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Fishugo:

Without more information, I can't identify it specifically; however, if you look at the Orvis catalog:

http://www.orvis.com/store/product_directory_showcase3.aspx?dir_id=758&group_i ...

Well, if you have been gone all winter, you didn't miss much... unless you really like snow. I'm on Long Island and about a week ago we finally got the snow off of our lawn (present since 12/27/10). ...

Snowkid:

Yes, elk hair TENDs to float as does deer hair. My experience has been that despite floating initially, after a few casts, it is difficult to keep the fly floating without exerting some e ...

Sultan:

I posted that original question several years ago and I visited Bahrain a few weeks later. There is a FishTale about my experience on this site:

http://www.fliesandfins.com/article862. ...

I believe that they will work just about anywhere. I have used poppers successfully in Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland. I once brought a 3 foot gar to the boat (not into the boat) in Lake Okeech ...

I heard, yesterday, that BP has declared the Deepwater Horizon Oil Well officially sealed for good! This is great news (although the flow had been stopped for some weeks!)

We must continue to real ...

A while back (in 2006), I posted a comparison of the Trilene Knot with the Improved Clinch Knot. In my experience described therein, I found no significant difference in the two knots.

http://www. ...

Today, the television and radio were filled with the news that BP had plugged the Deepwater Horizon Well with mud, completing the "top kill." The well shaft was filled with dense drilling ...

Kingfisher:

I had excellent success with spoonflies for redfish. Although some don't consider them flies, they cast at least as well as clouser minnows and they certainly can resemble crabs.

Mo ...

I have received names of others but no contact information:

Greg Dini
Gregg Arnold
Peter Young

If you know them, encourage them to include their information herein.

A list of guides who are still guiding in the Gulf Coast Regions that have been impacted by the oil spill has been started at:

http://www.fliesandfins.com/postt2054.html

Please peruse the list, ...

Captain Travis Holeman

Locale: will be back in New Orleans from November through Early March.

contact information:
phone: (727) 644-4347
email: Travis@HolemanBrothers.com
snailmail: Post Off ...

Come on... somebody must know another guide in the region!

Travis Holeman is in Key West recuperating from shoulder surgery.

Don't be shy!

Dave

Jeremy and others:

Simple Answers - The cap is holding. There is no leakage from the cap. The cap was intended as a temporary solution with capability to continue to collect crude oil from the we ...

Here is my guide to the Bayous:

Capt. Rich Waldner
he guides in the bayous west of the Mississippi close-in to far-out
phone: 504 656 REDS
504 656 7337
email: fishwithrich@gmail.com ...

7/19/2010 - Well... now it seems that the capped well is leaking, seeping under (or through) the sea floor. Will the plugging by the relief well solve the problem or just lead to more leaking? Hmmm ...

While it is not F&F's policy to permit overt advertising within the forums, I suspect that the leaders will permit this list to be formed. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is a disaster of such ec ...

Retraction/Correction #2:

Yesterday, July 16, 2010, there were reports that the flow of crude oil and methane from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Well had been stopped by BP's latest capping attempts. ...

It has now been EIGHTY (80) days since this disaster began.

Is the end in site?

I suspect that the oil flow may stop in a few months (so we may be only half-way to the end of flow!) but the ...

Thanks for allowing me to voice my thoughts so freely on this site.

What is my background? Yes, I consider myself a scientist. I was awarded a Ph.D. in physiology in the Zoology Department (now Bio ...

update/correction 6/30/2010

I must submit this correction. Prior to 6/29/2010, the oil slick had not been reported to reach the coastline of the State of Mississippi. I apologize for my misleadin ...

The list has been updated, including social/economic relief (at the bottom)

6/19/2010

Yesterday, Holeman Brothers (I believe it was Travis) on Facebook(1) posted a link to Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecast Service. (I include ROFFS' information here in order to credit them f ...

June 15, 2010 (Footnotes to references are denoted in red) (see 6/19/2010 update below)

A few weeks ago, I called Travis Holeman, who fishes and guides in Louisiana. I had been in correspondence ...

Tbis may not be what you are asking about, but... Since you are considering travel, I suggest a 4 piece rather than a 2 piece blank. Airlines are charging a lot for extra bags and for special items l ...

Clearwaters are mostly <$200 at the Orvis Site!

Cape May is pretty far away. Sorry, I have no info.

AD

Flex index is a measure of how flexible the tip is relative to the remainder of the rod. Orvis, who uses the index, also usually characterizes each rod as full flex, ?moderate or medium? flex, or tip ...

They probably live in Saltwater... Freshwater isn't clear to me. Greg, see your email.

Dave

The list has been updated,
AvidDavid

Misconception - Oil and water do not mix! For the most part this is true. Oil is generally less dense than water (especially salt water Dissolution of oil aids in dissipation of the oil spill. The ti ...

List of Ways an Individual Can Help Make a Difference with the
Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Ecological and Economic Disaster

Edited 5/7/2010 - updated info appears in blue
Edited 6/19/2010 - upda ...

I don't see any Icelandinc volcanic dust! I expected everything to covered in grey (ha ha!)

There are several issues:
1) Sage ZXL?
2) 8 foot?
3) 4 weight?
4) smallmouths?
4) in Canada?

I will address what I can, in order:
1) I have never used the Sage ZXL so I can't tell you anythin ...

Marcel:

Isn't that a new reel? (First time I noticed it was in your previous post!) Large Arbor... how do you like it?

Dave

Kory,

It's always interesting to try and analyze fishing observations using scientific principles. One thing that I believe is that when a fish is looking up at the surface, it also has us in its ...

OK, 720fly, I've got to ask... Is this "cracked lip" affliction something that you have seen or are you predicting that this would happen? Most of the posts, to date, have been supposition. ...

I agree with Greg; but I will add my own two cents...

The need for a fancy, tapered leader is largely dictated by the fly that you will be casting. Try this simple test... Pick up the fly (no lead ...

I have spent some time in Maine, usually in the late summer, for the past half-century. Over the years, my longing to catch salmonids in Maine, has led to much information (and far too few fish); but ...

GreenHighlander:

No apology necessary. To the contrary... I am excited to see all the responses generated. (I feel like I usually shut down conversations here at F&F.)

It's interesting t ...

Robin:

I think that most states define the limit of SW fishing as the highest point on the river that experiences tidal changes. It is usually defined in the fishing regulations. I think that th ...

I apologize, up front, for being such a nerd.

To answer the original question... Yes it works... The dry flies no longer squeak.

WD-40 is, I believe, pulverized graphite suspended in a very ligh ...

Kory:

During my trip to Scotland, all my attempts at plans using the internet and email fell through. In the end, the telephone was a more effective means of hooking up with a guide. I used inter ...

Although I am not as in touch with the differences between manufacturers, I thought that I would add a smidgeon to what Kory said. My understanding is that the weight of the first 30 feet is what was ...

Kory:

I like this curiosity idea! But if we take it a few steps further, then do we conclude that curiosity may be a better way to catch fish than imitating food? Are fish perhaps really intellig ...

Kory:

I like to believe that I can think outside the box; but on this one I could be all wet. We flyfishermen (and women) think that when we are streamer fishing we are imitating fish. In additio ...

My motivation is possibly unusual. Much of my fly fishing is to face the challenge of outsmarting the fish. To achieve a take, my cast, my presentation, my fly must all fool the fish into "taki ...

The Poudre River (Cache La Poudre?) that flows out of the mountains into Fort Collins was pretty good a while back. Years ago when I was an undergraduate in Boulder, the Poudre was a nearby river wit ...

R_H:

I am an avid flyfisherman and am trained as a scientist (biophysics, physiology, reproductive biology). I think that science projects (my wife is a high school teacher that teaches Science Re ...

Kory makes an interesting point. The bimini twist loop can be executed as a loop of adjustable size.

If you view the animated bimini twist at the site he provided, you can see the "twisted p ...