Recent content by toadfrog

4 lakes within 25 miles . None of which are known for trout . Bass , Crappie , Catfish are the big the woohoo around my parts.

Never have traveled my entire state to fish . Either I was working or prohibeted in my travels for one reason or another . I retired thinking it was time to get out and about . Wound up being a family member care giver .

Just got brown trout that I know of . Since catching them is rare I never targeted them . I'm still kicking around but haven't been in the shop for so long Some of the stuff on peg hooks are breaking through the bags and hitting the floor.

Few little brown trout in my area but it's rare to catch them.

Actually I'm predominately house bound. Not because of health but because I have been the last 4 years going on 5 taking care of my mother to keep her out of the nursing home. Almost forgot what going fishing was like.

I'm kick'in but not to long a strokes. Done very little tackle last few years . Seem to have lost my mojo. But I do still keep an eye on you guys. Most of ya'all still hang'in around from time to time . That's a good thing. Old friends are hard to come by.

Being the lazy lout that I am , I tie a heavy thread down the shank . Going down a bit then back to the head leaving a space between the wraps . Tie off at the head . Then hit it with what ever glue I have around. This gives it a screw effect . Holds the bait and I can reuse the plastic. This is...

There are 3 sizes of beetle spin wires. The smallest one will run an 1/8 oz using a no. 0 or 1 blade and a size 10 swivel. If memory serves me correctly . Been a long time since I last made tackle. Probably got some wires and the like around some place.

Back in the day I just welded a pair of vice grips to a piece of plate steel . Looked sort of like your standard fly vise set up.

Hope you get a few hogs. Every great once in a while I get a shot at one off my front porch. Usually one that has wondered down out of the hills heading for somebodies grain field. Not nearly as many here as Texas.

If by chance you hit a little town called Big Cabin it's pretty close to me. I live in the sticks but the good thing is nearly every town around is only 15 minutes away.

Welcome . Just yell out . If I know it I'll spill it LOL.

Like I always say make do until you do better. Nothing wrong with thinking outside the box. Anything that works even a little is success.

Did that once myself. Long long time ago . Any extra vibration helps . I even took the motor out of a massager and added an empty cup to the bottom of of the fluid bed and let it bounce around in there. Either way the noise made me bonkers.