Eric

Welcome Jon. I look forward to reading more from you.

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Our forums were upgraded to the latest software version. Our website was HTML (main pages) and PHP (functional web forms), both of which are still very relevant today. The issue was with our web host — who no longer allows anything else than their proprietary “apps” to be hosted on their server. Thus, the need for the change. It was either switch web hosts and re-do the forums, or bring the rest of the site in line with what our current web host allows.

Welcome. How do you report conditions on such a large expanse of the Fox? In my experience it can vary greatly from pool to pool as you go north to south. At what type of frequency are you reporting river conditions and via what channel(s)?

I like a blue and white hair jig for winter smallies on the Fox and Dupe. This season I’ve been using an olive and chartuese hair jig tied by friend Erik O. and it has been decent for smallies and killer for Fox walleye!

Welcome. I saw your Instagram page recently (I'm @fishthefox). Looks like we fish a lot of the same water. Really nice catches and photos. Nice to see another caster kicking ass out there! Run and gun!

With the cold snap, looks like there will be plenty of safe ice for a while! Hoping to get out on McGraw with some licensee friends and also to a few forest preserve lakes where ice fishing is allowed (hint, hint Eugene). I'll be at Blackwell FP on February 10 from 10 AM - 2 PM to help out nephew's Boy Scout troop ... more/less showing them the ropes for ice fishing. Probably just 'gills with waxworms.

Lots of good info here: http://www.fishthefox.com/float-n-fly.html You can also take a look at the sizes and patterns here: https://punisherlures.com/collections/float-fly/products/float-fly-hair-jigs

Gorgeous. So much technique in putting this together. Some things unexpected such as the smokes and the Shakespeare trucker hat. The story is somewhat ironic ... a solo escape from "duty" and an immersion into nature, but obviously filmed by a second person and dozens of very planned shots. But if you can get past that and take it for what's on the surface (that's a pun for you fly fishers), super enjoyable! We are so spoiled by the gems on YouTube. Thanks for sharing Tom.

Pics look good to me Manny!

Checkout the fun artwork of Richard Blanco on Instagram. Lots of fly-related stuff... http://instagram.com/slackertide

1060 West Addison

It looks to me that in the process of uploading the EXIF data (including location data) is lost.

Test pic geotagged from home

The Dude flys

Could have posted a transparent GIF, in which case it worked perfectly!

Really sorry to hear the news. A familiar name synonymous with the early days of the ISA for me. Rest In Peace.

Dinner was yummy. Nice to see everyone. Thanks for the pizza and conversation!

Looks really nice! Kudos to all who worked on it.

Consider linking the forums directly to Facebook to promote more interest. I'd put a link at the top of the forums, above open discussion (similarly to how the main site is linked to from the bottom of the forums). https://www.facebook.com/illinoissmallmouthalliance/ Furthermore, ISA officers, etc., consider consolidating some of the sub-forums. There is so little activity on these forums, it's ludicrous at this point to have so many categories. Bassbuggers and Bassbugger Member Submissions could be one. We may as well just have one "fishing reports" sub-forum at this point. Let's Hook Up ... gone. We've basically got 20-25 people logging in here on a regular basis ... on a busy day!

Happy Thanksgiving and good luck to those who venture out and fish Bronze Friday!

Whats the date for the 2018 Blowout?

Hi Rich. I havent seen them / tried them yet. Just checked out their website and YouTube videos and their stuff looks great. Thanks for the lead!

Goes to show the deep thinking Tom puts into fishing ... his mind being open to all techniques. Smart!

Even the video hosts mispronounced it as fly-a-thon, when it's "flyathlon." That place looks super fun!