And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Maybe tuck the hook into a fishing hat or something? I've had a lot of luck with a simple black gnat or mosquito fly. I'll let you know how I do in West Clear Creek on the Browns, Brooks and Natives.
Haven't tried fly fishing yet, but went out to the local stream this morning with spinning tackle and landed six nice rainbow and missed six or seven in about two hours. I plan on going out again next Tuesday.
One of the reasons I quit tying. I'm not particularly fast at it & I found considerable heart break in spending a half hour tying a flynthatd be lost on the second or third cast.
I mostly found tying to be tedious. Steelhead flys aren't bad because they're generally good sized & fairly simple. Trout flys on the other hand are just too damn small & inticate.
I fish, therefor I lie. I bought hand-tied Brindle Bugs (50-cents each) from a lady who lived in an old Airstream on the Hoopa Indian Reservation on the Klamath near Weitchpec, CA. We didn't even need to rig them. Just take one out of the box and wave it for the Steelhead to see and they jumped onto the shore at our feet! She made some artwork flies too, but they were more than 50-cents.
You got that right. I wouldn't mind having a bunch like that framed and displayed in the game room.........
ReplyDeleteMaybe tuck the hook into a fishing hat or something? I've had a lot of luck with a simple black gnat or mosquito fly. I'll let you know how I do in West Clear Creek on the Browns, Brooks and Natives.
ReplyDeleteHaven't tried fly fishing yet, but went out to the local stream this morning with spinning tackle and landed six nice rainbow and missed six or seven in about two hours. I plan on going out again next Tuesday.
DeleteOne sweet fly, "Kingdon"
ReplyDeleteone of the many great salmon flies... by Peter Malloch
Wish I had one.
One of the reasons I quit tying. I'm not particularly fast at it & I found considerable heart break in spending a half hour tying a flynthatd be lost on the second or third cast.
ReplyDeleteMaybe forget fishing with them. Rather, tie big gaudy ones like that and sell them as art, because they are art.
DeleteI mostly found tying to be tedious. Steelhead flys aren't bad because they're generally good sized & fairly simple. Trout flys on the other hand are just too damn small & inticate.
DeleteI fish, therefor I lie. I bought hand-tied Brindle Bugs (50-cents each) from a lady who lived in an old Airstream on the Hoopa Indian Reservation on the Klamath near Weitchpec, CA. We didn't even need to rig them. Just take one out of the box and wave it for the Steelhead to see and they jumped onto the shore at our feet! She made some artwork flies too, but they were more than 50-cents.
ReplyDeleteI saw this post yesterday morning.
ReplyDeleteI resisted.
This morning I must.
It is too pretty with which to fish.
God help me!