And yes, it's still raining. The first 12 days of the month and we've already had 5.5" of the stuff. It was pouring down at 5am this morning, too. If it ever lets up I'll go check the rain gauge. The damn lawn still thinks its May! ...irritating; I'm tired of mowing grass! Wait... it gets bett...

Curious, how often do you guys use the mono-rig versus the fly line? Do you switch from one to the other on the same rod, same day, or bring two different rods, or different days different rigs? Do you continue to use a traditional fly line, and when do you prefer that if so? I've read the trout it...

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:17 am

Mike62 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:24 am

plvankampen wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:58 am

Yeah, I'm definitely behind you a couple decades fishing wets.

Are you trying to say that REE is old?

If so, he would be right. I'll be 77 next month.

77-schmeventy seven! You're young at heart! New eyes! New outlook! You're going to live forever! Go fish! ...a lot!

And yes, it's still raining. The first 12 days of the month and we've already had 5.5" of the stuff. It was pouring down at 5am this morning, too. If it ever lets up I'll go check the rain gauge. The damn lawn still thinks its May! ...irritating; I'm tired of mowing grass! Wait... it gets bett...

My first impression was, Bubblegum. If Bazooka tied flies this is what their version of a Tup's would look like. That's the most impeccable bubblegum I've ever seen, Norm; too pretty to chew.

And yes, it's still raining. The first 12 days of the month and we've already had 5.5" of the stuff. It was pouring down at 5am this morning, too. If it ever lets up I'll go check the rain gauge. The damn lawn still thinks its May! ...irritating; I'm tired of mowing grass!

plvankampen wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:58 am

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:12 am I learned that method from Donald Nicholsen from Edinburgh over thirty years ago

Yeah, I'm definitely behind you a couple decades fishing wets.

Are you trying to say that REE is old?

I usually plucked out of anger. I hate roosters, I really do. The bastards come at you when you aren't looking and they can do some damage. Most of the time, I'd get nailed, stop the bleeding, and then turn around and punt the SOB across the yard. When I'd had enough of one of them, I'd bring out th...

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:27 pm If only I could get a chenille body to look that good. Mine always look like something the cat hacked up on the carpet. Are you steaming the chenille before tying?

...how the hell does he do that?!

I totally agree the the pattern has changed through the years. Many years ago on the Penobscot River I saw many older gents fishing variation’s of this pattern for Atlantic salmon. Lou The Tomah Joe is a lost pattern up here. Sure, it lives, somewhere in the mists of time, and the memories of certa...