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By Bob Randall
on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, Social Events,
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Ice. It was literally freezing at Roaring River Saturday morning. John Bush had offered some magic formulla to put onto my fly line guides but I declined. Later, while fishing, […]
By Bob Randall
on Saturday, December 30th, 2017 in Fishing Trip, Flies,
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I am happy to report that the line did not freeze to the guides and my reel never froze up. Larry Olson and I took advantage of our last opportunity […]
By Dennis Stead
on Saturday, December 30th, 2017 in Flies,
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In Larry Wegmann’s article, Midges, he writes, “I discovered the photo of an emerging pupa with gill filaments and added this to my new flies. I waited for the most […]
By Dennis Stead
on Wednesday, December 27th, 2017 in Flies,
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Go to MTFA’s web page and under the Resource tab, you will find the new folder – PDF Downloads and Ebooks in Pdf Format. Check it out.
By Dennis Stead
on Friday, December 22nd, 2017 in Flies,
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Check out the new fly that have been added to MTFA’s Fly Tying Recipes on this web site. We have taken the Root Beer Midge and per Larry Wegmann suggestion, […]
By Dennis Stead
on Friday, December 22nd, 2017 in Flies,
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Nylon is a strong, lightweight, thin, single continuous fiber and does not absorb water. It is a great material for fly tying but you will have to search for it […]
By Dennis Stead
on Thursday, December 21st, 2017 in Uncategorized,
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I have just added a PDF download to our web site. If you would like to read about this company and their rotary vised, download it. Then maybe you can […]
By Dennis Stead
on Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 in Flies,
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Go to Fly recipes on MTFA’s web site and get this fly to tie. This is a fly that Mike Swederska developed during a hatch at Bennett Springs. I have […]
By Dennis Stead
on Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 in Flies,
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This is a very simple midge to tie; about the hardest thing is getting the tubing on. I have medium stretch tubing, tan and shrimp color. If you have Color […]
By Bob Randall
on Saturday, December 16th, 2017 in Social Events,
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We held our Christmas party last night, Friday, December 15, at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Sixty two of us attended. Several were there from the Branson chapter who have […]