Fredmo

Jonn- probably everyone saw you produced three of these but only two were pictured, everyone is wondering, "what happened to the third?" Or like me, they had trouble finding Ham's recipe to make it. I see now there is a link to it on another post.

Just read an article in today's Pantagraph by Scott Richardson, the guy who indirectly got me into flyfishing and thus the ISA. He was writing mainly about crappies at Clinton Lake, but mentioned in the article that the state had stocked smallies there, too. http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/04...06474597277.txt

Anyone have any experience or know anything about smallmouth at Clinton Lake?

http://www.reedscanoetrips.com/

 

For those interested in renting a canoe for this outing...

Which outing would that be?

Looking for a light canoe that my wife and sister could load and use, mainly lake floating or fishing, but occasional river trip. A Wenonah Fisherman mentioned a couple of weeks ago looked great, but was sold before I could get it.

Our Final meeting of the winter will take place this Friday at the Heworth Library. Meeting starts at 6:00. We will be choosing the dates of all of our 2009 fishing outings. Of course, after the meeting we will assemble at the local watering hole for some fish and beverages.

Any report on what was decided as far as dates for this summer? I want to get them on my calendar before other things show up.

Hi ISA er's

 

Canoe done moved to Champaign area. Checking out Central Illinios waters.

 

MarkO

I may be slow, but did you sell it or just move it?

I have this canoe and it is OUTSTANDING!! Great deal by following this link. I payed over a grand for mine.

 

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/boa/1046333686.html

Any reason you think this canoe is still available? No one answers at the phone # listed, and it is a listing from Feb.23.

Sorry, can't make this Friday, but looking forward to the season. My vote is to include the Middle Fork for at least one outing, and now with my Pack I'm all for boat trips. Since JimZ has me tying flies, anxious to get out and see if they catch fish.

I have the same set up as Steve. Have not tried the other type of pulley system, though I have seen it and am fairly sure it would work quite well.

So to be clear, you use the Attwood Deluxe, as opposed to the Bass Pro brand for an anchor lifting system?

Jonn- If you can find Steve Jordan's report on a trip on the Middle Fork this last summer, he posted some pics with his canoe that shows the anchor and rigging pretty well. I think you indicated it is identical to what you advocate. With 50's forcast this week, I need to get up to BP and get that rigging put on my Pack.

Thanks. I've "wasted" 15 min. at the office looking at it. That's the trouble with computer access wherever you go. Too many important things like this that distract from work that pays the bills.

Glad to have the video.

this fly has smallmouth in mind . part clouser and zonker www.catching-shadows.com its a 12 min video to tye along. so easy jim j could do it. rich

Pics are great, looks like an interesting fly, but where is the video, or other directions on how this is tied? I'm new enough that visual instruction would be a great help.

Just got word from our presenters, that they will have a "bang-up" presentation. Visual with informative handouts. You will be crazy to miss this one.

Call me crazy, but I will have to miss it. Incidentally, Gander Mountain, as of today, is out of dumbell heads for fly tying, of any size or color. I was in the area and stopped into pick some up. Can I get the handouts even if not in attendance?

Fred, are you in the Chicago Civic?

How about the Illinois Wesleyan University Civic Orchestra, that performs Friday night at the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts. Jim, we are doing Bolero, so you might really enjoy it.

I'd also like to "hear" the presentaton.

Rats!!! I'd sure like to be there to here the presentation. Civic Orchestra concert takes priority. I play fiddle when it's too cold to fish.

Mine arrived on Feb. 11, and my zip code is 61753.

When towns in Illinois got bigger and more populated, we required waste treatment plants and facilities. As industry got bigger, we made them clean up their act or close up. Our Illinois "dirty" coal is a problem, because we have so much of it. The announced facility at Mattoon, later canceled, was to be an effort to deal with that. What little furniture industry we have had in Illinois has left, due at least in part to requirements that they deal with the waste generated, including arsenic and other substances. Some of those businesses relocated to N. Carolina. It wasn't always the furniture mecca that it has become. That State had had it share of pollution problems, as well.

Factory Farming, as the video mentioned, generates waste in a volume comparable to that generated by many of our local communities. Why doesn't the Department of Agriculture impose the same treatment requirements that we impose on disposal of human waste? But it is a different state agency.

Maybe it's not the solution to turn control over to local bodies. Illinois already has too many bodies of local government. But we need to be consistent in dealing with pollution, whether it comes from cities, factories or farms.

Jonn- you seem to be posting BassBugger notices under the label for Central Illinois. Bassbuggers do not discriminate. Those lead coneheads have gotten to you. Isn't it interesting how you can switch a spinning rod from right-handed to left-handed with minor effort. It's even easier to reverse the reel on a flyrod when you put it on!

Our second winter meeting will take place on Friday, January 16th. We will meet at the Heyworth library. This meeting will be highlighted by our resident fly fishermen. Many fly fishermen will be on hand to show off how they tye their signature flies. Anyone who is not a fly tyer will be treated to a little "how to" time. We will get you behind the vise and help you tye your first fly.

 

We will start the meeting at 6:00. The meeting will last 90 minutes or so and then many of us usually go out to a eat at the local watering hole. I believe they have an outstanding fish dinner.

The serious question is will the "local watering hole" have any fish left by the time we get there. Last time it was supposed to be "all you can eat", but they ran out just as we got into the place and some of our orders were filled. Is Jim Z going to show everyone how to tye a fly, lefthanded? That would be of some value for me.

Looks as if Jonn is running the bassbugger meetings, instead of Central IL outings. I did think it was too bad none of the fly tying meetings were downstate before, so maybe that is what is being solved.

I was looking to learn about fly fishing at the Bloomington outdoor show and someone pointed me to the ISA display, probably 6-8 years ago. I knew a couple of the guys there and they got me the application.

I've heard so much about this river, but never had been there. I spent this past weekend with my wife at Galena's Eagle Ridge and played golf instead of fishing. On the way back home on Sunday I took a side trip to Apple River Canyon St. Pk. and had a look at the river. I'm now curious about where our ISA guys go into the river to fish. I saw one person right by the bridge at the park, but understand there's some hiking to get to where most of the fishing is done. Can someone give me a clue....are you going upstream or downstream to do most of the fishing? We have friends in that area of the state, so we just may try to get back up there next year.

Any word on what happened in court on Thursday?

I haven't seen the Apple River, but will be up there on Halloween weekend. I'm supposed to play golf, but depending upon weather, I might want to find a place to fish, or at least view the area in controversy.

I did a telephone interview with Kate (Kathryn) some time ago to help with her thesis paper on the Apple River "Traditions" Dairy (CAFO).

 

Kate did a great job on this, and her research was exhaustive!

 

A great ISA mention as well (Pages 16-17), though some of the info attributed to me is incorrect.

That's OK- still a great piece.

Here it is:

I finally got around to skimming this paper....very interesting and seemingly well-written (not addressing it's quality as a thesis, about which I have almost no knowledge). It was interesting to see the names I recognized from the Bellflower Dairy battles, including Terry Feldmann, the engineer for Bos, and the ever-present Warren Goetsch, who never saw a CAFO he didn't like and approve.

The issues are also similar to those arising around Lake Bloomington at the present time, as the City is drilling to see if they can place wells to use to dilute nitrogen-heavy water in the lake. They are concerned with what the subterrane structure is and how it will affect family wells if they drill large deep wells.