Pete: Interesting day ya had there LOL.. Thanks for the tips.. I'll print out the list and hunt the recipes... I had never thought about a Katydid fly, but we have billions of those here, so that should be a natural food.... Thanks again, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Gramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fall Bluegill fishing Hey Chuck (and everyone)- I was thinking some more last night about the brim flies, as I stood in the pooring rain... It is a long story, but I'll try to tell it anyhow - Our dog barked to be led on a walk. While it was pooring rain previously, at that time it was drizzling at best; I thought the storm had passed. Well, as luck would have it, we got maybe a half block, and here comes the terrential rain. Our dog didn't want to turn around and go home, and I was already soaked to the bone, so I finished the walk... or that was the plan. Well, we got through 4 miles of our 5-mile trek and we're stopped by firemen - 2 alarm blazing house fire on the 1 and only road into (and out of) the townhouse development we live in. No cars, TV people, pedestrians, nothing - road was closed for a good hour or so. In the pooring rain, mind you. Just as I was contemplating going through the poison ivy, drainage ditch, etc to bee-line to the house around the fire, the marshal let us go through. Well, as if that wasn't bad enough, my wife tried calling the house to let me know that on her way home from Pittsburgh. the roads were flooded and she couldn't get into the town... which is bad in its own right, but after an hour of trying the phone with no answer, she pannicked and called my folks, her folks, and then the police... SO! Lotta explaining to do, but in the end, all turned out OK and the fire marshal got a laugh over it... I'll laugh about it soon, I hope, but it made for an interesting evening, to say the least! So the point of that long story: I had lots of time to think about flies last night, and a few more came to mind... especially when I opened up my "Panfish" flybox to see what it had in it... There are others I use (Copper john, etc) that aren't here, as my box needs to be restocked. In a few weeks, at best, it'll be back to the cold winter and cabin fever! Regardless, here's the list of what is in my "Panfish" box as of now: Black Gnat, Brown Hackle (similar to the Spitfire, but with Brown Hen versus the Guinea, and other small differences), the Royal Coachman (Wet), Bee, Lord Baltimore, McGinty, Cahill (Wet), Katydid, Bivisible, Willow leaf Spinner, Tup'd Indispensible, Professor (great during the heat of day, Wet style), Yellow Sally, and the Idaho B&B Special (deerhair streamer) in size 4 or smaller... that should get ya' going :) If you can't find recipes, just ask, but most (if not all) should be online somewhere. Tight wraps, and let me know how the fish bite, Pete
