skjordan

Nice looking flies. I really like the profile of the deer hair popper. Learning to tie tight deer hair poppers like yours is my goal for next winter.

That is a buggy looking critter and olive would be the right color, at least for me. Nice job. The pattern is in the the Clouser book?

[a tachment=73:attachment] This is the canoe anchor system I use. Its based on J. Grahams system and I can't thank him enough for showing me this. I dont think there is a better system out there. If there is e-mail me. I made this one removeable so I can use it if Im going downstream (mounted in the rear) or fishing upstream (mounted in the front). The main componet is the "Anchor Lift N Lock" and it works from where you are normally seated in the boat. They are available from "Bass Pro On Line" and are grouped with the anchors but you have to go to the second or third page to find it. The picture of the bottom shows two boards with angled cuts. These fit under your boats gunnels and hold the whole thing togeather by clamping the assembly to your boat. If you make these two peices accurately it will not move when tightened down with the two wingnuts. The releived area on the bottom under the anchor Lock is there because my canoe has a raised plastic peice on the nose area, nice detail but not required as is the routed edges. The anchor is your standard window weight but almost anything will work. The rope is a trick though do not use the twisted strand type rope if you do you will find out the problem as soon as you use it. I used 3/4" plywood and it has plenty of strength. Word of caution dont use the anchor board to carry your boat its strong but not that much.

I was out last weekend, in Macon County north of Decatur, and we are on the tail end of the season here. I found enough yellows (if you can ever find enough) for my wife and I a meal. I could have been smallie fishing but sometimes you have to prioritize........