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Re:Yeah, guys, well while your at it... 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Oh, NOW I get it. This thread wasn't intended for the benefit of those on the board who might need the info, as usual it was all about BRUCE!
If you don't know it then it's a useful contribution, but if you do then it's "try again". 
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Bite Me Buzz :nya: 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Isn't it great how "Bite Me" has morphed from a slap in the mouth from a parent to something you might hear on network TV? Always liked the expression. Kids today have no idea of it's original form. ANYHOW,
You're sabotaging my thread!
Maybe I'm just trying to recapture the past. Maybe it's the teacher in me wanting ideas shared (isn't that the board at it's finest?) Maybe this is residual from having written my last president's column for my fly club newsletter (a burden I'm happy to bid adieaoux...okay, I KNOW that's not how it's spelled, but I figured if I put in enough vowels I'd cover my butt).
I think it's idea #2.
NOW, you've sinned against a very progressive idea. You must repent. Father Bruce will absolve you. Contribute 2 more tips to this thread and take your son fishing, soon. |
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SloFly (User)
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Shhhhhhhhhhhh!!! The brookies are biting....... 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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JHC!!! You had to go and put down the bite. I guess a few rises are better than none. When are you going to learn???  |
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SloFly (User)
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Re:Who knew I was so powerful? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Andrew Weiner wrote:
You spend too much time thinking about me, Slo. And the rest of the time thinking about sexual devices for the gay community?
Is there a difference???
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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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:pic:Brookies WILL bite anything! 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Sorry, Pic was too big to upload.
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Last Edit: 2008/12/08 20:02 By Arizona Bruce.
Reason: No Pic
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A steelhead fly fisherman needs two qualities:
A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Or you could just run Maxima to your tube fly hook since I know you are a steelheader,,,,.....right?
Edit: One of my own. Never fish weighted flies. Either fish a heavier tip for streamers or add more split shot. All weighted flies hook are rocks....
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Last Edit: 2008/12/08 22:26 By sierratrout.
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Tube Flies 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Hey ST,
After a frustrating trip to BC where I landed 4 of 9 in nine days of fishing (in 2007 when the returns were weak on the Bulkley), including 4 on fixed-hook streamers, I bought a mess of tube flies.
I haven't yet been in a situation where I wanted to use them (I'm not as much into steelhead fishing aesthetics as I am into the adrenaline rush when there's a fish on the line), but I've got 'em for the next time streamers are called for.
I agree, Maxima is great stuff!
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Ralph (User)
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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I totally agree. Never fish weighted nymphs (okay, hardly ever). Weight belongs on the leader, not the fly.
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Thanks for the validation Ralph.
From Caddis (some of which may live on the end of a tether) to Stoneflies (who get washed along in the current), and all them other pieces of fish food in between, I ain't never seen one that weighed as much as 10 wraps of .018" lead wire.
I catch fish when I anchor the leader with split shot and have a nymph below the weight "jigging" off the bottom of the stream or on a dropper (or 2) above the weight. I can keep a tighter line, control the rate of drift, and either rake the bottom or employ this new fangled technique called the "Leisering Lift" that seems to imitate a nymph swimming to the surface, otherwise known as getting the fish's attention.
Paul
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Re:What are your favorite FF tips? 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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Great tip on "not" weighting nymphs. Your article in the
latest Fly Fisherman (that discussed how most nymphs
are excellent swimmers)was excellent.
I also liked the "jigging" of the fly during the drift.
Pit River watch out in Spring! 
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Carpy (Moderator)
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might be true for moving 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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water. but in stillwaters a weighted wiggletail bugger,,ala Jay Fair style, is a very effective fly.
Never say never
Paul
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Tailwater Indicators 17 Years, 3 Months ago
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I've got limited experience fishing tailwaters, but the river I fish the most that doesn't have steelhead is the San Juan in New Mexico. As with most tailwaters (so I've read), midges are a major food source for the 'bows in this river.
When they grab a nymph, it's generally the softest take you'll ever see, or not see. My favorite indicator is a piece of flourescent orange biostrike putty, no larger than my little finger nail.
If it slows down, stops or even bobs a little funny, STRIKE! Don't ask me how, but I've learned to strike without seeing a reason to. I guess I see something out of the ordinary and set before it even registers in my mind.
My success on that river has increased four hundred percent after I started using the tiniest of indicators and replaced my BB split shot with micro shot.
Don't be too impressed. Before I made these changes, I was literally the worst fisherman on the San Juan. Really. THE worst. I'm not exaggerating. My best day of fishing there in 16 years wasn't even into double digits.
These were my pre-steelheading days when I'd only fly fish on the San Juan because I couldn't legally use bait. Anywhere else, I'd be drowning worms, meal worms or grasshoppers.
Those dark times lasted years until I hired a guide who turned me around.
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