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  1. Got this one last night plus one a bit smaller. Missed several though too. All on mack chunks. Been a long time since I had gotten a decent outing so I was happy. Second the comment about low tide too, though you still gotta know where they head to.
  2. Anyone know a spot for bait open late in the sandwich-Hyannis area? Preferred on bay side. Thanks!
  3. I really like these. Do they collapse down when you strip them in, or keep some of the profile? Any tips on sparse patterns like this appreciated! May have to get all my tying gear unpacked sooner rather than later.
  4. Good to see I'm not the only one considering one of these. I've got a labral tear in my hip and the higher seat appeals to me for comfort, leg scrunched up at all hurts like hell. Plus I flyfish in somewhat protected bays/harbors for the most part. Standing without some crazy rigging or super expensive kayak would be nice. A dealer near me carries these too and does demos, so I plan on trying it out on their lake while fishing for LMB.
  5. Yep, got one for freshwater and salt a couple weeks back when I took my 3 year old out for his first shot at trout. Good ideas for printing multiple copies, will run with that and tuck them in various gear just in case.
  6. Thanks. This is tailored to my little corner of MA, to be fished mainly around the mouth of several estuaries or for a little sight fishing, thus the smaller deceiver/clousers rather than surf candies. I'm not wild about working with epoxy much either and haven't found the need to try out a UV system.
  7. Background: We sold our last house almost 2 years ago now and finally moved in to our new one about 5 months ago. My fly tying gear has been packed away that entire time and still sits in the garage waiting for me to get organized. My actual fly rods/boxes/waders/etc were all on an extended hiatus at my in-laws on the cape. All this means I haven't fished or tied flies in 2 years now and have little or no resources to replenish my flybox (and can't bring myself to buy them either...). I'll probably organize my stuff soon and set up a new tying station, but the way things are going I wouldn't place any bets on when and I'd rather be out fishing than tying flys right now anyway. That being said, I've decided to see if I can go the entire season with a single flybox worth of flies. Shown below is the box I put together 2 years ago in the spring. For most folks here I suspect this is completely unnecessary/unfeasible/insane. But I began thinking to myself about people new to flyfishing in general and remember a lot of the confusion about what to buy and carry with me when I was first starting out. Maybe this will help shed some light on the subject for beginners. I've also never taken a true fishing log and plan to try and track what I use this year, how often I use them and what catches (I'm a data-oriented kind of guy after all). I expect the clousers to do most of the catching but I hope to try and mix it up every time I go out. I'll update this post as I go. The Flybox: Inventory: - 4 wide body flatwings (don't remember the names or if it was something I concocted, I tied them over 2 years ago, remember?) - 5 slim body flatwings - 1 small flatwing (3-4 inches long, almost a deceiver) - 2 bulkhead flatwings (something I was playing around with, flatwing with a small bulkhead style tie per Bob Pop) - 9 small/med Clousers; 3 white, 3 chartreuse/white, 1 each pink/white, olive/white and chartruese/purple/white - 1 med deceiver; olive/white - 5 mixed small deceivers (see picture, bottom left) - 1 med semper fly; white - 2 ray's fly - 2 bloodworms (likely never get fished, but will abide by the boy scouts motto) - 1 weighted wide body fly; when I tied it I was thinking it would be a herring I could get down deep (see picture, yes its been used) - 1 crease fly - 1 small slider; olive
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    Flybox Challenge

  9. Stocking is done in SE Ma, or at least 2 weeks of it is. Seems like alot of ponds/rivers didn't get anything, while others were stocked twice? Nothing in Kingston or Carver? Anyone know if the still stock the Jones River, or did they stop with the dam coming down?
  10. Love em all, great ties. I really like the dumbbell eyes in particular, been thinking about doing something similar.
  11. That's the type I was thinking of. I tried some in that style but it's tough to get them angled up and in like that without it twisting on you. Think I've got a couple tied to look like mackerels that I may swing at a nearby river head though once the spring is here.
  12. Take a look for some of Wendell's old posts. He tied flies using tented hackles all the time, gorgeous looking too. Adds size without alot of mass. Better for swinging/drifting in current like a flatwing that cast and retrieve though.
  13. Yak, I like the cork tiles, I might borrow that. Just moved into a new house after renting the last 18 months, but have an old kitchen shelving unit I can use as my new station in the basement. Will post it up when ready, getting excited to get back into the salt soon!
  14. Fresh is going to be your best bet for early season, starting now if the weather will warm up just a touch. Stocking has started and I made a quick stop at a pond near work that had its stocking but it was pretty quiet still. Check the mass wildlife website to see if ponds near you have been stocked and head out as soon as you're ready. Even if they haven't seen any fish yet it may be worth a trip.
  15. Might be a bit cold still, but stocking up here in MA started this week. I was thinking about hitting a little non-stocked stream this weekend to see if the wild brookies were active yet. Anyone else been out yet with luck?
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