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This reminded me of a funny moment from last season..... Wes from Patrick's Fly Shop booked 2 days in a row for the last few years. Last year his first day was a group of 4, then 1 or 2 of them switched out for different folks the next day. Anyway, day 1 we had a pretty solid day. I think...

I think I saw your original post prior to your edit, and I didn't get the notice that you had tagged me, so I'm just now seeing this full post. To be perfectly honest, I can't say that I've ever paid that close attention to the moon. I tend to notice when the moon is full, but other than...

Evan, I remember you talking about this last year, but I don't recall the details. How did you end up rigging up a gear rod with a head for trolling flies? I've got a few ideas, but honestly thinking it may be easier just to make an albright connection at the head and call it good. A swivel...

Back to my seemingly never ending search for the perfect popper head, I picked up some of these heads a while back. Actually only ended up with them because I ordered some other style to try but the shop emailed me that they were out of stock and suggested these as a replacement so I gave em a...

Definitely started to see signs of that in my later teenage years. When we first started fishing the canyon in particular we would never see a soul. Over the years I remember a few different times where we went in for the first time only to find a new road punched in on private property. It...

Hah There is no chance we didn't pass each other on the Lyre at the very least at some point. From probably 89-96 I damn near spent more time on the Lyre than I did at home. Prior to getting my drivers license I used to hop on the bus in my waders and hop off at the 112 bridge, fish all day...

Oh man, so many rabbit holes to dig into in this thread haha. I apologize that I keep diving into these things, as I'm not entirely sure my thoughts make total sense at time, but I'm stuck at home on a dreary day today so whatever lol I have so many thoughts regarding the distance that my...

Yeah, I have heard this thought as well, and there may well be something to that. It certainly makes sense on some levels. I think my brain just gets in the way when I try to make it that simple. If I think, ok, it being abnormally light is going to attract smaller things from the depths...

That's something I've often thought about, and tried to have people play around with, but it's a bit difficult just because 99 percent of the time I'm not involved at that point, ya know? I've typically settled on telling people to wait 5-10 seconds before stripping your fly in, but I have a...

Duuuude...... No lie, but you look sooooo familiar in this picture. No specific instance I can recall, but I'd bet money I crossed paths with you somewhere in that time frame. I graduated from PA high school in 1997 and spent a ton of time on all those rivers during that same time period...

Plenty of good suggestions here. For me, when it comes to rezzies in particular its hard to beat a Kastmaster, and for cutts all silver or gold Panther Martin spinners were always my fav

The moon is a popular, and sometimes polarizing topic in the albacore world for sure. Similar to deer hunters, I have oft heard the full moon theory based around the fish feeding all night in the moonlight, and while I admit it makes sense on the surface, I've never been able to buy into it...

That's certainly a possibility. Hadn't really considered that. Though to be perfectly honest I don't find I have much trouble "keeping up" so to speak, with my strip when fishing down wind, so I don't know that my fly spends too much time not affected by the line.... But who knows! Its...

My wife got me some similar lights for Xmas a few years ago and I friggen love em. My carport sits right up against our house, but the porch lights and a single motion light behind the carport were the only light source so backing the boat in after a long day on the water or something was such...

Yeah I have kinda noticed the same thing. This particular pattern is tied with materials that move well....marabou,saddle hackle, bunny etc.... but it doesn't have a TON of movement overall, and the profile is pretty tight for sure when it gets wet. No doubt they come in all sorts of colors...

This is a basically a simplified version of the Spawn link posted above. I do not tie mine articulated, just because I haven't really had a need to. Ya, it would add a bit more movement and some flexability for materials and such, but it also adds extra steps and I try to keep it as simple as...

I have absolutely zero doubt! The only thing that's stopped me in the past is just the financial commitment. Wouldn't think twice if I was just fun fishing, but the thought of spending a decent chunk on some setups that could easily be cut to shreds by people who don't move with their fish has...

This has been an interesting winter for me. Lots of stuff outside of fishing that has been receiving the bulk of my focus, namely the failing health of my mother. But no matter what is going on, my mind and my heart are never far from a bait stop. My official prep for the 2025 albacore...

Really really sad to read this. Never met Roger in person but always admired him greatly. I still have a multi page, hand written letter he sent me years ago detailing how he has his boat set up for fly casting. I always appreciated that he took the time to send me that. Used to cross...

Was this before, or after, we had to turn around for your hat?