Folks it is time to get the lead out and get ready to fish! It is no longer hot!
I have my boards and jigs out, I have been whirling and furling, sending them out the door.
Get some leaders today, the fish will love you for it :-)
Robin
http://www.robinscustomleadersandflies.com
The (old) Sign
The turn-off to the Blue coming from Tishomingo
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
“Children Learn What They Live ” by Dorothy Law Nolte (1954)
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If chilren live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If chilren live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
30 August 2009 Blue Report
Barry Shrader reports:
"Just got back from Blue. Blue looked really well today. Lots and lots of algae however but she's clear as a bell. Saw tons of small fish including bass so Blue is quite vibrant as a fishery. Right out of the box landed a small smallie on Dave's Hopper and then a pretty little spotted bass. Lost that hopper to a bass so tied on Rainey's Yellow Bullethead Popper and landed the biggest bass of the day. All my catches came in faster water at chutes and feeding lanes. Didn't do any good at all on streamers. Didn't land a single panfish but a lot of them played with the flies.
Scotty's done some remodeling and wow what a difference. He also told me he's adding ten rv sites that will have water, electric, and SEWER. That will bring him to a total of twenty.
Look's like things are well at Blue. Lots of wildflowers in bloom today and lots of colorful mayflys.
Good fishing everyone.
Barry
http://www.soonerfoods.com "
"Just got back from Blue. Blue looked really well today. Lots and lots of algae however but she's clear as a bell. Saw tons of small fish including bass so Blue is quite vibrant as a fishery. Right out of the box landed a small smallie on Dave's Hopper and then a pretty little spotted bass. Lost that hopper to a bass so tied on Rainey's Yellow Bullethead Popper and landed the biggest bass of the day. All my catches came in faster water at chutes and feeding lanes. Didn't do any good at all on streamers. Didn't land a single panfish but a lot of them played with the flies.
Scotty's done some remodeling and wow what a difference. He also told me he's adding ten rv sites that will have water, electric, and SEWER. That will bring him to a total of twenty.
Look's like things are well at Blue. Lots of wildflowers in bloom today and lots of colorful mayflys.
Good fishing everyone.
Barry
http://www.soonerfoods.com "
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Zebra Mussels Spreading in Texas
Invasive Threat Believed to be Entering Trinity River via Lake Lavon
AUSTIN, Texas — Invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have been confirmed to have spread from Lake Texoma into the head waters of Lake Lavon, and experts fear they could eventually spread throughout the Red River and Trinity River watersheds.
Zebra mussels multiply rapidly and can block water treatment plant intakes and pipes as well as attach themselves to boats, ropes or anything else left in the water. They can cause declines in fish populations, native mussels, and birds. They can also restrict water flow in pipes, foul swimming beaches, damage boat engine cooling systems and cause navigation buoys to sink. The financial cost of controlling and removing zebra mussels from fouled water intake structures can be significant.
Since 2006 there have been five documented cases of zebra mussels being found on boats at Lake Texoma that were trailered in from other states. All five boats were quarantined and cleaned of all mussels prior to being allowed to launch into Lake Texoma. However, April 3 of this year marked the first time that an adult zebra mussel was documented as living in Texas waters. Since that time, additional live specimens have been reported in Lake Texoma and are now believed to be well established.
In addition, on Aug. 3 live zebra mussels were found in West Prong Sister Grove Creek in Grayson County approximately 300 yards downstream of the Lake Texoma water transfer pipe. This creek flows into Lake Lavon.
"The only motile stage of this animal is the veliger (larvae), which, in Lake Texoma, had to be a product of reproduction," said Bruce Hysmith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) inland fisheries biologist for Lake Texoma.
"The larvae are free floating in the water column, and some were likely transported via the North Texas Municipal Water District water transfer system into West Prong Sister Grove Creek," Hysmith said. "While we have no proof, we feel certain zebra mussels are in Lake Lavon."
Hysmith said TPWD has deployed sampling equipment throughout Lake Lavon from the U.S. 380 bridge to the south shoreline and will be monitoring to see if zebra mussels show up and confirm department suspicions.
"Lake Lavon is in the headwaters of the vast Trinity River Basin, which extends southward to the Gulf of Mexico, so the potential impacts to water quality, fisheries resources, water distribution systems and recreation are huge," Hysmith said.
"Zebra mussels have the potential to be an even greater threat to Texas freshwater resources than invasive aquatic plants such as giant salvinia and toxic organisms such as golden alga," said Phil Durocher, director of TPWD’s Inland Fisheries Division.
Zebra mussels pose a possible threat to North Texas water supply and distribution systems. Their spread is magnified by the interconnection of many reservoirs within the DFW area through water transfer pipelines.
According to the online National Atlas of the United States, "Once zebra mussels become established in a water body, they are impossible to eradicate with the technology currently available. The cost of dealing with zebra mussels varies widely, [but] for many plants, costs average hundreds of thousands of dollars a year."
Zebra mussels originated in the Balkans, Poland, and the former Soviet Union and were first introduced in North American in 1988 in Lake St. Clair, a small water body connecting Lakes Huron and Erie.
In the coming weeks TPWD will be working with local, state and federal agencies, reservoir controlling authorities and water districts to develop a plan for dealing with this latest invasive threat to Texas waters.
Boaters and anglers can help slow the spread of zebra mussels from one water body to another by practicing the following steps when leaving any water suspected of having zebra mussels.
Drain all water from the boat including such things as the engine, bilge, livewells and bait buckets before leaving the lake.
Inspect the boat and trailer and remove any zebra mussels, vegetation or foreign objects that are found.
Wash your boat and trailer at a commercial carwash using high pressure and hot (140-degree) soapy water. Hot water, 140 degrees F, will kill zebra mussel veligers, and when the water from the carwash goes through a waste water treatment plant the process should kill any remaining mussels.
Open all compartments and livewells and allow the boat and trailer to dry for a week before entering another water body.
Boaters and anglers can also help by reporting sightings of suspected zebra mussels to the Operation Game Thief toll-free hotline at (800) 792-4263. OGT is Texas’ wildlife crime-stoppers program, a function of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division. OGT offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals who violate game and fish laws.
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On the Net:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/protectourwaters
AUSTIN, Texas — Invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) have been confirmed to have spread from Lake Texoma into the head waters of Lake Lavon, and experts fear they could eventually spread throughout the Red River and Trinity River watersheds.
Zebra mussels multiply rapidly and can block water treatment plant intakes and pipes as well as attach themselves to boats, ropes or anything else left in the water. They can cause declines in fish populations, native mussels, and birds. They can also restrict water flow in pipes, foul swimming beaches, damage boat engine cooling systems and cause navigation buoys to sink. The financial cost of controlling and removing zebra mussels from fouled water intake structures can be significant.
Since 2006 there have been five documented cases of zebra mussels being found on boats at Lake Texoma that were trailered in from other states. All five boats were quarantined and cleaned of all mussels prior to being allowed to launch into Lake Texoma. However, April 3 of this year marked the first time that an adult zebra mussel was documented as living in Texas waters. Since that time, additional live specimens have been reported in Lake Texoma and are now believed to be well established.
In addition, on Aug. 3 live zebra mussels were found in West Prong Sister Grove Creek in Grayson County approximately 300 yards downstream of the Lake Texoma water transfer pipe. This creek flows into Lake Lavon.
"The only motile stage of this animal is the veliger (larvae), which, in Lake Texoma, had to be a product of reproduction," said Bruce Hysmith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) inland fisheries biologist for Lake Texoma.
"The larvae are free floating in the water column, and some were likely transported via the North Texas Municipal Water District water transfer system into West Prong Sister Grove Creek," Hysmith said. "While we have no proof, we feel certain zebra mussels are in Lake Lavon."
Hysmith said TPWD has deployed sampling equipment throughout Lake Lavon from the U.S. 380 bridge to the south shoreline and will be monitoring to see if zebra mussels show up and confirm department suspicions.
"Lake Lavon is in the headwaters of the vast Trinity River Basin, which extends southward to the Gulf of Mexico, so the potential impacts to water quality, fisheries resources, water distribution systems and recreation are huge," Hysmith said.
"Zebra mussels have the potential to be an even greater threat to Texas freshwater resources than invasive aquatic plants such as giant salvinia and toxic organisms such as golden alga," said Phil Durocher, director of TPWD’s Inland Fisheries Division.
Zebra mussels pose a possible threat to North Texas water supply and distribution systems. Their spread is magnified by the interconnection of many reservoirs within the DFW area through water transfer pipelines.
According to the online National Atlas of the United States, "Once zebra mussels become established in a water body, they are impossible to eradicate with the technology currently available. The cost of dealing with zebra mussels varies widely, [but] for many plants, costs average hundreds of thousands of dollars a year."
Zebra mussels originated in the Balkans, Poland, and the former Soviet Union and were first introduced in North American in 1988 in Lake St. Clair, a small water body connecting Lakes Huron and Erie.
In the coming weeks TPWD will be working with local, state and federal agencies, reservoir controlling authorities and water districts to develop a plan for dealing with this latest invasive threat to Texas waters.
Boaters and anglers can help slow the spread of zebra mussels from one water body to another by practicing the following steps when leaving any water suspected of having zebra mussels.
Drain all water from the boat including such things as the engine, bilge, livewells and bait buckets before leaving the lake.
Inspect the boat and trailer and remove any zebra mussels, vegetation or foreign objects that are found.
Wash your boat and trailer at a commercial carwash using high pressure and hot (140-degree) soapy water. Hot water, 140 degrees F, will kill zebra mussel veligers, and when the water from the carwash goes through a waste water treatment plant the process should kill any remaining mussels.
Open all compartments and livewells and allow the boat and trailer to dry for a week before entering another water body.
Boaters and anglers can also help by reporting sightings of suspected zebra mussels to the Operation Game Thief toll-free hotline at (800) 792-4263. OGT is Texas’ wildlife crime-stoppers program, a function of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division. OGT offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals who violate game and fish laws.
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On the Net:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/protectourwaters
Friday, August 7, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Bream Bugs dot com
There are so many websites selling flies but this one is one of the few that really caters to the warm water angler. Looking for an uncommon popper? Look no further. Anyway, I love fishing poppers.
Get some warm water flies!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Reel Recovery Needs Your Help
Read about Reel Recovery here
They need flies! The Texas chapter as well as the Denver chapter.
I have two threads started on this subject, please have a look:
Texas Chapter's November 2009 Event
Denver Chapter's June 2009 Event
If you are so inclined, your donations of flies or time or cashola would be greatly appreciated by these fellas!
They need flies! The Texas chapter as well as the Denver chapter.
I have two threads started on this subject, please have a look:
Texas Chapter's November 2009 Event
Denver Chapter's June 2009 Event
If you are so inclined, your donations of flies or time or cashola would be greatly appreciated by these fellas!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tying a Chief B Crayfish by Davie McPhail
The more I drill down into his YouTube site the more I learn.
Crawdad patterns have always been, in my opinion, a trade-off between overly complicated and the other end of that spectrum. Some tyers get carried away I feel. A simple woolly bugger ought to suffice. But then add in bead chain eyes, some shell back and antennae, the list goes on and on. And what about tying in claws? Yikes!
Davie has come up with a possible middle ground. But you decide. I leave it to Davie:
Crawdad patterns have always been, in my opinion, a trade-off between overly complicated and the other end of that spectrum. Some tyers get carried away I feel. A simple woolly bugger ought to suffice. But then add in bead chain eyes, some shell back and antennae, the list goes on and on. And what about tying in claws? Yikes!
Davie has come up with a possible middle ground. But you decide. I leave it to Davie:
Monday, March 30, 2009
A Fly for All Seasons
Generic, simple, no need to name it. tying flies such as this one are, for me, like popping bubble wrap. Relaxing, no need to concentrate. Just chill and enjoy.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Blue River
sign on highway outside Tishomingo
why this blog?
- Robin
- Fly fishing...why? No good reason that I could take to court and hope to win with. I just like it. Helping others; now that's something I can get behind and participate in.