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I was into fish right away with rootbeer body, red wire rib, white bead (or gill).

Ditto re Nutella's advice about shallows at far end. sz 10-12 root beer coloured chronies work well.

I think you've got a fisherman there...... (y) Here's a pic a friend just sent me, showing his new grandson (with a little help from Ai)........(I blanked the face out) on the river. ...Pretty cute !

I didn't know him personally, but appreciated his "good sense of strange humour" posts as well...I'm sure: a creative outlet for him as well. RIP Capt !

Me......(Hope they make it in time)

Definitely a learning curve. My wife loves to tell all who'll listen about sitting on the beach, watching me trying shake the pinchers loose from my finger tip. It's like slamming your finger a car door (which, oddly, I've done)..and it's very similar.

I think "changing it up" is key to refreshing interest. Half the interest for me is exploring new facets, imagining/building new stuff, etc. These past 2 months I've taken an interest in (don't laugh) wading for dungeness crabs, which is still "fishing" in my usual haunts, but using a DIY...

It's the only mammal pic I had (other than me)...and I didn't want to come empty-handed.....

Love it! If I saw this I would definitely take part.

Speakin' a bigfoot....I seen him feeding an apple to a bearcub alongside our local river.....take that you doubters !

Astronomers estimate there billions (20 sextillion?) of planets in the universe. To think ours is the only one that is inhabited would seem, to me, pretty naive. I don't know if any ET's have arrived here, but, if they have, they're more advanced than we are.

I put a strip of foam (colour matched w/ a sharpie) under the wing, so should float high and dry. Once wing tied in, I gave it a couple of wraps of hackle as legs, not needing it for floatation. The bulge in the foam made a good head. Actually, was quite simple to tie.

I saw a post last week showing how to do wings using a feather (dark feathers from a junglecock cape) pressed onto cello tape, then trimmed to shape. I experimented and found it quite easy to do. I decided to try imitating a caddis fly...my first attempt, with a few ideas of my own. I wanted to...

Wondering if adding color at this point might also result in a more durable, chip-resistant finish....and possibly an added selling point.

I like my Simms Freestone boots (felt soles). The uppers are made of a simulated leather (which doesn't become waterlogged), rather than woven nylon, so are heavier, but I use them a lot in the salt, as well as freshwater, and they have stood up very well. Vibram soles would be very dangerous on...

I think you handled it as best you can. On a decent-sized run, I don't believe first come owns the whole run, but, depending on fishing method/direction, does set the direction of where to step in. Talking first gives them the opportunity to not be an asshole and most people can reasonably work...

Still one of my favourite wildlife pics from our backyard.....Always time for Timmy's...

We had a cub visit us last year, during a drought, so it was looking for water anywhere it could find it. We let it drink up w/o disturbing it, then it went on its way. I'm sure mama wasn't too far away.