You're way too comfy in your shorts, sitting on that cooler of yours for the winter period Tooty, in the profile photo of yours.

Leo - I told him basicly the same thing in a PM- Told him to put on a ice fishing suit for his new winter picture -can you say! Photo Shop.....

Tooty what size hooks am I going to use and will part of the quill be in the jig and do you buy strung or loose marabou.

Thanks, we hit 82  today here in s. texas.

Thanks for accepting my friend request:)

Alright, I'll have to check them out when I get a chance. Looking forward to being a part this website.

David I will be working on a pipeline on the Il. side of the river from Fort madison for about 5 weeks.  Just wondering if it would be worth the effort to bring along fly rod and what the area is like.

Let me know if you have any infor in that area.

Thanks John R

Sorry for your loss Tooty.  My prayers go out to your family.

Thanks for the friend request!

Thanks David I look forward to learning from this site

Here boss. Your instruction video just for future reference:

http://bigbluegill.com/group/flytying/forum/topics/fly-tying-of-the...

David... Thank you for the comment regarding my Brother and thank you for your service to our country. My best bud is served with the USMC. Hoo-rah!

Hey tooy,

 I have not talked to you for a while.  I usually look at bigbluegill.com at work on the week end nights.  For some reason whenever I commit on a picture the computer will kick me off the sight.  If I blog about something it will let me stay on. 

Things are going okay here.  I got my new float tube.  It is not as roomy as my old float tube.  I got that old fishing hole back.  It has lots of nine inch gills, and some crappie.  It is about 5 miles from my house.  I got two more places to fish.  Both of these ponds came from patients that I took care of in the hospital.  I still have to visit one, which I might do this coming week.  The other pond has more crappie then gills in it.  Alot of small crappie, but some nice big ones also.

Has the fishing slowed down for you???  I have been doing okay because the gills are in heavy cover.  It seems they are all around lay down trees, but not the vertical stumps.  So I go from lay down to lay down and catch fish.  I think things are about to slow down, since the night temps are going down.  I think the ponds will do their turn over and the fishing will be bad, and the water will be to cold for me to float tube.  I figure I might have just one more week in the float tube.  You take care.

Dilly

Okay master, uploaded the two videos for you:

Cotton Candy, Pink, and Red Marabou Silent Stingers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fea_zt6-Quk&feature=youtu.be

Red and Pink Silent Marabou:

http://youtu.be/_uIk9I4-S4Y

Thank you Tooty.......I have stopped counting them!

I dont know about you but I think im done with snow this winter

Yo Tootenhiemer !!

great pics of rods !!  the pics of the snow made me cold had to find a jacket, it was 

10 this morning when I woke and got the coffee going !!

Pics of your bugs look good !! I see allot of caught fish with them lil rascals !!

You are right, Tooty...tough winter. I have to go back to the early 1980's to have low temperatures and ice thickness comparble to this season. Lots of snowfall, but only one big one...last weeks 24 inch storm. I have removed snow 9 times this winter. Praise God for 4-wheel drive!

Thank you kindly much appreciated and I can't wait to get them wet.

Here's your video Tooty. Will be posting it into other locations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5C8M-_kak

that was my grandsons first trip out to Cass lake Minnesotan, that is what he caught, we

each got our limit.

This is awesome. I just love this site.

Dave I would love to but at the time I volunteered to make John some ants to try. Made some up sent them and dumb me never got a picture. The worst part is I don't remember how I made them but I think I made them from dubbing. Maybe John has a picture and would share it with us.

David;  Those Comal cigar/pencil floats are made from foam, too.

Thanks for your help, Kelly

David;

Hawthorn is 172 acres, 33 feet deep-lots of flooded timber, nearest town is Barnes City.

Lake Belva Deer is 264 acres, 34 feet deep, first created in 2001, very good for crappie and gils, lots of flooded timber, nearest town is Sigourney-about hour and half straight west of Muscatine.

Lake Geode is super for big gils, 187 acres, 44 feet deep, Nearest town is Danville.

The one my neighbor fishes is Lake Sugema, 574 acres, 15.7 miles of shoreline, 34 feet deep, super, super great for bluegill and redear, nearest town is Keosauqua.

Do you have the Iowa Fishing Guide? if not I can send you mine since I won't be using it anymore.

Ive enjoyed fishing in the 50s and 60s more than anytime in my entire life! Fish were abundant and could go anywhere and catch fish all day feeling safe that im not going to get mugged or shot at

ok Dave  man I am gonna be broke again !!  oh well there is a dollar store for groceries

I need to go on a diet agian !!  food is overrated !!  i like the health food cold carbonated type  of breakfast grians ya know ! hops & barley !!

i have been enjoying the rod very much. thanks again. i love it and use it every time im at my pond.

David do you have google earth ??

50662 is the zip code I am workin at lil bity town

have you fished in Iowa ?

Thanks for the welcome , and hope to contribute some pics and info about eastern missouri fishing for crappies and gills as soon as i can .

Welcome aboard Tooty. If you remember a bout 6 months ago I pitched this idea on fishing electronics then I got so busy around here I forgot about it. Carl talk with me about it the other day then I remembered what I had forgot. Should be interesting group with some of the knowledge we have here and people just wanting to learn. WELCOME TOOTY.

Thanks so much. Maybe later ill go to Lincoln Trail. I am really looking forward to going to Beck lake this coming weekend. As I said before , I am still learning. I have been reading and watching videos so I'm anxious to try what I have learned!

thanks david have fun on the trip and good luck fishing

David, I want to thank you for the fly recipe on the silent stinger.  I have never fished the lakes you mentioned but I know where they are, I usually fly fish the lakes around Madison Lake, MN. mostly for sun fish with a float tube in the evenings, I'm having a slow start this year because of all the windy days we have been having this June and the early algae.  I'm hoping July weather is a lot less windy and the green algae clears up. Take Care & Thanks Again Gary

Happy bday old man!! ;-) Hope you got some fun over the weekends for the bday outing. Make sure to enjoy some more this coming weekends.

Tooty has a birthday today? Wow!, he is an old fart!

Happy Birthday!

HEY TOOTY!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY YA OLD FART !!  I GUESS YOU AND MOSES ARE THE SAME AGE ARENT YA!  LOL !!

Hey Tooty!

Thanks!

 Really enjoyed the conversation tonight!

Semper Fi David and thanks for the welcome..

Look out David they will be on their way Monday.  Good luck with them

David I got your letter today looks good.

Tooty.when was the last time you fished for Steelhead ? Only done it a few times in the Salmon River by Pulaski NY .Boy would I like to do that again!