Making deals, if that will get you out here go for it. I hope you get some time to fish the White. Tony
Mark Wendt wrote: > Well, the good news is you got to bend a rod. Sounds like the joint > replacement is well on it's way to getting you back to normal. I'm very > happy for you my friend. I can't imagine how painful the aftermath of the > operation is for you, but I'm so happy to hear you're getting back to > normal. Looks like I just might be able to get back to the SRG again this > year!!!!! With everything that's been going on here at the homefront, I > wasn't sure I was going to be able to make it, but I swung a deal with my > wife. Maria and Jan (that's my daughter) are going to Hawaii this summer > to visit her sister, and I agreed on one condition - I would be able to get > back to Mountain Home in October.... Woo Hoo!!!! We gonna do some fishin' > this time! Wonder if Bret and Todd will be able to make it back. I'll > have to dash off an email to them and see what their plans are. > > Mark > > At 03:06 PM 3/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Got down the ramp, it was not as easy as I thought it would be. A cold > >breeze came > >up from the south and it got overcast. Never reached the high that was > >predicted. > >No hatch came off. I tied on a sz 14 purple bugger and made a few casts. > >Did hook > >up with two rainbows and a brown, then everything shut down. > >My neighbor was fishing across the river and he came by the dock. Said he > >was out > >since morning and did real well early in the day. C&R over 20 trout. > >I asked "what are you using". He showed me a fly like I had never seen before. > >It was tied like a Sowbug on a 16 scud hook. It had white antron looking > >stuff for > >the body that was all brushed out and the shell back was PURPLE antron looking > >yarn. The rib I believe was fine silver wire. > >I will stop over his house in a day or so and get the recipe. He said he > >had been > >catching some nice trout on it the last few days. Said he had a 75 + fish > >day with > >that fly on Sunday. He is the kind of person I believe. > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Mark Wendt wrote: > > > > > Tony, > > > > > > Good luck in the piscatorial pursuits. Hope you can make it down > > > the ramp without too much difficulty. > > > > > > mark > > > > > > At 11:54 AM 3/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > > >Was going to make a Sir D. Made them the past three years. Am making a 6 > > > >1/2' two > > > >piece two tip 3 wt. It will be a fast rod. > > > >It is heat setting now. > > > >The water is still down and the trout are still rising. > > > >If I can navigate the ramp I am going to go down to the dock and see > > if I can > > > >harass a few trout. > > > >If I do, I will post a report later today. > > > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >Mark Wendt wrote: > > > > > > > > > Oooh, what rod you making for the Sowbug? Sir D? Or, another Twisted > > > > > Miss.... =8^� > > > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > At 09:37 AM 3/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > > > > >I plan on it today if they don't turn on any water. > > > > > >The trout have been dimpling like mad below the dock each morning > > before > > > > > >the water > > > > > >comes up. Working on the Sowbug rod, getting ready to go to the > > shop to > > > > > >heat set > > > > > >the glue. > > > > > >I will save those trout for when you come back out here. > > > > > >I have been asked to tie some extended woven body BWO. What colors > > would > > > > > >you use > > > > > >for weaving the body. This question is open to all. > > > > > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >Mark Wendt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tony, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's always the dock or the boat my friend... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:11 AM 3/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > > > > > > >It will get to 72 here today so the weather forecast tells us. > > > > > > > >The river is down and the wind is calm, the sky is clear. The > > river is > > > > > > like a > > > > > > > >sheet of glass except where the trout are dimpling. The BWO > > hatch is > > > > > > on and I > > > > > > > >am still nursing my knee. No wading till June my doctor says. > > > > > > > >Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Desert Eagle wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Was outside last night and noticed something new. For the first > > > > > > time this > > > > > > > > > year I heard crickets chirping. Must mean that spring is either > > > > > > here, or > > > > > > > > > just around the corner. Mesquite's greening so I think we > > are safe > > > > > > from any > > > > > > > > > more frost's. This means the camping and fishing season is > > > > right at the > > > > > > > > > door. Was 78* yesterday and promises to be in the 80's today. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jimi
