Jim Krueger

Hi Cory,

Just verifying that this event is on for the 15th. If "yes", please count on my attendance.

Thanks,

Jim K

I'll be there, and planning to arrive early (6:00 - 6:15) for a couple hours of fishing prior to the event.

Jim

Monday was a great evening outing. Great weather, and had the opportunity to meet other members. Steve S gave some real insights on reading the river. The smallie caught was on a two tone, yellow top/black bottom, gartside bass bug. (At least, it was my attempt of tying a gartside bass bug.) Steve put me in the right spot, instructed where to put the fly, and we watched it drift down the seam. Wham! It was a classic, instructional led smallie lesson with the fish cooperating.

Lots of fun watching the carp master, and learning more about river fishing. Thanks Steve!

Also, Big Thanks to John L for arranging the outing. I believe we all caught fish, not great in size, but what the heck, the rods were bent. (I must admit, at one point a the snag felt good for a brief moment!)

Looking forward to Saturday's event.

Jim

Count me in. It's been a while since I've been around. Looking forward to meeting up.

John, Michael and Corey - Thanks for the outing! Great conversation, and super tying instructions.

I'll be there for the first two hours.

I use a furled leader connected to the fly line via a nail knot. The other end is connect to the tippet via loop to loop connection. The loops are perfection loop. The furled leaders are constructed of 4 lb Fireline with a 2 - 3 ft section of 8lb tippet for throwing out top water bass flies. Otherwise, I use furled leaders constructed of Uni-thread 6/0 with 2 - 3 ft of 2 - 4 lb tippet. One other setup that I use: the fly line has a nail knot with about 2 inches of leader with a perfection loop. Then, I use a loop to loop connection to the leader.

I like using the nail knot because most of the time I'm bring in the fly line past the tiptop. And sitting in the Kayak, it is just easier to have the nail knot slide through tiptop. Seems I'm more pumped up and want to get the fly back into the water, and not play around with the fly line /leader connection being hung up a tiptop ....

Jim