V4dB3*HkWWuk4IZZaw7rjZmddkte3YZlF9e2hApWpBPzSuIX*K5Y98YyEhtY35Tr-E**Svor05qef6FEWAGLE6GKMgGf31/Re...

Nothing off the top of my head ... But I'd suggest you contact directly Nature's Spirit, Rocky Mountain Dubbing, Ewing hackle and some of the other such companies, they'd be the source for such information as they process their own birds and hides...

Sasha wrote:Wait,

I am supposed to have backing on my trout reels

How do trout anglers see their backing??? Turn the reel on it's side and stare at the backing thru the porting holes..

How do Saltwater Anglers see their backing??? Hook a Fish and watch the flyline followed by the backing melt off the reel at warp 12...

Papasequoia wrote:Sheep or goats I could understand in a time of dire need...but trout?

Dave is a rebel, he blazes his own path....