Oh boy I know what you mean about tv--and its not just television its also their ps2's and x boxes--screens, screens, screens--yuck!!! I go to great lengths to offer an alternative to tv, even if I am not altogether successful all the time (I broke down and let them bring their games to the...

Drew posts, "It was on a worm (unfortunatley...). Kind of anticlimatic" oh, puleeeze how horrible for you!!! An icky worm!!! You must still be washing your hands!!!! I always find posts like these so humorous--I have spent countless hours in my life hanging around NJ troutstreams for one...

all I can say is yeah, babee!! that is some brook trout--dare I suggest that it was/would have been yummy? anyway, JCW3, if you are nailing fish like that with any regularity, you need apologize to no one for the techniques that you use to do it, short of m-80s. :-} Re jigs--I assume that...

Eagle Claw hooks--the WORST!!!!. Always use mustad (pref 9260D) in #10 for redworms and a #8 for nities, or maybe the Gamakatsu Octopus (I like the pretty red ones in #8). Eagle Claw--jeez, where they snelled too??? Don't lay that art stuff on me bro--I am just a humble dirt kickin' worm...

Joe T use worms--NEVER!!!!--the stuff I mentioned ocurred during a debate (e screaming match) on NJTROUT--we have never actually fished together. I would be scared to do so because then I would have to demonstrate just how pedestrian a flyfisherman I am.

Hey Dave B.--good info--what kind of flies were you using??? and if you were using flies, what kind of hooks--do you need heavy wire to hold these fish?

Whew! that is a relief. I am glad to hear that this has all been thrashed out. I may not be able to execute a 60 foot reach cast to achieve a perfect drift (or even a 16 foot one, Joe T. will remember what I mean) but I do enjoy stuff written by someone who can. And I still say its a craft, not...

Allan-- you write, "I suggest you re-read my post. It was not meant to be insulting." Frankly, something can be insulting where or not you meant it to be--an insult is an insult, regardless of post-insult expressions of innocence or lack of intent to offend--and stating that someone catches...

DC wrote, "Black people, white people, asian people, clowns, garbage men, Elitists, retards, purists, hobo's, Yukon Pete, and anyone else who would like to express their opinions" are welcome here--HEY!!!!! you left out booger-eating morons!!! Geez, that is some company!!!! Thanks mucho, Pal...

Midnite Poacher--no need to tell me about the dark side--I have been wormin' for an awfully long time--and I don't need no imitations, either! :-} Dennis--you are right, of course, but the way that things are for me now it looks like my fly stuff will be collecting dust for some time. I had...

Dennis C.--sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself--I always think of Clevon Little in "Blazing Saddles"--"pardon me, whilst I whip dis out" ---screams--etc--sometimes I feel like that when I am using worms--whip one out and listen to the screams. If I feel like I am going to have any free...

welcome!! You are gonna love it here, it is a great site!!! Check out the fly swaps, they are loads of fun. "when in doubt, just whip one out!!--a redworm, that is"

Thanks for the birthday wishes--its neat having a birthday in March because I always get nice new goodies for trout season--this year, a pair of Cabela's gold medal breathable waist-hi waders. Opening Day is almost here!

I think that the orvis thread is made by gudebrod--I have bought some because they had it in some interesting pale olive colors that I used to like to use to make the bodies when tying midges and tiny olive flies. The thread spinning technique was popularize by Dick Talluer--there is an...

laid-off Hey Dennis-- I know where you are coming from--in the mid-nineties I was laid off from a job that I had worked at for 6 years. I felt betrayed, as I had always gotten good reviews, had good performance, etc. I was also concerned about my ability to provide for my wife and infant (at...