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Yes Iam aware and good work on the new regs on Sugar Creek, it will be interesting to see how much it improves the quality of the fishery. Iam assuming the Indiana DNR will be tracking the impact this new law has. It could potentially be great news for more regulations on other streams in Indiana and in other states .

What weight rod did you end up purchasing? Im assuming those bugs are about a size 6. I came from Indiana, Carroll County, and grew up fishing the Widcat, Deer Creek and Tippicanoe rivers I have also been fishing Sugar Creek a couple of times a year, good fishing despite all the traffic. What area are you fishing in.

This winters fly tying goal is to learn to tie deer hair poppers, divers and sliders. I have watched the Chris Helm DVD's and they have me on the right path but its obvious its going to take more than a season to become proficient at using deer hair. Okay, so what I need to get my learning curve accelerated is a DVD or web sight that shows, in pictures, step by step instructions for a Dahlberg diver. Anyone seen a good DVD???

I have fished a Catalyst and a Kinetic side by side for two years and without looking I couldnt tell you which one I was fishing with. They both have served me well.

Jonn, have you noticed any difference. Just curious since I plan on buying a spool for my spinning rods?

Hummmm...........might want to throw in a tube with those white spinnerbaits, maybe a black neon...

You define Maui Jims with this statement. They never slip and after acouple of minutes on your face you forget they are there. As a matter of fact if I raise them up on my forehead to see something more clearly in the shade I usually forget they are up there until the river glare hits me again. Yeah I know that could be an age thing to.

So Mike.....is this the way you are collecting your bait now?????????????

We got the ice bad. I live in the semi-boondocks and our power provider is Corn Belt Electric, yeah a co-op. Sooooo we lost power at 8:00 pm last night. I was fortunate enough to have already banked a good fire in the wood stove and had the hurricane laterns fueled up and ready (not my first rodeo!) so it wasnt to bad. The snow hit at 6:00am. Had a white knuckle 20mph drive into work, dodging wrecks, emergency vehicles, and snow plows. Iam ready for May, now!

Hey Gary thanks for sharing this site. Its now in my favorites. I used to watch the New Orleans live cams prior to the hurricanes. It was pretty much the same thing..........wildlife

I have a solo canoe and have always used a canoe paddle to propel it. I have not purchased a kayak paddle because it aggravated a shoulder injury, but rehab has straightened out that problem and Iam ready to take the plunge. The only problem I have now is choosing the type of paddle and the correct length. Keep in mind that with my shoulder history "lighter is better", but.... I dont want to have to take out a second mortgage to pay for it. Is there any guide, rule of thumb, ect, for choosing the length and paddle configuration for canoe use?

Bill, if you would copy me also I would appreciate it.

I have to start using a Clouser, I have never caught anything on one so my confidence level in them is real low. I will work on that next season. My go to fly is the Holshlag hackle fly, olive color, it caught the most fish this year but the Hairy Fodder caught the largest. Both are fished using the technique described in Holshlags book using an indicator, the crawfish hop. I really like the Hairy Fodder its appearance and action is close to a tube and that was my big fish plastic lure this season. Holshlag Hackle Fly Hairy Fodder

#25.....You knew it was coming Releiving one's self up stream of a fellow angler will not be tolerated and could result in the severe throttling of the offender. And I'm not even going to talk about #2. Get off the water, out of sight and downwind. Breaking wind however is permissable, if it is agreed to by all parties proir to getting on the water. Again...only downwind. This is not to imply that it needs to be out of hearing, that will be left up to the discretion of the perpetrator.

I had heard of "YouTube" but had not gotten around to veiwing it, until now. I was on for forty five minutes before the wife needed to check her E-mail. Cool site, I shall return. Thanks Mark for prodding me to yet another reason to sit in front of the screen .

Do you have that Guys name???

Tim, I agree with Scott, find the deep water. I like to use the run and gun technique also, if I know a particular stretch really well, I then slow down when I get to a known productive area. The only way to figure out a stretch of water is to fish it numerous times and with other people familar with that water. Remember how you showed me how to catch fish the day you took me to your favorite area. As far as the 13 incher's go, Chuck Kolesar and I had a big numbers day this summer on the same water and the largest we caught were no bigger than that. Some days the big boys just get lock jaw I guess. It is interesting to hear that some one else had a similar experience. Will they be 14 1/2" next year???