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I happen to find some lost fishing gear while fishing Sunday Morning. If you lost it and can tell me what gear and where I will be happy to return it to you.

I have a few questions as far as spider rigging or pushing from a kayak. From what I have read, when pushing or pulling you use a heavy weight like 1 to 5 ounce to keep your line straight and jig or...

If you think it is too small to cast and feel then the rod you are using is not an Ultra Light. I have a load of these mini cranks and can cast and feel them just fine.

Mike P.

Looks Like your doing good there Mike.

Mike P.

Here in Indiana the retention ponds are the ponds in the neighborhoods and Industrial parks that rain water drains into. They are usually full of small stunted fish but I have seen 7 to 10 lb bass...

Thanks for the help. Will check out some places on my vacation next month.

Mike P.

I am looking to find a few new spots to try to catch crappie while wading and fly fishing. I live in Greenwood,In and have been on Fall Creek, Eagle Creek, and the White River. Fall Creek I have...

I have had good luck on the gills and bass with them in retention ponds.

Mike P.

Well I played hooky from work today to take care of some automotive issues that really did not need anything done about. So with that in the books and the cold weather I decided to tie up some more...

Sorry for taking so long to get back on here but I do not normally check this board that often I tied the flies with flex floss and thread. I have given some a dubbed thorax and head. The 2 in the...

I use a Norvise for tying my flies. I have the tube tying jaws on it in this pic.
Nor-Vise | Home | Quality Fly Tying Vise System and Accessories is where you can get one.

Mike P.

Those in the top right are made with glass beads and dubbing.

Mike P.

Mainly fishing for panfish and bass. Will be trying a couple of these of steelhead in a few weeks.

Mike P.

I just got the Flambeau 3936TW Twin Blue Ribbon Fly Box, This has the vertical friction foam slots to hold the flies. Here it is with some recently tied flies.
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Tied up a few egg sucking leeches on tubes using craft fur and glass beads.


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I have actually built 2 of these from 3wt fly rods. Both turned out great and all parts where less than $50. I actually used 2 different blanks. They where both pacific bay blanks that cost around 20...

Here is a link to the book on amazon.com

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Mike P.

There a few things you need to know about tying a glass bead fly like this. The main thing is you need a base on the hook so you dont break them while fishing. There is a book tittled Tying Glass...

Finally got off my lazy arse and did some tying today. I have been waiting for my order of glass beads from the fly shop but they have not arrived yet. So I went and got some more beads from the...

Why is this? They know how to catch salmon and steelhead with a float rod or a centerpin rod. They excel at this compared to us americans.

Mike P.

Hey Skip, you should try just using the regular zonkers. Then you wont have to retie another zonker strip in. when doing it this way you need to brush the hair back as you wrap towards the jig head....

BasicallyBluegill where did you get your floats from? I have been looking for some pole floats or match floats in the .5g to 3g range. I would also like to get some of the clear plastic one also. If...

I actually prefer the European type floats for UL float-n-fly for gills and crappies. They seem to outdo any of the american made floats and seem to be of a higher quality. I am gonna try and make...

I can tell you that if he did tie it and where to sell them it would cost you at least $100 to $250 dollars for each one. There is probaly 20 or so hours of tying in it. I used to freguent the...

Here is the site that helped me learn to fly cast. Flycasting Tips - The Basic Cast
The cracking like a whip comes from starting your next stroke to soon. You are not giving it the leader enough...

Since Skip decided to post pics of his tying area I thought I would do the same. I decided to remake my CPU and fly tying desk. Keep in mind I am still working on it. Here are 3 pics of it so far.
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If you want to use just jigs or lures I reccomend you start using these in retention ponds to find out what works. I like to use flies as a jig also. Copper johns and bead head flies, and small...

Ship I would also like one if you could please. [email protected]

Thanks. I will sennd you the pattern for the killer bream fly if you like.

Mike P.

Thanks for the Info. I may have to check this out the week of the 21st since I will be on vacation.

Mike P.

I tied the thread in between to give it a segmented look and hold the beads in place a little better. It is not needed though. I do tie some without the thread in between the beads. One thing that is...