There are a couple of Canadian guys tying their own flies and selling them on Ebay. I've purchased a few from them and been quite satisfied with their work.
No need to get too complicated with smallmouth flies, either. I must have caught 90% of my bass last year on a bead-headed Woolly Bugger.
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- Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:52 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Where can I get flies for smallmouth bass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4158
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:49 am
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: smallmouth #s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2461
Re: smallmouth #s
Gobies and longer growing seasons due to climate change. Gord Pyzer has done some interesting writing on this topic; here's a sample:
http://www.in-fisherman.com/2012/04/13/ ... look-2012/
http://www.in-fisherman.com/2012/04/13/ ... look-2012/
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:54 am
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: OOS Fish and Pictures
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5226
Re: OOS Fish and Pictures
Legally, I'd say the MNR is going out on thin ice with this ruling. It may only last until someone gets a ticket and decides to challenge it in court. The regs state that you must immediately return an OOS fish to the water. Fair enough--that rules out holding up a fish and snapping a few photos. Ho...
- Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:48 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Talk about bad luck.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2235
Re: Talk about bad luck.
LeGrand, If it's any consolation to you, the area inside Long Sault Parkway is still pretty much frozen over. You may have been out of luck even if you'd ended up making the trip!
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:53 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: February Perch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3394
Re: February Perch
Those are some great perch. At first glance, it looks like a bunch of St. Lawrence "jumbos". And as Doug stated above, they're tough to beat in the pan.
Craig
Craig
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:47 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Ontario's Provincial Fishing Strategy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1152
Re: Ontario's Provincial Fishing Strategy
Thanks for posting that, Smitty. I suspect that the reading may get a little dense and bureaucratic, but if this is the future then it pays to be informed.
Craig
Craig
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:35 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: 2013 Kemptville stocking report
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13026
Re: 2013 Kemptville stocking report
I wasn't trying to hijack the thread by bringing up the hunter safety course. I was simply using it as as example of how a mandatory education course can improve and/or preserve our use of a natural resource. I don't think it's the only approach to managing fisheries, but I think it could be a very ...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:42 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: 2013 Kemptville stocking report
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13026
Re: 2013 Kemptville stocking report
I wasn't suggesting that an educational program replace enforcement or well-conceived regulations. But I do think that it could be of substantial benefit to the fishery precisely because it would create a greater emphasis on the ethical element of the sport. Here in front of me I have my Hunter's Gu...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:37 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: 2013 Kemptville stocking report
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13026
Re: 2013 Kemptville stocking report
It certainly seems to be a moving target, this business of getting a fishery "right", and enforcement and regulation both have a role to play. I do wonder, however, if there's an educational component missing in all of this. It's easy to imagine that a significant portion of the fishing co...