My luck in the streams has come in a few different ways. If you can find a feeding pod you have a very good chance at a couple of hook ups sight fishing. One thing though, if you spook 1 fish....you're done. They seem to like anything that mimics a small crayfish. A little puff of silt in front of them from a fly hitting bottom will get their interest.On other occasions I have blind cast to them and gotten lucky. Then there's the slam, bang, rip line off the spool and gone kind of hits. Out of nowhere one will grab a fly for no apparent reason and head for the next county.The boilies came out OK dry stuff1 1/2 c King Arthur unbleached bread flour1 1/2 c corn meal flour1/4 c dried buttermilk1/2 c niger seed2 tbs soy protein1 batch had 2 tbsp jello. Strawberry.wet stuff1 egg1 tbsp dark molasses1 tsp vanilla Mix dry and wet in separate bowls. Add dry to wet till it is like play dough. Roll out into a 3/4" roll. cut into pieces and roll into balls. Drop into boiling water for 1 - 3 minutes. The longer it cooks the harder it will end up. We'll see if it works tomorrow My little soccer star after scoring the winner RG
Went 2 for 5 with the carp this morning. It was lots of fun. But.....people started showing up and I bailed. Around 9:30 I went home and collected the fly rod and my vest. Off to the stream Not a lot of action but managed one nice smallmouth and a few others. Picked up some crayfish for bait. Had a great time in the cool waters of my favorite stream.ECNY 21,I remembered something this morning on the stream. I switch rods quite often for my stream trips. Today I took my old faithful Pfleuger President. It's a 5wt, 9', IM6 rod. It casts like a dream...most days. I had a case of the "Quicks" today. Too quick back...to quick forward. All because I was over casting. I started to talk to myself. "What the hell is going on?" I says to myself! " Shorten your stroke dumbass!"., I answered back. Cured!Same as golf. When things start going awry....shorten the stroke.RGRG
you say short and HT comes ...................
wow RG that kid is growing up fast
That picture of Collins first snowball seems like it was yesterday...My rug rats had thier first cake this weekend...It got quite messy!
they look like freddie in his ice shanty trying to eat his lunch when a hot school of white perch comes thru
My rug rats had thier first cake this weekend...It got quite messy!
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