Recent content by dmsummers

I bought all of my friends fishing gear after he couldn't fish due to health problems. Promised the wife I would sell some of it to recoup some of the money: All rods are in nearly new condition. All include original tube and sock. 1. Burkheimer Vintage 10153-4 9-10-11 wt. 15' 3". - $750...

And all of the drawers are numbered, so you still need to look up the material you need on some kind of list and then find the right drawer... My drawers say capes, thread, pheasant, etc. I guess I think differently.

if there are a lot of smaller hoppers around I will also fish a stimulator. Works fine as a hopper pattern.

This fly has worked well for me on east side waters. It's a variant of a Foamulator. Floats really well, but when it doesn't it works well drowned also. Lately I have been fishing it a lot with a bead head soft hackle about a foot below it, with great results. We sometimes will see how...

Fish will sometimes go after anything. I remember when my brother and I were kids on a trip with our parents driving through California. We stopped at a roadside park with a stream. My brother, who was 5 or 6 at the time, was desperate to fish. He found a stick and a piece of string, tied...