BillM

My condolences to his family and friends.. Way to young...

Get out of here you rube!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well you did something right to make that fish hit. Just make sure you are as close to the bottom as possible, and leave it at that. If the water is a bit dirty after this rain, shorten up your lead, 18-24inches... If the water is also not flowing very fast, you won't have to bulk shot right above your swivel either. Just stick with it man, you'll get it figured out. Remember what I said about hiking? It's worth it!

Go back to the same place... You know where the fish are (I assume you saw where the fish hit), you have the rigging figured out (almost) That's where I'd go... Better odds then hitting a trib you've never fished before.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, that's hilarious!!! Was the bagged ripped open from the bottom, or did it look like it came undone? It's extremely easy to see if you look at the bag closely. If it was ripped open from the bottom, it was either a fish, or the stream you were fishing has some pretty jagged rocks in the riverbed.. If it's a stream with lots of smolts and the float isn't weighed down properly, they'll steal your bag every time. Did you have the float weighed down properly so that if there was anymore weight it would sink? Trotting it so the bait was downstream of the float when you were making your drift? Play with you lead? Longer, shorter? Ticking bottom? Snagging up a bit? If you actually got a fish to bite your first day out, you did great man, don't kid yourself!!!

Bad mojo man the past few trips... I dunno what to tell you!! I'll bring some dynamite along on Sat just incase.

Unless I'm expected an important call, the cell stays in the car.. And an Ipod while fishing? lol I thought the whole point of fishing was to get away!

Yeah, I took an asskicking for sure yesterday... Jayson, remember what I told you about lead length. No matter what bait you use, if it's not in the zone, you won't catch a thing. Good luck man! That first fish will be a riot!

Rain, we need rain.

Electric socks..

Kemper, time to get a back up man!

Never listen to the tow truck guys

Smallies and steelies... what a combo!!!

LOL!!!!!!!! 'Dude, I think we just passed our exit' 'No, I remember this....it's past this point' 'Dude, PA is 20 miles from here' Damn!!!! I think we missed our exit' How did you make out with your dad yesterday?

Yup, 2 sets of trebles... just like the fullsize.

I'd have to measure for sure, but I would assume around the 3inch range. I think the kicker with the Jr's is that they have rattles, compared to the pups and the normal sized ones which don't.. Rattles = fish!

Jacques, I think the Zara Spook Jr is probabl my fav topwater bait of all time. You make anything similar? I'd love to get a few of them a test drive!!!

I used sheetmetal screws in my felt soled boots without shoego and I don't think I lost a single one.. Really helped out, that's for sure.

I know I know.... I was running such a long lead (10-12ft) I had a hell of a time maneuvering that fish so I could get my hands on it.. No shoal to beach them on out there, only about 6inches of water...

Even if they aren't clipped, look at the top fin,... if they are compressed and close to the body, it's a hatchery fish for sure.

You are going to have a hard time float fishing with a flyfishing reel...

Mike, has this uncanny ability to come to a spot I've been fishing for a good 30 mins, make one stinking drift and catch a fish. Then he leaves and does it again and again and again.. I just shake my head and laugh.. Drew, it's always a pleasure man.. The leg eating mud was interesting that's for sure, funny thing is that was all rock last year... No mud to speak of... Let's make sure the next time we get out on the water is sooner then later!

Can't beat time out on the water with the oldman, definitely my favorite kind of fishing...

Transit employees should be under the 'essential services' group, ie they can't strike.. How can someone complain about a 3% raise per year? In these conditions? Unreal....

I have grey.. I find that they work really well in all conditions.. Only issue I have sometimes is in the evening when the suns going down, but other then that they are fine... Depending on which ones you pick up, you should be able to get different lenses for them (grey, brown, amber) Mine were about $70US online... pretty cheap when it comes to polarized.