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Store-bought parachute hopper. The girl threw it in the top of a pool, gave it a clumsy mend — and got it walloped. Fish of the year, so far.

Damn solid information right here.☝️

I like white nanofil. I can see it pretty well but it seems subtle on the water.

Muddler daddy is fantastic idea. Buzzball/daddy (buzzcrane? buzzworm?) gets a big look from every fish, but too leggy for most. Need an upgrade but I think I’ll buy the pheasant legs pre-tied…

I just can’t wait until these things start hatching! They’re like cicadas, right? Gonna. be. epic.

I’ve always thought I was just scratching at the surface on hardware technique — and probably have way too much ‘downstream’ focus. I just get in a pinch when I’m either (a) getting pissed at losing gear or (b) doubting whether I’m fishing deep enough. Jigs (especially in small canyon water)...

Yeah, like those 50/50’s. If I did the math I’d guess it might be closer to tying flies than I want to admit….

I love swinging brass with a 8.5’ rod a caster and mono. Seems about as pure as fishing gets. “Swimming the minnow” I think Haig-Brown called it. But I fish in the winter with the spinning rod more lately. 10.5’, fixed float, 14lb braid, 1/8oz tungsten barrel weights, small jigs— I just...

From the Rockies to the rainforest, they like a termite. (Or a stone, or hopper, or a disco caddis…)

Senor Lundberg seems to be a rather fishy fellow…

My memory is that the VPS rods used the RPL blanks, with cheaper hardware. I have a VPS and a couple of DS2s. DS are definitely slower, with classic action and very nice finish. My 8wt works best in close and I think a 4wt would be a great dry fly rod.

I’ve heard that some of the fiercest gambling addiction is from games with a strong visual component, like video slot machines. Our brains are wired to find patterns in chaos, whether patterns exist or not, and we naturally think we can outsmart the One-Armed Bandit. Down deep we don’t really...

Probably just waste the rest.

Double bulls?!? Sorcery!!

Mongo’s Musa Ant: Mongo stole bionic ant from Egan.

I’m just back from the borderlands, where I got consistently lucky with the wrong flies, and broke off all the big fish, one way or another. The flies I lost were: Bwo sofhackle during a midge hatch Green softhackle during brown drakes (!) Buzzball during caddis-y time Cranefly** during...

I got teased from shore by sorority girls below Sherar’s one time, and repainted the hull the next week. Not sure if I would now, though.

I have a Magnum about the same age as this. My take is that it does ok as a traditional drifter, although it was really intended for outboard work. I have limited experience for comparisons, but on a weekend rental, a low profile, dimple-hulled modern Clack seemed like a sports car in...

PMDs — Buzzball, soft hackle, rusty Missing Link