Well, if you guys can have a chain saw thread, I demand the right to have a fly tyers thread. I've been tying for more years than I care to think about. During that time, I've come across many regional fly patterns and would like to share a special one with you. I found this pattern hanging on TOPS vest. After doing a ****** and run quickly acquistion, I give you the Super Stomper. A killer for brookies.<br><br>THE SUPER STOMPER<br><br> Originated by Nick Lyons<br><br>Though this fly is extremely difficult to tie, it is super-effective on blind brook trout.<br><br>What you do is this: Find a male skunk that has been dead for no fewer than 6 days. Put it in a plastic bag along with 8 tablespoons of Epson salts and 3 jiggers of vinegar. Bury this bag for two days beneath a hemlock tree. Then, using a gas mask, dig up the skunk and extract 13 black and 5 white back hairs; trim these to 1.269 inches. Next, return the skunk to the plastic bag, place the plastic bag in a lead container, and place the lead container in the vegetable section of your refrigerator. Now take off the gas mask. Place your hook in the vise, tie in 3 hairs from a pregnant moose's mane for the tail, dub with fox fur dyed chartreuse, tie in the 18 skunk hairs, add 3 twists of peacock herl, and tie off with a big clumsy knot. When the head lacquer has dried, put the fly on the floor -- dusty preferred -- and stomp on it for 20 minutes, reciting lines from the Kama Sutra continuously. The recipe is as follows:<br><br>Hook: Any; must be strong enough not to break when stomped on.<br>Tail: 3 hairs from a pregnant moose's mane.<br>Body: Fox fur dyed chartreuse.<br>Wing: 13 black and 5 white skunk hairs, prepared as above.<br>Head: Peacock herl.<br>Thread: Anything over 30-LB test will do.<br><br>This fly is fished very fast on pitch black nights in areas known to be inhabited by blind brook trout with IQs of less than 11. Under such circumstances, it may sometimes prove lethal.<br>

 

That's too funny!! ;D I got into fly tying but didn't know anyone who fly fished so never had the opportunity to learn how to do it...so, I just kind of gave it up, although I'd like to get back into it if I could find someone to teach me to cast!

 

Pretty good one Dave! <br> I do try to avoid the south end of a north bound skunk at all cost's

 

http://goldenwitch.com/<br><br>I vote for this one too! Started tying and built a couple rods years ago. Have a new Sage 586xp started, but on hold til the cabins done. Might work on it before spring. Have to restock some flies this winter as well. <br><br>Java, if you check around there are womens orginizations and clubs for flyfishing (not that you can only fish with women). You have a marketable skill as well. You could probably trade a little business for some lessons, there are a few real nice fly shops and guide service in your area. If all else fails, maybe a MIDTR meeting at my cabin next summer. The Pine River is just down the road.

 

Thanks for the URL. Looks like I'm going to have to take a serious look. I sure could use a new pole.<br><br>~Dave

 

Javaluva,<br>If you were in this part of the country I would be more than happy to teach you how to properly cast a flyrod. Years ago I got a chance to teach the girl I was dating at the time how to fish. Her father had passed away when she was about 5 and her Mom was overprotective and definitely not outdoorsy. With her father's old flyrod (old, stiff fiberglass rod - nothing like today's rods) I managed to get her interested in flyfishing. Spent quite a few weekends in the headwaters of the Smith River in Virginia with a petite woman freezing to death but unwilling to leave the stream as long as the fish were hitting.<br><br>To this day I almost never take anything but a flyrod when I go fishing. Bass, crappie, bream, trout - they are all much more fun and challenging on a flyrod.

 

And the lighter the leader, the better. If I could use strands of spider web, that would be the best of all. ;D ;D

 

[quote author=Redleg link=board=10;threadid=6778;start=0#66005 date=1037151739]<br>http://goldenwitch.com/<br><br>I vote for this one too! Started tying and built a couple rods years ago. Have a new Sage 586xp started, but on hold til the cabins done. Might work on it before spring. Have to restock some flies this winter as well. <br><br>Java, if you check around there are womens orginizations and clubs for flyfishing (not that you can only fish with women). You have a marketable skill as well. You could probably trade a little business for some lessons, there are a few real nice fly shops and guide service in your area. If all else fails, maybe a MIDTR meeting at my cabin next summer. The Pine River is just down the road. <br>[/quote]<br><br>Hey, that would be cool! Ever see the movie A River Runs Through It? I think that's what inspired me.... A MIDTR meeting at your cabin--camping, fishing, kayaking....what could be better?? ;D

 

[quote author=redramnc link=board=10;threadid=6778;start=0#66213 date=1037194381]<br>Javaluva,<br>If you were in this part of the country I would be more than happy to teach you how to properly cast a flyrod. Years ago I got a chance to teach the girl I was dating at the time how to fish. Her father had passed away when she was about 5 and her Mom was overprotective and definitely not outdoorsy. With her father's old flyrod (old, stiff fiberglass rod - nothing like today's rods) I managed to get her interested in flyfishing. Spent quite a few weekends in the headwaters of the Smith River in Virginia with a petite woman freezing to death but unwilling to leave the stream as long as the fish were hitting.<br><br>To this day I almost never take anything but a flyrod when I go fishing. Bass, crappie, bream, trout - they are all much more fun and challenging on a flyrod.<br>[/quote]<br><br>I've never casted a flyrod but got into tying flies with the hopes that I'd find someone to teach me to cast. Unfortunately, ouside of taking lessons, I never did. [undecided] I think maybe I'll get into tying again this winter and then can learn to cast this spring...yeah, I think I will....

 

[quote author=Javaluva link=board=10;threadid=6778;start=0#66220 date=1037195090]<br>[quote author=redramnc link=board=10;threadid=6778;start=0#66213 date=1037194381]<br>Javaluva,<br>If you were in this part of the country I would be more than happy to teach you how to properly cast a flyrod. Years ago I got a chance to teach the girl I was dating at the time how to fish. Her father had passed away when she was about 5 and her Mom was overprotective and definitely not outdoorsy. With her father's old flyrod (old, stiff fiberglass rod - nothing like today's rods) I managed to get her interested in flyfishing. Spent quite a few weekends in the headwaters of the Smith River in Virginia with a petite woman freezing to death but unwilling to leave the stream as long as the fish were hitting.<br><br>To this day I almost never take anything but a flyrod when I go fishing. Bass, crappie, bream, trout - they are all much more fun and challenging on a flyrod.<br>[/quote]<br><br>I've never casted a flyrod but got into tying flies with the hopes that I'd find someone to teach me to cast. Unfortunately, ouside of taking lessons, I never did. [undecided] I think maybe I'll get into tying again this winter and then can learn to cast this spring...yeah, I think I will.... <br>[/quote]<br>Start shopping for a rod. Probably a 5 or 6 weight to start with.<br>8'- 8 1/2'. Sky's the limit on how much you spend. The cost is driven up on the big names, because many have unlimited warranty, and a lot of people don't know how to take care of a $400 rod. If you think you will get serious enough to stay with it, spend a little bit. It will help to learn on a nice rod ($150-$200). If your not sure, a cheapy won't be so painful to collect dust, always good for bluegill. <br><br>OBTW the Pine is the only class 3 river in the lower penninsula. It gets a few kayaks, but hours are limited to give fisherman a chance.

 

Hey Jack, look, we got us a fly tying/fly fishing thread here. Might as well create the forum. Make Java the moderator since she's going to start getting lessons on the mysterious art of casting. When she learns how to throw a roll, promote her to top of the gang. Gotta love it. What a great place to hang the hat, reach across the bar and steal a schooner, wait, that's another place.<br><br>~Dave