Well, nobody FedEx'd any green woolley buggers in size eight with bead heads. So I had to make do with my Wal-Mart specials.
Couple of things first....I didn't have a hook hone with me and those hooks were pretty good but could use a couple of strokes. As I was pinching down the barb I noticed how soft the hooks were...a quick look at the package confirmed that they were made in England. I'm not sure they would hold up to a lotta large fish. Anybody have any idea why the hooks were so soft?? Anyway, after all the comments about Costco gas I filled up at Wal-Mart and headed out to the basin. Water temp was 46 degrees same as two weeks ago. Cloudy weather will do that to a lake I guess. Fishing was slower than two weeks ago....had really difficult time hooking fishing and holding fish. Not sure if it was the hooks, the fish, or me. Did spend about a hour fussing with chromidids. Caught two on a bead head fly...not sure what fly it was...it came with that "deal from Orvis..12 flies plus a wallet". Light green, gold bead head, with a "goose" wing down on the hook side. All this in a size 14. Now I barely can fish chromidids so it might have been worthwhile to stick with it...but I had a friend that needed to catch some fish. So we went back to the Woolley Buggers. I landed 12 fish and had a similar number do a self release, plus two or three times that number with missed hook sets. I did have three or four fish that were fouled hook and I'm wondering if they were just slapping at it. I had great fun fishing...my friend was frustrated with the missed hook sets and self releases...but its about fishing not catching....right? Vladimir -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ed Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Costco Gas (was: Costco Pontoon Boat (was: Trolling motors for pontoon boat)) I hear you..... but your lucky I have been buying them at WalMart for a couple of years now. ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vladimir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:12 PM Subject: RE: Costco Gas (was: Costco Pontoon Boat (was: Trolling motors for pontoon boat)) > Bah, to hell with gas. But all I read from industry sources is gas is gas. > As long as they pay enough dividends for my retirement.... > > So anyway I'm going fishing tomorrow...hope the wind doesn't blow, and the > fish are willing. > > This has been such a hectic winter I'm reduced to buying flies at Wal-Mart > to fish with tomorrow!!! Anybody have any spare green woolley buggers in a > size eight....bead heads would be nice. > > Fishing has been good so far this spring. This cold weather is starting to > get old....two weeks of clouds.... > > Vladimir > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Blomquist > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Costco Gas (was: Costco Pontoon Boat (was: Trolling motors > for pontoon boat)) > > > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 16:29, Roger wrote: > > I have even stopped buying gas at Costco > > after several auto dealers (used to work in the auto industry), and a > > couple of boat dealers told be one of the biggest problems with fouled > > plugs is cheap gas from places like Costco, Safeway, Winco (Eastern WA). > > Bottom line, is I think you get what you pay for. > > Yep. I learned that from one of the guys at High Road Automotive, a Honda > Repair Shop in Ballard about 10 years ago, when they tuned up my car for me. > Before this, I bought gas by price, AM/PM, Arco, anything to move me down > the > road. > > He told me that if I only buy Texaco or Chevron, I will never have to have > my > fuel injectors cleaned again. > > He was right. I have never had them cleaned, adjusted or replaced, and I > probably have about 150,000 miles on 2 cars since then. And if you think > about the injector cleaning and replacement at $50-100 a year, the good gas > is probably worth it. > > Since Shell ate Texaco, I have been buying Shell gas, but my last stop at a > Shell station caused my engine to seriously knock, something that I am not > used to. With Shell, it pays to be wary, some gas is good and some gas is > bad. > > Rob > > -- > Mountlake Terrace, WA > USA > >
