old f--ts with flyrods

[oatkasut]

Well this old fart went out to the creek yesterday despite the high water and stained to boot and fisked dries! Got hits on a blk. EH caddis but caught the browns(2) on a  p-red ant. Only idiot out there. And it's raining again! WOW!

[black55]

Thanks guys esp. RG and Trap and DC ! You guys are the most knowlegdable people i know when it comes to flyfishing and most willing to share that wisdom with rookies ! i think i can speak for all us newbes with a BIG THANKS

[rgfixit]

As I traveled around NY today....Rochester to Waterville to Cortland to Macedon...I watched the streams go from swollen to mud brown and flooded. Man...It RAINED!

The area south of Rome over to Cortland must have gotten 2 to 3 inches.

Well, That's why I refurbished the boat

RG

[black55]

It's nice to have a alternative plan to get on the water , are the ponds or lakes fishable with a fly rod with that much rain ?

[fishnmachine]

Fish have to eat...... If nothing else, head for the head waters.

[rgfixit]

Fish have to eat...... If nothing else, head for the head waters.

You'll never know if you don't go
RG

[trapper2000]

well  .....i  for  one  have  a  plan!    filling  the  bag  now  ...some  stp  frogs  a  few  poppers   clousers  ....  yak on  jeep  net  fish  basket  oh  and  a  clean water  small lake!  simple  rule  if  the  water  is  brown  the  fish  will  be  down!  ....... 

[trapper2000]

just wondering  with  the  17 year  cicadas  due  on the east  coast this  year  if anyone has seen them  ?  central  ny is  out  till  2018  but  parts  of  downstate and western ny  should  be seeing them

[black55]

well  .....i  for  one  have  a  plan!    filling  the  bag  now  ...some  stp  frogs  a  few  poppers   clousers  ....  yak on  jeep  net  fish  basket  oh  and  a  clean water  small lake!  simple  rule  if  the  water  is  brown  the  fish  will  be  down!  .......  Trap that rule makes since and i will remember it. LOL

[black55]

well  .....i  for  one  have  a  plan!    filling  the  bag  now  ...some  stp  frogs  a  few  poppers   clousers  ....  yak on  jeep  net  fish  basket  oh  and  a  clean water  small lake!  simple  rule  if  the  water  is  brown  the  fish  will  be  down!  .......  

ok i know what a popper or what they call a popper here but what is a clouser?

[rgfixit]

Clouser Minnow

Learn this fly. I never fish without it.

RG

[Bluegillonafly]

rg....what do you use for eyes, bead chain or something else? 

[black55]

Thanks RG i saved that link ! and i now know what a clouser minnow is ! i can see why u alway have them with you !

[Dark Cloud]

rg....what do you use for eyes, bead chain or something else? 

I ties them a few diff ways...
Tied up with no eyes or weight and stripped just under the surface is killer on bass(and fall eyes ) The slow fall on the pause drives em nuts!
Then I do some with some meduim weight lead barbell type weights...
And finally some with a heavy cone type head and a lead wrapped body...

[trapper2000]

have  to  tell  you  all  about  a  great  morning!  i'm  on  lake Neatahwanta in fulton  paddling  the  kayak ..not  another  boat on it!!!!  unbelievable  initself   so i  get  2  bass  on  a  stp  frog  water  is  algia  green  and   high  i  seen  a  carp  sucking   off the  top  from the  yak a  perfect  cast and  he isn't  scared  !  he  sucks  the  fly  ...wooooo  hoooooo  rubber nose  on!  i  get him to  the yak  and  i  release  him   what  a  day  i'm ready  for  coffee  ...  now  i  seen  the  pair  before  but  as  i  started  to  paddle  back  across  the  lake  i look up  and  theres  a  bald  eagle  ...what  a  sight     i  had  to  say  a  thank you  to  God   as  i  paddled  back  to  the  jeep  ....  ya  know  LIFE  IS  GOOD!!!!