You're sick.
A friend of mine, with whom I was going to go after smallmouth bass with but the rain we needed didn't happen, normally tosses hardware for smallies. He asked "What do I need for flies?" and I responded "Red and black woolly buggers." I also said he'd need the usual streamers like Clouser minnows, black ghosts, poppers and divers BUT the red & black bugger is my favorite when the water is a little clouded and still works when the water clears up.
I like them heavy and with a little extra noise.
The big tying distributors all sell glass rattles but they can be hard to incorporate into your flies. They're smooth and round and many tyers have a rough time with that. One trick I've learned is that smallmouth flies don't have to be perfect. I make the rattle the LAST thing I tie in and with a bunch of rough wraps and some Zap-A-Gap everything seems to last for a long time. I also start my wrapping of the body while things are still sticky - it can't hurt. Also a little glue on the wraps holding your lead eyes on helps.
With some crazy hackle and a half dozen rubber legs it gets really hairy and comes to life underwater.
In other news, there's been some "stocker" fishing. Here's a classic shot of a fat rainbow fresh from his concrete runway with one fin ground off from a lifetime of swimming in a counterclockwise circle. "Go ahead, try to grab me!"
I may post a lot of shots of my friends int he trees but I am the king of not putting enough thought into my backcast. I'd tossed my bugger into a tree behind me the other day and this spider came running up the branch and was attacking it!!!
It was pretty neat. I like to call rivers like the Patapsco "urban trout fishing" but when the leaves are changing and you can get out on a weekday morning it's pretty nice.
I do love a nice worm container.
For those of you who wanted to see the new rod storage in action, I snapped a cell-phone pic for you.
Hey, it's sunday and that means a quick stop for some churching and then it's bread baking and stuff making! I was packing up to fish today but the marathon is taking the city over and the better half reminded me just before I left. I stayed home :( Spread love and wear your helmet! -micah
I do love a nice worm container.
For those of you who wanted to see the new rod storage in action, I snapped a cell-phone pic for you.
Hey, it's sunday and that means a quick stop for some churching and then it's bread baking and stuff making! I was packing up to fish today but the marathon is taking the city over and the better half reminded me just before I left. I stayed home :( Spread love and wear your helmet! -micah
3 comments:
Micah, nice red and black wooly, question about the rack, how did you mount it? Standard hardware on studs?
Yo Sean! Sorry.
In building my bookcases I picked up a "Mini Kreg Jig". It let's you drill perfect angled holes for but joints and right angles and uses their pocketarscrews. It is a slick little gizmo.
To mount it to the ceiling I drilled two holes in the rack and then shot 2.5" drywall screws up into the ceiling joists. I won't lie, I missed on the first, second, and 3rd tries. Eventually I hit the ceiling joists and it's hanging there like magic.
If I was to do it over, i'd make all the slots hook shaped. My man-cave is small and some of my rods are LONG.
The man cave is looking ... well, very manly. Awesome shelves you built and the rod rack is rocking. I'll have to recommend something like that to the guys I know. Nothing like trying to put your coat in the closet and all the rods come tumbling out. Thanks for the tip. xxoo
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