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What's So Hard About Tying A Knot? 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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I dunno, maybe because I can tie knots this system really doesn't do much for me!  |
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Re:What's So Hard About Tying A Knot? 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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So THAT's the reason you do so much better than me in AK. YOU can tie knots! 
Bob, if you use tapered leaders don't they get a bit short after a day or two? Then you have to tie in larger diameter tippets to the end of yor leader. Then thinner tippets onto your tippets.
I guess that's where you get all your practice...tying tippets onto your leader all day long?
I prefer sliding indicators so the knots would be a royal pain by inhibiting my ability to sliiiiiiiide. |
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A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 4 Months ago
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I can see where those rings could be useful and save $; however for aesthetic and elitist reasons I don't think I could use one  .
As far as mono to fluoro you have to be careful what knots you use. No dbl surgeons! Triple works fine as long as there is not a lrg dif in diameter.
I also like the uni knot for tippet to fly. You can leave (or open up) a loop at the end of the tippet to give a nymph better action or to help eliminate micro drag on techi dry fly water (great for trico spinners).
Tight Lines
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Elitist? Aesthetics? Son, you wanna them cane-pole-only dry-fly-only fishermen? 
If not, you're just an elitist wanna be. 
Hey, we all have our standards. No matter how often the Keeper of the Light urges me, I refuse to put pieces of worm on the hooks of my flies. 
BTW Marc, where you buyin' your silk fly lines?
I'll have to try the uni knot. I'vr been meaning to learn the improved turle, too.
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I got your tippet ring right here... no/msg 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Last Edit: 2008/12/07 13:21 By Buzz.
Reason: Uncalled for...
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What the hell is that? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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It looks like crampons for the bottom of your hiking boots with some Christmas pom-poms.
I'll bet, though, that that isn't what it is.
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Actually, SLO's contraption appears to have originated at the Pleasure Chest , on Melrose, in Hollywood...
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Re:Tippet Rings 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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The tippet rings just make your leader last multiple fishing outings since you're
just adding tippet to the ring...you rarely shorten the leader.
Ya, set on everything is a great tip Bjorn. A friend of mine fished
with a guide (he had no clients that day) on the upper sac a few years
ago. The guide gave him tips all day- he said ANY twitch in the flyline,
indicator, etc., to set on. My buddy caught around 4-5 fish that he
never would have. 
Anglernut
PS: Not that I am a bobicator. And not that there's anything
wrong with that.
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Re:What the hell is that? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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You're not fooling anyone - I heard that you have a whole drawer full of them in piniature menis size.
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I has been known to cure narcolepsy, just by walking into the room. My organ donation card, also lists my beard. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas. When it is raining, it is because I'm sad. Even my parents’ advice is insightful. If there were an interesting gland, mine would be larger than most men’s entire lower intestines. My shirts never wrinkle. I am left-handed. And right-handed. Even if I forget to put postage on my mail, it gets there. I once knew a call was a wrong number, even though the person on the other end wouldn’t admit it. You can see my charisma from space. The police often question me, just because they find me interesting. I once punched a magician. That’s right. You heard me. When I order a salad, I get the dressing right there on top of the salad, where it belongs…where there is no turning back. If a monument was built in my honor, Mt. Rushmore would close, due to poor attendance. My beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body. My blood smells like cologne. On every continent in the world, there is a sandwich named after me. I don't believe in using oven mitts, nor potholders. My cereal never gets soggy. It sits there, staying crispy, just for me. My pillow talk is years ahead of it’s time. Respected archaeologists fight over my discarded apple cores. I have always been known to rock the casba. Birds have never defecated on my car. I never rock climb with ropes, I feel they are for pussies. I once buried a time capsule full of things that haven’t happened yet. I have been pronounced dead 7 times…make that 8. My bear hugs are actually hugs I give to bears. I can’t be bought, but my beard clippings have been know to show up on ebay. I have never lost a sock. If I disagree with you, it is because you are wrong. My reputation expands faster than the universe. I once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like. I live vicariously through myself. Happy Hour is the hour after everyone from happy hour has left. I sleep with a night light, not because I'm afraid of the dark but the dark is afraid of me. I hold a doctorate in originality in which I teach at Harvard where no one ever passes. When I go skydiving Peregrine Falcons always trail behind me. The President of a country once took a bullet for me on a failed attempt. When I look in the mirror there's never a reflection because I am only 1 of a kind. I can defeat anyone in a game of chess without making any moves. It is rumored that James Bond movies are my real life biography. I once gave an autograph in sign language. I didn’t just taste fear… I ordered seconds of it. Restaurants offer me my usual table, even if I've never been there. Stray dogs obey my commands. The Spanish Civil War was started by two women fighting over me. Waiters Tip me. After hearing me play guitar, Hendrix decided life was not worth living. In Pamplona, the bulls run with me. I traveled to the edge of the world…and proved the world was flat. I once fought myself…and won. I took the McChicken off the dollar menu. It has been said that I beat 2 pac and biggie in a rap battle…thats why they killed each other. My tan never goes away. I painted my house with my beard. After seeing me dance…Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. I blow a .000…after putting down a case. I went skinny dipping…with my clothes on. Hookers ask me how much? I am so elusive, I can escape anything, even black holes. When a camera points at me, it never goes out of focus. I can strangle you with a cordless phone. I went to Mars, and that is why there is no life there. When I do a pushup, I'm not lifting myself up, I'm pushing the Earth down. I don't read books, I stare them down until they give me the information I need. There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures I allow to live. It takes me 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes. I am The Most Interesting Man In The World.
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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It was fun running into you there. Glad to see that I'm not the only one that does all my Christmas shopping there. Walmart has 100 packs of batteries on sale!
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A few things you need to know about me:
I has been known to cure narcolepsy, just by walking into the room. My organ donation card, also lists my beard. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas. When it is raining, it is because I'm sad. Even my parents’ advice is insightful. If there were an interesting gland, mine would be larger than most men’s entire lower intestines. My shirts never wrinkle. I am left-handed. And right-handed. Even if I forget to put postage on my mail, it gets there. I once knew a call was a wrong number, even though the person on the other end wouldn’t admit it. You can see my charisma from space. The police often question me, just because they find me interesting. I once punched a magician. That’s right. You heard me. When I order a salad, I get the dressing right there on top of the salad, where it belongs…where there is no turning back. If a monument was built in my honor, Mt. Rushmore would close, due to poor attendance. My beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body. My blood smells like cologne. On every continent in the world, there is a sandwich named after me. I don't believe in using oven mitts, nor potholders. My cereal never gets soggy. It sits there, staying crispy, just for me. My pillow talk is years ahead of it’s time. Respected archaeologists fight over my discarded apple cores. I have always been known to rock the casba. Birds have never defecated on my car. I never rock climb with ropes, I feel they are for pussies. I once buried a time capsule full of things that haven’t happened yet. I have been pronounced dead 7 times…make that 8. My bear hugs are actually hugs I give to bears. I can’t be bought, but my beard clippings have been know to show up on ebay. I have never lost a sock. If I disagree with you, it is because you are wrong. My reputation expands faster than the universe. I once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like. I live vicariously through myself. Happy Hour is the hour after everyone from happy hour has left. I sleep with a night light, not because I'm afraid of the dark but the dark is afraid of me. I hold a doctorate in originality in which I teach at Harvard where no one ever passes. When I go skydiving Peregrine Falcons always trail behind me. The President of a country once took a bullet for me on a failed attempt. When I look in the mirror there's never a reflection because I am only 1 of a kind. I can defeat anyone in a game of chess without making any moves. It is rumored that James Bond movies are my real life biography. I once gave an autograph in sign language. I didn’t just taste fear… I ordered seconds of it. Restaurants offer me my usual table, even if I've never been there. Stray dogs obey my commands. The Spanish Civil War was started by two women fighting over me. Waiters Tip me. After hearing me play guitar, Hendrix decided life was not worth living. In Pamplona, the bulls run with me. I traveled to the edge of the world…and proved the world was flat. I once fought myself…and won. I took the McChicken off the dollar menu. It has been said that I beat 2 pac and biggie in a rap battle…thats why they killed each other. My tan never goes away. I painted my house with my beard. After seeing me dance…Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. I blow a .000…after putting down a case. I went skinny dipping…with my clothes on. Hookers ask me how much? I am so elusive, I can escape anything, even black holes. When a camera points at me, it never goes out of focus. I can strangle you with a cordless phone. I went to Mars, and that is why there is no life there. When I do a pushup, I'm not lifting myself up, I'm pushing the Earth down. I don't read books, I stare them down until they give me the information I need. There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures I allow to live. It takes me 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes. I am The Most Interesting Man In The World.
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Re:What the hell is that? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Now that is just not true.............  |
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Arizona Bruce wrote:
Elitist? Aesthetics? Son, you wanna them cane-pole-only dry-fly-only fishermen?
If not, you're just an elitist wanna be...
BTW Marc, where you buyin' your silk fly lines?
No my last post was definitely tongue in cheek. I am not a tweed-bagger...at least yet.
I've been a member of bobicators annonymous for quite some time now. However, I do love 'boo. This morning when I was done bobicating for steelies I took out the old 4wt rebuilt Heddon and fished a nice olive hatch on an extended season stream. As much as I enjoy catching steelhead, fishing for rising trout is what its all about for me.
Oh yeah; sorry no silk lines, too much maintenance. Cortland sylk works just fine for me!
MarcP
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