Sounds good my friend, I just got up from a nap and this was a welcomed mail to read. Jimi
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
