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Post by quackingtim on Jan 5, 2008 19:09:21 GMT -5
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Post by kennie on Jan 8, 2008 13:15:46 GMT -5
i love to fly fish but i like to use poppers.. love the top waters......
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Post by raporter on Jan 8, 2008 14:50:19 GMT -5
Nice looking craws.
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Post by pigeonflier on Jan 8, 2008 15:38:04 GMT -5
Oh man I love them smallies..... I use a little different method,, but its still good!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 8, 2008 23:45:11 GMT -5
I will be tying deer hair poppers soon. That is when the real mess begins.
Those craws are great for slow current. The rabbit fur makes the fly come a live, but also makes it hard for me to cast, it gets heavy.
Pigeon, please tell me your not a worm drowner.
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Post by kennie on Jan 9, 2008 11:12:45 GMT -5
do you sell them or just make them for youe self?? real poppers are hard to find anymore. you can find poppers but they dont have the cup in the front of them anymore...
kennie
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Post by danf on Jan 9, 2008 22:46:29 GMT -5
Tim, need to get you down/over here sometime on the Big Walnut. Dad and I have fished it a couple of times (yes, drowning worms mostly!  , and there's some decent fish in there. |
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 10, 2008 22:27:15 GMT -5
My poppers are not the prettiest things, but they pop. I don't sell them, it's hard enough for me to find time to make flies for myself.
The Big Walnut sounds like a good time to me.
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Post by uglyduckling on Jan 11, 2008 23:51:15 GMT -5
Tim,your'e a madman. I have some excellent flyrod spots for smallies up here. Let me know if you want to fish from the boat or wade fish. Kevin
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 12, 2008 5:54:26 GMT -5
That's better then blueman, blueboy, or what ever you were going to call me. Sounds good to me. I have some good wade spots down here.
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Post by pigeonflier on Jan 12, 2008 19:14:49 GMT -5
No worms,, but I have cheated and used softshells when they are in season.. Them biggens cant resist them.. Mostly drifting down river casting shad-raps or wee-craws and such.. The closer to the bank you can throw it,, the better your chances.. I have never tried the fly thing,, but yours sure do look good!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 12, 2008 21:23:58 GMT -5
Soft craws are deadly. My flies will never compete w/those. But it's fun trying. Thanks pigeon.
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Post by jwkimber45 on Jan 14, 2008 20:28:37 GMT -5
Tim those are great!!!! I grew up flyfishing for smallies on one of the best streatches of smallmouth water in the state. I still get over there a few times a year.
Do you ever get up to Chad Millers shop in Lafayette???
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 14, 2008 22:47:53 GMT -5
Tim those are great!!!! I grew up flyfishing for smallies on one of the best streatches of smallmouth water in the state. I still get over there a few times a year. Do you ever get up to Chad Millers shop in Lafayette??? Chad closed his shop in Lafayette. He still has one in Zionsville. I pick his brain every chance I get. He is a very good fly fisherman, and not just for smallies, but fish all over the world. I known him for years. |
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Post by jwkimber45 on Jan 15, 2008 7:49:15 GMT -5
I used to hang out in his shop all the time when I lived over there. Chad is a great guy and one heck of a fisherman. Where is the shop in Zionsville?  |
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 15, 2008 16:45:06 GMT -5
Beside the greek place, Zorbas?, in the village.
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 15, 2008 18:00:32 GMT -5
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Post by chicobrownbear on Jan 16, 2008 15:20:50 GMT -5
I wave a flyrod quite a bit in the summer, you know, just to kill time until hunting season. The creeks I wade for smallies are pretty tight, so I usually use spinning tackle. However, when the mayflies hatch, I can be found at my Mom & Dad's with a 2 weight anxiously watching a Grey Wulff.
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 16, 2008 18:34:16 GMT -5
A 2 weight?! I caught a few smallies on my 3 weight and found it just not enough. I did hook into a big 18" or so w/it one time while fishing for sunnies. Kept him on for 5 or 6 jumps but I couldn't do anything w/him.
I haven't tied any Grey or royal wulffs in years. I seem to do better w/bigger flies.
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Post by pigeonflier on Jan 17, 2008 14:15:26 GMT -5
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, and there's some decent fish in there.
