Friday Thoughts……..a random bit of fly fishing from my head.

Snow/Rain/Crap

So i am getting fed up with all this extra snow…….. lots of crap on the side of the road that looks like crap all brown and such from cars….and rain predicted for monday will melt all this snow away into our rivers and lakes….. so it looks like the rain in the forecast will wash away all this snow into our rivers and make them high again for like the 3rd fricking time this year….. but dont worry every story has a silver lining……. I have heard from a few sources including a few guides that the spring fishing will be on FIRE!!! good water levels all though the year and good fishing later in the season! The SNP will probably be fishing well later this year the normal… Good flows all year for floating rivers

Fly Tying…..

School Days get really long and i often find myself daydreaming about fly fishing and fly tying…. often times a new fly pattern gets written on the back of classwork or such…. I have been in the works of a new nymph pattern that originated on the back of some classwork in school. I have been experimenting with doing a dubbing loop which is a really cool technique if you have never tried it. I am a huge fan of woolly buggers with dubbing on them and now my go-to bugger is a dub-bug (my own version of a woolly bugger). If you there is still any doubt in your mind about attending the fly tying marathon it will be incredibly awesome! lunch will be provided and deserts!

Kayak Stuff

Have some fly rod holders coming in soon to put on the kayak for some summer smallmouth action on the fly from the yak! Been hard at work filling my new smallmouth fly box for the coming season……however i must say i am more stoked for the trout season!

Fly Fishing

Might go fly fishing on Sunday after the marathon but that is still in the works!

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Some Fish From This Year

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Can anyone remember days like this?

I know i cant. The only thing i can hold on to is pictures….. until that beloved sun comes back to warm everything up and the fish will start to rise.

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24

it is time for Jack Bauer to save the world again! or will he finally die?

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Is Mad…and Happy

that he has only been fishing 1 out of the 6 days this year….. but is also happy because he gets a new fly tying vise this weekend and a larger pair of smith action optics glasses!

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As i look out my window…..

I see snow falling and accumulating!!! I just wish i was fishing in it though! Dreams of fishing the gunpowder with midge patterns. It can hardly get better! But i think i will be stuck at the fly tying vise today. Still trying to fill that darn Large C&F nymph box with a swing page in it…………..

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I think we are going to need a bigger boat

‘Monster Shark’ Chomps Into Great White
9:54am UK, Tuesday October 27, 2009

Huw Borland, Sky News Online

A giant shark that could be up to 20ft long has sent shockwaves across Australian beaches after a great white was nearly bitten in half.

A stunning picture shows a 10ft predator thrashing about with two massive chunks missing on either side of its body, off the Queensland coast.

Experts said its rival may be 20ft (about six metres) long, judging by the size of the huge bites.

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We need rain……badly

well. the title pretty much sums it up. we need rain….. Mossy creek is very very low….. Extremely hard to catch the fish……. North and South Fork of the Shenandoah are also very low…. last time i was there they were not letting people float the entire river only parts of it…. None the less we will prevail in these low water conditions until more rain is provided….. as far as the mountain streams are concerned they are pretty much to low to fish…… Still we will fish….and fish……and tie flies which we do lots of……and think about fishing.

Hope that other places are fishing better!

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