deadlystreamer

Mojo, Welcome and your in. You asked Yep I think we'll leave it the way it was set up. I've not had any complaints about the time frame, So we'll plain on you guys shipping to me by the 30th or 31st of July and I'll be able to return them by the 7th of Aug or as quickly as I can get them packaged. Then again it's depending on our wonderful USPS. Like I said Mojo, Nice to have you aboard. I think if you click on the "search" icon at the top of the page you'll find the archives you mentioned. That should take you any where. Good luck and enjoy the site.

OK Charkins and cfbasser. Your in. Two more and we'll be set. Glad to see you both in.

Lets say you send me 10 packs with 5 soft baits inclosed in each pkg, and all 10 people send me 10 packs of baits, there will be 50 packs with 5 baits enclosed in each pack. That means you get 9 different packs of 5 and one of your own back. How does that tickle your fancy? Hope that's explaned good enough.

Got ya Scott, Your #6. 4 more and we'll close it up. Actually 3 more because I think g8r will be in.

Morning CC, That looks like some good reading and is tucked away in my Favorites to check out later. Kind of looks like it's more then the regular ol fly tier needs. But I'll check it out. Thanks for posting.

Looks good Moose, Very nice.

Hi BigZ Yep, If we get 10 people, then it's 10 bags of 5 baits per pack. I'm hoping with the 4th upon us, that all of the guys see this swap and have time to participate. As the rest of you read this, Shall we move the date up a bit, and get away from the holiday? Nothing is cemented down at this point. The date can be changed.

The best way to save flies and keep the moths out of them is in plastic boxes. It even helps to have a bit of moth balls in a box that stores the plastic boxes. I have some flies from years and years ago, royal coachman and other pattern's that look like they were just tied. If they are put away dry, they will last for years. Fly tiers best friend. Moth balls.

With the trout season of 2004 already underway, I came across this story written by my Dad, founder of the controversial weighted trout streamer known as Glen?s Deadly Streamer I used to listen to him read this, putting all the emphasis where they belonged; it was a wild story back then especially when landing that trout. It was good then and I hope you enjoy it now. Enjoy and tight lines to you all. Whispers of the Au Sable Dear hearts and disgruntled sportsman, it is now my profound privilege to bring to you an educational clinic upon the intricacies of fly fishing. Some people may prefer to troll a lure from an airplane at 1,000 feet and others may even bait a tiny hook with a piece of rotten fish, both of which may be construed as fly fishing. However, the particular art I wish to discuss with you is the type of angling which is the ultimate of all fishing. I believe it only fitting that I give you first a thumb-nail sketch of the equipment needed to pursue trout. page_break Firstly, let us briefly discuss the rod. I would by all means suggest that you purchase your pole, I mean rod on the layaway plan. That is buy it and lay it away in an unobtrusive place in the house until that time when your wife by chance happens to notice it, Then when she sweetly says ?Oh, a new rod? you can honestly say, ?No honey, I?ve had that a long time? Honesty is the best policy I always say. Next the reel and I assuredly would suggest that you buy a real one and not one of those 15.00 or 20.00 dollar imitations. Now the line, and should you be married as long as I, you need not trouble yourself about this item; you already have developed a good one. Flies should be of the finest workmanship and materials, in fact I dig some of my best flies from my garden. One in particular, the Dark Loam Hackle, I find to be excellent. Now we?re ready to go fishing. Always, and the importance of this can not be exaggerated, pick a day when a storm is predicted, that way you will never be disappointed by expecting good weather. The trip itself! Everything is packed, the electric razor, electric clock, electric blanket, electric boiler, electric coffee pot and don?t forget the electric dishwasher and fry pan. Oh it?s nice to rough it out in the great outdoors. Hop in my car and we?ll get moving. Say, maybe we better take your car after all, the hubcaps need greasing on mine. At last we?re off and after several hours of mad driving, blowing the horn and hollering at the other road hogs, we arrive at our destination. Oh, that air, isn?t it beautiful, the woodsy scent of pine needles, fresh water and good earth. Into your waders now, hurry it would be a shame to let your buddy beat you into the water. Oh oh there?s your chance, slam the car door accidentally on his rod tip and by the time he puts on his spare you can be fishing. Too bad he remembered the last time and jerked it away. Oh well, what?s a fishing trip without a little fun. Here we are at last on the stream and at my favorite hole. See that beautiful sparkling water merrily singing and bubbling its way over the moss covered empty beer cans and broken whisky bottles. Isn?t it grand to get away from civilization again? Oh, there?s a rise, careful now dress your fly, false cast, get your range, and let it drop like a thistle down. Ah, rise. Set your hook, you got him lookout, your gonna lose him. Haul him in, hey don?t horse him, give him line, watch out you?re gonna lose him. Here give me that rod. Ouch, never mind then poor sport. Play him, easy now, easy does it, Hold him, hold him. What a battle! The water along the shoreline is churned foam. At last slowly, inexorably, the pace tells and the trout begins to tire. You begin to breathe again, the birds start to sing and the deer and field mice begin to creep out of their hiding places. The eagles on high again begins his still winged circle, all nature ceases from the hush imposed by the titanic struggle. As the net slides under the vanquished contestant, you note with reverence the red and gold colors of this Au Sable beauty. But hold it, wait a minute this fellow is only 71/2? long and the limit is 8? Now what? I?ll tell you, lay him on that rock over there. Now step on him. Here?s the tape measure, see! 8? right on the nose. Ladies and gentlemen that is how to fly fish, I trust you have learned much from this dissertation of mine and I sincerely hope that you will by following my common sense instructions find yourself the peace, relaxation and adventure to be had in this great sport of fly fishing. And now if you will please from the ridiculous to at least the rational. I wonder how many of us who take our measure of enjoyment from the fields and waters have been able to see our own cast somewhere in the scene that has gone before. Maybe a couple of those empty beer cans or a broken whisky bottle belonged to you, or maybe that pile of indisposed trash behind your campsite. Could it be that you stripped that lovely birch for a souvenir that would probably find its way into the trash can. Were you the one that caused that terrible accident even though you escape without so much as a scratched fender? Did you precede your buddy to every good pool and rifle in the stream? When you were drowning that Dark Loam Hackle did you honor the man you met fishing dry flies by getting out of the stream and re entering below him? Maybe you just plowed right through, showing him you were as good as he was. When a fellow angler asks you what you took your last trout on, did you say Royal Coachman dry, all the while you kept you buck tail submerged and out of sight. God gave us these beautiful streams, hills and woods, and they were perfect when he presented them to us. Let us honor God by honoring his handiwork and leave our campsites cleaner then we found them. Maybe we?ll meet the man we saved by being polite on the highway, later on the stream. He might give you a specially tied Cahill that will mean the difference between a heavy creel and a light one. Let us through friendliness and good sportsmanship leave a clean taste in the mouths of fellow anglers we meet on the stream. Meeting a grouch on a trout stream is like biting into a wormy apple. Leave your impatience under the office blotter, file your self importance under it until you return, hang your vanity on the hall tree and lock you hangover in the office safe. Nothing looks worse then a beer can laying beside a crystal clear spring bubbling with iced nectar from the depth of the earth. You might as well leave your social position and dollar sign home too, for little speckled sides would just as soon rise to the fly of the poorest farm boy as to the riches man in the world. All you really need to get the most out of your sport is a ready smile, and a friendly word. Leave your profanity at the corner bar, there might be a lady fishing next to you. Fish and hunt as though you expected to meet your Creator at the next bend and you won?t be cluttering up Gods good earth with the refuse of a careless civilization. Glen 1910 to 1977 Founder of Glen?s Deadly Streamer

Are you talking about the lead spure after you remove it from the mold? If so, after you brake off the spure, take a small file and file off the ruff area. Hope this helps a little. I'm not sure if that's what you ment.

Your in Bass8baits, 7 more. Looking good.

As Tm said, alright let's start the swap. As you all know I don't make Soft Plastic's. I will be just the distributor of the Swap. 1. The roster will be open for one week or until we reach the max of 10 participants. 2. Shipping will be 5.00. You can send your 5.00 to me through paypal or a check or MO with your package will be fine. Please PM me for shipping information. Use this link for Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=deadlystreamer%40yahoo.com 3. We will make these 5 baits per pack, 5.00 to 7.00 retail limit per pkg. I think the month of July could be spent putting together some neat looking soft plastic baits. We can shoot for them to be in my hands by the first week in Aug and sent back to you by the 7th of Aug. 1. TM Customs 2. Bass8baits 3. BassnG3 4. BigZ 5. Scott 6. Charkins 7. cfbasser 8. Mojo 9. 10.

Very nice Terry. Nice color combinations.

Thanks g8r, having the chat room listed in the "main menu" makes it easier to find. Thanks

Refrresh the TU home page and it'll show who's on the chat. I'm there right now. 9:15 AM

I swear!!! Sometimes this darn satellite does strange things. Sorry about my brain dead remarks about the chat being gone. There it is big as life!! I'm on it now, any takers?? see ya there.

Willlll, I don't see it this morning, I get on it from time to time and I really don't see anyone else in there. Now today I don't see the link. So that's how I said it got answered. What do you think?

Guess that question got answered.

Welcome to the site 14, its great having you aboard. We'll be watching for pictures of you work. Enjoy the site and have fun.

You must be kidding Toby, I can't say I know how you feel because I don't. But my heart goes out to you and you're Family. You have certainly been through more then your share of hardships. They say time heals all wounds. How much time we ask.. Personally I'm glad you have us to vent too. A person needs to talk to someone. Our prayers are with you Toby.

Good idea for some I guess, but if I were to put my callused scarred fingers in a pair of gloves some thing terrible would happen. I'd wear them out just taking them off and putting them back on. Don't think I could handle a hook with the cloves on.

Hey Nathan, That should go in the records book somewhere. Pretty slick..

Hello civicdx, Sounds like a good idea for a Tutorial. I'll work on that and see what I can come up with. Deer hair can be tricky to work with, but once you master it, you can make about anything with a hook, deer hair, thread, lacquer and small scissors. If you have a question, shoot me a PM and I'll see if I can help. Tutorial in the making..

ohh! That looks sore. Kind of smarts huh? I did that with lead once. That will take the skin off, a couple layers deep. Ya all be careful with that stuff, plastic and lead. It'll get you when your not watching.

Thanks Richoc, Glad you seen my two s's in there. Appreciate the help.