Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 BMC, hang in there, once the preparation is done the worst is over. 24 hours from now you'll be doin the Happy Dance. No, I will be eating. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well of course Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 BBW There ia about a 12 or so of the crows , gonna even the odds a bit . Ya just don't want to mess with the hawks or the owls around my place CB Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 I have killer rabbits. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Please, tell us more... Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 BMC I HAD a coyote that was a rabbit killer . he met with an unfortanate end , somehow The deer are feeding in the feild next to the house , as I type this CB Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 My killer rabbits have attacked and ravaged the grape leaves. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 You may need loan of my highly trained attack Beagle, Dixie. Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 BBW I guess that would beat STAR trying to herd the deer in the yard BMC It is gonna turn cold again down here , I put out 4 hills of cukes and 8 tomato plants today Last year I had to replant at least 3 times CB Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 680 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 BBW I guess that would beat STAR trying to herd the deer in the yard BMC It is gonna turn cold again down here , I put out 4 hills of cukes and 8 tomato plants today Last year I had to replant at least 3 times CB We got lotsa time for another freeze but there sure isn't one in the 10-d forecast either. When those rabbits start rolling the grape leaves and smoking them look out! Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 You gonna make pickles, CB? Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 BMC No I do not do any canning , HECK I can barely cook good enough for it to be eatable most days just pick em off the vine , with some tomatos and a salt shaker , ya got lunch or dinner CB Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Good morning, it's a dreary, chilly, rainy, 34 degree start and might get up into the mid 40s later. I'll be off, later this morning, to the gunsmith's to pick up a revolver and shotgun that have been repaired. Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Good morning, it's a dreary, chilly, rainy, 34 degree start and might get up into the mid 40s later. I'll be off, later this morning, to the gunsmith's to pick up a revolver and shotgun that have been repaired. Are you in Seattle? Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 BMC Thanks for the video links , But it just ain't right to give me FISHIN' FEVER , when I am not able to go FISHIN' CB Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 BMC Did you look up that jig on the net ? Here they carry em at Wally World . Might be just the thing to fool them fish up there CB Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 680 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Yeah Badger! Show em your Shiny Heinee! The fish...not us! Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 I did that to the doctor today, Sam. I think I could use some EXLIAR tonight, aftet that stuff I drank last night. Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 680 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I did that to the doctor today, Sam. I think I could use some EXLIAR tonight, aftet that stuff I drank last night. Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Chickasaw, I got a basement full of jig bodies, and a lot of marabou and chenille in all colors. Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 BMC I did not think you would run out a BUY a bunch of em , just to take a l@@k see at em , Then tye up your own version if it I gave you the basic patteran , for me it helps to see what it l@@ks like CB Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Good morning to all. We're waking up to clearing skies and 32 degrees here in western NY. The forecast is for a sunny day with a high of 50. Badger, thanks for the Utube links. I ordered a dozen early season nymphs from a fly tyer in the Catskills. He emailed that he mailed them out Wednesday so I should be getting them today. Our regular trout season opens April 1st. Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Good morning Willy. I have to wait for the lowland lakes to open at the end of April. That is ok, because with Momma's surgery and the cold wet spring, I will not be able to get out until May anyway. Looking for the Mother's Day Hatch, Maybe on the Yak River. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Is your Mother's Day hatch Caddis or Mayfly? Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Mayfly. I forget which one. I will have to go back and check my file. I like the Parachute Adams in size 14 though. The Yak has a hatch of Skwala Stone flies on it right now. But that will be over by May. Also we get a BWO and March Brown hatch but they should be pretty well through by then. The BWO is good most of the year because of the crummy weather patterns, but in the warm sunny days, most folks switch to either nymphs or dry and for get the little reliable BWO. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Our Mother's Day hatch is of Caddis. They're called "Brackies", "Grannoms" and/or "Shad Flies". Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 We don't normally see caddis until later in the season. July or so. I love to fish those big bugs with a dry line. They are easier to see than the mayflies. There is nothing as amazing as sitting in a float tube on the lake in early June or late May, when a mayfly hatch comes on. I call them little magic bugs, because they just "appear" before your eyes. No ripple, no shadow, just pop, a bug. But that tells me that probably a nymph fished shallow will work better than a dry in the lake. Unless they are sipping. My theory is that a nymph MOVING toward the surface is more likely to attract an attentive trout than a hatched bug on the surface that might fly away at any second. Ya gotta think like a fish. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Yep the gentle lift at the end of the drift. Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 The Lessering Lift. Use it mid drift. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Yep and sometimes during the entire drift. Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 I first read about it some forty years ago. At first I was asking myself, why would a guy write a chapter on such a simple move. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 My flies have arrived! 3 size 14 Early Black Stonefly nymphs, 3 size 16 Peaking Caddis, 3 size 16 Isonychia nymphs and 3 size 14 Green Rock Worm Larva. Now I'm ready. Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,667 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Sounds like a good arsenal. You might look into some Mahogany duns for later in the season. And the standby, elk hair caddis. Link to post Share on other sites
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 483 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 FISHIN' REPORT I thought about you guys this am , sitting in the boat , with a Hot cup of coffee . Got blown off the water , wind up pretty good Before that happened 5 crappie and 2 white bass , junped into the livewell They are now residing in the fridge Kept about 1/2 of what I cuaght , ended up catching 6 or 7 species of fish CB Link to post Share on other sites
BigBootsWilly 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted Today, 01:11 PM Sounds like a good arsenal. You might look into some Mahogany duns for later in the season. And the standby, elk hair caddis. BMC, I have a pretty good supply of dries and terrestrials built up. I don't lose them like I do the nymphs. Chickasaw Bill, SASS #70001 Posted Today, 04:40 PM FISHIN' REPORT I thought about you guys this am , sitting in the boat , with a Hot cup of coffee . Got blown off the water , wind up pretty good Before that happened 5 crappie and 2 white bass , junped into the livewell They are now residing in the fridge Kept about 1/2 of what I cuaght , ended up catching 6 or 7 species of fish CB That's the makings of a good supper for you CB. We're havin store bought fish tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
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