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Sunday: Early to rise Chores Family Chores Too much for dinner Baths and bedtime Sunday evening....... :)

Anyone else pick up the Oct/Nov issue of In-Fisherman? Has a decent article about using heavy heads (tungsten) with feathers and fur to create jig-fly lures. Pretty good read, makes me want to find some tung. beads to play with. Struck me as funny that they said hardly ANYONE is using the...

Decided to try putting my UL reel (4lb test) on my 5WT fly rod to see if i could cast some light weight jigs any better. Tied on a small black/chart threadneck with a 2X strong Mustad Ultrapoint hook - the hook showed its worth! Took about four casts with it and was hopping it down the bank...

Hope to put these in front of some walleye in the next few weeks. With the cooler water temps, they will be coming up to shore after dark in a local reservoir as well as L.Erie to feed. Watched alot of them follow tailspin jigs last year but could not get them to commit. Tied them on some...

Is the Photobucket image hosting service down? Coming up with a few images on here that are missing at times and they all look like they are photobucket links. Anyone that use the service having trouble? I do not have an account. Have gone through the system here a few times now trying to...

Have had the long rod out a little more recently and got to making up some different flies...... Searched through my fly boxes and only found a few traditional clousers so figured i better make up some as the SMB are starting to switch over to minnow patterns as it gets late into the season...

Set the alarm for 5:00AM Saturday (8-18) and headed up to meet my Dad to get out on Erie for the day. Forcast on Friday evening was calling for North winds, 1-3' waves diminishing down to 2' or less. Sounds good and Dad's 24' boat should handle it fine. As i am just getting in my car on...

Looks like having some issues with the data base..... you may be getting a MYBB error screen occasionaly saying that you can't connect to the SQL server. You should be able to get your screen to refresh by pressing the F5 key - it may take a couple times tho. Just tried to repair the tables...

After seeing some recent pics of sili skirt tail jigs, it jogged my memory that i had painted some heads up that i planned to tie as large tube style jigs. Decided to finish a few of them off. These were tied with lake smallmouth in mind.... 3 seperate lakes that are all deep/clear water so...

Not made it out wading in the river at lunch much this year..... busy at work to start the season then broke my toe on July 4th. Hurts like a son-of-a-gun to slip and slide on the bedrock then mash it against the boulders. Got out today though - super low water, just about as low as i have...

Got to looking at a color wheel...... complimentary (contrasting?) colors are the ones that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. Electric Chicken is one of the combos that are compmilenting. :cool: Red/green is another. Maybe something to this??? Decided to try making up a few from...

On my last few trips out bluegill fishing, have tried both kip/thread jigs and these style, the WC Rip-Offs have been earning a bigger slot in my bluegill box. Small hooks so have been using dubbing but these also work with ultra or fine chenille. Have been tipping them with waxworms if i...

Got some custom heads made with xtra long hooks and finally got around to tying some. Kind of pulled the general idea from some Ugh Bugs that were posted here awhile back. ;) I also put some xtra sillicone legs (the holo. sparkle ones) on the bottom side. Small or Large Mouth Bass in mind with...

Hope you have a good one Zac! Getting close to a big number with a zero behind it..........!!! :cheers: :cake:

Have 2 small reservoirs now for my home town and the 2nd was built about 5 years ago - if my memory is right. As small towns go, there are numerous different stories about who and how the new reservoir was stocked. Been catching more decent sized fish from it this year so have fished it more...

Took the yaks out to the river last Saturday - i even let the rest of the family come along. :P Launched at Steyer Nature Preserve about 5 miles North of the area i fish on lunch breaks. This section of river has alot more mud/sand bottom than the bedrock substrate to the South and is deeper...

Got out last Friday for a solo trip to Willard Reservoir in the evening for about 2 hours just before dark. Found a bunch of male B.Gills holding out over deep water just around the corner from one of the known spawning areas. Think they will be up spawning by the next Full Moon. Found them...

I recieved a written article from one of our members (hookup) on a certain type of jig he uses frequently explaining all the in's and out's of it. Have wanted to start an article section in the past and this gave me a kick in the pants. :icon14: So - check out the article - thanks hookup...

Mentioned that the fish are biting in one of my other posts...... Looks like spawn is in full swing for the crappie. Got these last night - went up to the Fish Bowl at 8:00 and the bite lasted right up till around 9:00 (just after sunset) then the fish disappeared. South wind blowing hard...

Well..... giant for the end of MY line! :D Biggest crappie i've caught - measured 15" on the nose. The other fish went 13". Lost 2 other big ones and caught a few dinks as well. Fish were caught at my local reservoir tonight, fished from 8:30 to 9:30....... till it got to dark to see. Weeds...