[VFB] Re: soft hackle fly swap

2009-02-16 Thread Michael Bliss
I will tie as well. I will send pattern later. Mike On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM, J McK woodenleg...@hotmail.com wrote: Members, Well I'm going to take the plunge. I will host a soft hackle fly swap, 13 tiers including me. Flies are due by March 30th, 2009, all rules apply, first

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Bliss
Shirts I mean - not the floats On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com wrote: Did you buy the shirts from a nationwide retail outlet? I would be interested. Mike On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote: I thought about building them

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Bliss
will have to add shipping. DonO - Original Message - From: Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:51 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12 Did you buy the shirts from a nationwide retail

[VFB] Active Nymphing was QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Bliss
I am reading a book called Active Nymphing: Aggressive Strategies for Casting, Rigging, And Moving the Nymphs By Rich Osthoff. In the book he talks of moving the nymph, not just like streamer fishing but casting upstream and stripping the nymph (not streamer). I am a dead drifter almost all of

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread Michael Bliss
Don, I have been trying to master rope-a-dope since you showed it to me in the SLC show. Put me down for a CD. Mike Von: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag von DonO Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:49 An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Betreff:

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2009-02-11 Thread Michael Bliss
Brings back a funny memory fishing on the Provo River. I had quietly moved up on a pod of fish feeding on the edge of a drop off. I had managed one pass and I was getting ready to flick the rod upstream for the next one when I heard what sounded like a moose running in the water behind me.

[VFB] Re: Profile plates

2009-02-08 Thread Michael Bliss
Good idea. Thanks for sharing this. I have never used one and have been thinking of getting one. This would not be in the way of the tying. Mike On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Peggy Brenner ladyflyt...@gmail.com wrote: I use a DicK Talleur profile plate, its' adjustable and inexpensive.

[VFB] Re: Charlie Bonne OBIT and Memorial Fund

2009-02-07 Thread Michael Bliss
Thanks Jimmy. He went way too early. Mike On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: For those who asked, here's Charlies Obituary. Memorials will be accepted. See below in RED. Also, the link to the Funeral home is:

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2009-02-06 Thread Michael Bliss
That would be an experience - how far away? On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: They say that to catch brown trout you have to be near invisible. I tried that on the Cimarron in 1999. It worked so well that a large brown bear never saw me as he snatched

[VFB] Catch magazine

2009-02-06 Thread Michael Bliss
I ran across this pictorial magazine. It is beautiful. http://www.catchmagazine.net/ Try it out. Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2008-12-30 Thread Michael Bliss
I'll bite- 1. Nymph fisherman goes upstream - because the most effective method is up and across. Conversely, across and down is a good dry fly method particularly for caddis. 2. Nymph fisherman - he is more likely to catch more and bigger fish so his lies will be smaller 3. The dry fly

[VFB] Re: Another great day on the Weber (with picture link)

2008-10-19 Thread Michael Bliss
By the way what size BHPTN's did you use? On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Tom Davenport [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went out again Saturday and had another great day of fishing on the Weber. Again, more fish than I cared to count. This time I remembered I had my cell phone with me and

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