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by Flyboy
Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:32 am
Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
Topic: Hog's Back, Champlain - Aug 7
Replies: 1
Views: 1062

Hog's Back, Champlain - Aug 7

IT WASN'T EVEN FAIR!! I lit up the smallies big time. Kept the clouser on most of the day, the action slowed with anything else, so I kept it on. Fished hog's back in the morning, just below the two sets of rapids above the Heron bridge. Around 10 SM in two hours. All around 12", great fights. ...
by Flyboy
Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:25 am
Forum: Fishing Tips
Topic: Barbless hooks
Replies: 4
Views: 5825

Barbless hooks

Hi everyone...been awhile since I've been on, glad to see it's still so popular. Well I thought I would share my conversion to barbless experience. For those already using this common sense method, my apologies for my late start. For those still using barbs, get with it. I've been hammering them lat...
by Flyboy
Fri May 13, 2005 8:03 pm
Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
Topic: Wader question
Replies: 9
Views: 3021

As for cheap...you can't beat a large pair of cheap hikers from Walmart....add some felt and you're set. Sounds funny, I know a lot of guys around here seem to wear actual wading boots, but out west I saw much more hikers. If you're planning on walking much to and from streams, blowing through cheap...
by Flyboy
Thu May 12, 2005 12:24 pm
Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
Topic: Flying walleyes
Replies: 9
Views: 3074

Flying walleyes

Waded between Hogs Back and Clareton this morning, tossing a wooly bugger hoping to only catch legal fish. Anyway got into 3 eyes quickly, so I left. HOWEVER(!!) there were large eyes jumping the whole time, I mean like nothign I've ever seen on a river, lake, bathtub, etc. I thought eyes stuck to t...
by Flyboy
Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:01 pm
Forum: Fishing Talk
Topic: Wading the Rideau within Ottawa
Replies: 12
Views: 3980

Wading the Rideau within Ottawa

Hey all.... I got some great kickboat advice on this site before, but now I need some info on wading around the Ottawa area ( or a close drive). I was exploring the Rideau river around Carleton U the other day, seemed like some decent spots. I'm a mildly experienced wader....any advice on these loca...