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Recycled bottle ship Plastiki, crosses Pacific

Wayne Mumford — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:20:07 +0000

12, 500 recycled plastic bottles, an irrigation pipe for a mast, solar and wind power, a 15×20 cabin; put it all together and you have the Plastiki. The ship, made of entirely recycled materials just completed a four month crossing of the Pacific from San Francisco to Sydney. Could this spur a whole new trend in [...]

Making Bass Poppers, Foam vs Cork

Wayne Mumford — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:11:43 +0000

I did a little battle last season with cork poppers- cutting, shaping, sanding, poking holes through bodies for legs (and myself) and so forth. I bought some foam blanks in typical shapes which are fine but can get a little spendy and I had to mail order (wait, no way) and it seemed like I [...]

Kermit’s a Goner

Wayne Mumford — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:17:53 +0000

While the top water bite is not exactly going gang busters yet we still had a few takers. I drug out some of my foam frog top water fly experiments to see how the pike would size them up. The little league guys thought it looked pretty good, this one just about downed the whole works. [...]

Another Way to Spend Money Online

Wayne Mumford — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:54:44 +0000

Here’s a new twist on outdoor discount purveyors finding a way into your billfold. 20 minute deals on all the latest brand name gear for outdoor adventure. So far I haven’t seen anything directly related to fly fishing or fishing in general but lots of other temptations like clothing layers, shell coats, head lamps and [...]

You know when you’ve had a bad day when-

Wayne Mumford — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:52:55 +0000

Foam Topwater Bass Bugs

Wayne Mumford — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:09:24 +0000

I’m staggering to the finish of ten day absence from the US workforce, vacation in other words. One can never be to prepared for vacation, blown boat trailer tires, boat trailer wiring meltdowns, truck front ends falling apart and such. I’m trying to figure out what nasty thing I did to be visited the the [...]

Noxon Bass Road Trip

Wayne Mumford — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:14:45 +0000

Friday we bailed for the Jr. Bassmaster qualifier at Noxon Reservoir. The weather was finally looking up but water temperatures and color were a mystery. Turns out the water has been cooler but clarity was pretty good. There were still some fish finishing up spawning unfortunately one familiar area was so choked with Millfoil (Myriophyllum [...]

Improving Your Casting Fundamentals to Catch More Fish

Wayne Mumford — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:19:38 +0000

This week’s upcoming show at askaboutflyfishing.com: Dusty Wissmath, a Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor, will explore the fundamentals of casting that are so important to catching more fish. Are you struggling with a castitng problem? Here’s your chance to ask a question of one of the best casting instructors around. On our upcoming broadcast with Dusty Wissmath we will [...]

The Traveling Sedge

Wayne Mumford — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:09:14 +0000

It’s getting about that time already. Traveling sedge time that is. Those large skittering meatballs that show up for the evening meal on many north country lakes trout menu. This is a cool looking tie by Dave McPhail that should do the trick. And of course the old standard, The Goddard Caddis. Ah, those explosive attacks when [...]

Fishing with Reflections

Wayne Mumford — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:47:23 +0000

Ok, so it’s cliche anymore to say that “it’s not always just about fishing” but a lot of times it is the truth. This particular day we could have just as easily have loaded ourselves into the big boat and headed for the local “trophy water” and spent the day trying to catch a few [...]