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Looked out this morning to see a group of deer walking through my neighbor's back yard. Grabbed my camera and tripod and tried to chase them back toward my trailcam. They were not interested in going back into my yard but didn't care too much about me being around. At times they would walk...

Very nice. This guy might be the top of my list of birds I would like to add to my list.

A couple screen captures of the local stud

and wax on the thread

I 2nd or 3rd the importance of learning how to do a dubbing loop. I use it for so many patterns. A bugger with a dubbing loop body is just so superior to using chenille for example.

I am more worried about switching lines fast while GT fishing or something else around coral heads or dredging. Not changing to a different type of line - replacing a broken one.

How do you change fly lines if you have coated the connection with UV?

Next one requiring an airplane is golden dorado at Pluma Lodge starting the last weekend in August. Gonna be a long wait! I plan to retire in early May so plenty of time to check tiger muskies off my list next spring/summer before that trip.

Might try that on the leader end for long leaders in lakes. I don't like it for fly line to backing because you can't change fly lines quickly while fishing. If I break a fly line on coral I want to be able to replace it quickly.

You don't think what I did will slide through easily?

Not sure this will help anyone, but figured I would share anyway. I have a strange problem with my 12wt and an integrated shooting head line - the loop to loop connection between the fly line and backing hangs up on the guides (they are the flexible kind and seem to flex too easily) when...

go to Darien Lodge!

Jeff thought he saw a dorado - 1

I had a lot of time to think about this trip. One of the things I did to "prepare" was make a list of potential species. The finescale triggers were on the list to get me the 14 new ones. The orangeside I had never heard of. Day 3 was kind of a species bashing day - we fished a lot of...

No doubt the first marlin I hooked was the craziest fight I have ever had. It went airborne right away and didn't stop jumping for a good long time. I remember having little to no tension on the line at least twice. At one point it tail walked into the back of the boat a few feet from me. It...

Yes, we stayed at Lore's House in San Carlos and fished with Jeff Feczko in a boat from Mag Bay Lodge.

Day 4 was to be a mangroves day. We got a call in the morning that the guide didn't have a good feeling about the mangroves. Often it can be a spotted bay bass fest and can be really tough if the water is clear. On the way in the previous night the water in the bay was really clear. We...

The plan for day 3 - Thanksgiving Day - was to dredge for yellowtail and other oddities, cast to the rocks for pargo and do more teasing for roosters. My 3rd goal for the trip was to catch 14 new species to get my fly caught total to 100. I figured this would be the hardest one to achieve...