Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Soft hackle challenge

Did a web search and found the following link:


Gonna have to tie some of these!

Bryan

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Justin Schiavone <justin.m.schiavone@gmail.com> wrote:
"I like to play", Garth. But yeah, music would be my other obsession. Slapppada bass mon.  
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They are cool looking, and so simple.

I think George Daniel's philosophy regarding throwing streamers at rising fish may be applicable in the midge instance. According to his book "Strip set", one can catch fish on streamers during prolific hatches because, simply put, these are feeding fish. Now, yeah they are keying in on a certain food source, but nonetheless they are feeding. I would have to think this applies to wet flies. It's hard to imagine this is not the case for most of the fish we catch. If we really had to match every food source perfectly, I don't think we would ever be as successful.

You won't get better with that attitude. This book should help: http://www.theanglingbookstore.com/theupstreamwetfly.aspx 

On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 11:20:51 AM UTC-7, TurbineBlade wrote:
That's interesting -- you seem to be fairly educated on the subject of music.  I remember the Rush shirt! 
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Mostly I just really like soft hackles.  I think they're cool-looking. 

The only scenario that causes some doubt is the rare, 1-2 times per year I run into a midge ordeal.  Honestly, it happens so infrequently where we tend to go that I'm okay with it.

I guess allowing use of a foam beetle or heavy-hackled EHC to suspend it is kind of cheating.  A good fishermen would be able to fish unweighted wets upstream and destroy the fish -- I'm not that good.  I usually can't feel or see anything that way.  I'll probably never be that good. 

Gene

On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 12:45:49 PM UTC-5, Justin Schiavone wrote:
Well it just occurred to me that I should have used "Swing Genie", but hey hindsight is 20/20. ...Swing genie, he lives on SOFT HACKLE FLASHBACKS.. swing genie.. loves 4 miles poop stacks..

Of course I miss y'all. The area, not so much. But it was home for a long time.

Life on Mars is Bowie's masterpiece. From what I have read, the song's structure mirrors Sinatra's, "I did it my way", almost exactly. Bowie's version, how he did it his way, pretty much exposes the fact that we are all sheep who worship a world that produces the same old shit and we are blind to the fact it's all commercial bullshit.. "but the film is a sadden bore, because she's lived it ten times or more" meaning Bowie see's this, and recognizes things are just repeated, and "see the mice with their million hordes" reconfirms we are all sheep (we are). All the references to mickey mouse strengthen this argument, because as we all know,  Disney is the epitome of all this kind of stuff. Fascinating stuff to me. I'll have to try and find that article..

BACK TO FLY FISHING.
Gene, from the conversations I have had with soft hackle folk - especially the trout fisherman of Scotland, there really isn't a need for any other fly. I cannot give up a dry, especially the parachute patterns, even if you can catch more fish imitating that bug emerging from the bottom- and not just trapped in the film. Did you all see the Orvis article they recently posted on facebook about mending line to produce life in the fly? Super informative for those trying to imitate an emerger on the swing, and for streamer fishermen putting that fly in hard to cast spots, all via mending. Mend it like Beckum, yano. (I realize that spelling probably is no where close)


On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 9:10:49 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Maggio wrote:
Gene: One of my favorites.. I think I could quote Gump all day long.

Justin: That's a well done Bowie Arlington Ode.. you must miss us or at least the area.

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