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Comment by Keith Owen on July 1, 2010 at 5:11pm
Greg-
I'll dig my camera out and shoot some. We are currently in the market for a new digital so I will be archaic and use film.

I have been working on a dragonfly nymph pattern than can be fished on a sinking line and will float just above the weeds or the bottom. Also working on a "depth charge" type fly that sinks super fast but doesn't hit you in the back of the head when you cast it.
Comment by Greg McWilliams on July 1, 2010 at 3:17pm
Jen, You might be a redneck.....
Keith, unless you can find a current bush, an air conditioner wont work there!!\
How about sharing the pics of new flys????
Comment by Keith Owen on July 1, 2010 at 2:13pm
An air conditioner in the tent?!! That's cheating, brilliant, but cheating all the same. Where can I get one of those?

We are planning a long weekend campout at Pawhuska for the middle of next month. Three days of nothing but fishing. I have 3 or 4 new fly patterns to try out. I want to try for the "Pawhuska Sunfish Slam" (Bluegill, Red-ear, Long-ear, Green sunfish, Warmouth). The Super-Slam is getting them all on one fly. Not the same pattern, but the same, single fly. I've managed to do it several times.
Comment by Jen Nayfly on July 1, 2010 at 12:40pm
Beautiful fish.........pawhuska is great bluegill hole. I fish it as often as possible. Also, camping isn't hot if ya put an air conditioner in the tent, like we did last summer (lol)
Comment by Keith Owen on July 1, 2010 at 8:28am
Hey Greg-
That would be the Witcita Mtns. National Wildlife Refuge. There are 3 or 4 really nice lakes and several of decent ponds.

Here is a map:


I think I have fished nearly all of them at one time or another. Either out of my canoe or with my one-man pontoon. I really like the two small lakes down the road to the Job Corps Center. The pond on top of the hill by that turn off is good too. The lake at the Doris campground (Quanah Parker) is pretty good and really handy. All of the smaller ponds are fun to fish and have great fishing because very few people go to the trouble of getting off the road and accessing them. Mostly it's bank fishermen/women. Occasionaly I have ran into a few other flyfisher-folks with tubes.

Summer is a great time to fish down there, even though it can be REALLY hot for camping. I generally make a trip or two in the fall when it starts to cool off. Plus, you can hear the elk bugle.
Comment by Greg McWilliams on July 1, 2010 at 2:51am
Keith, Have you ever fished or know anything about the lake at Washita mts. refuge near Lawton??? Saw on Outdoor Oklahoma, them flyfishing from tubes catching redear.
My rod ought to be in Dallas today, I just hope they can save HER!!!!!
Comment by Keith Owen on June 30, 2010 at 10:13pm
Ouch! No fun. I guess if you're gonna break a rod, that's the best way to do it. I also have the TFO 7ft (maybe it's 6.5ft?) flyrod. I enjoy fishing it too. Can't get a lot of distance with it but iy is a lot of fun to catch even small fish on. I have been known to tie flies for catching shiners out of the Barren Fork River with it. I bet yours comes back good as new. The TFO guys are good to work with.
Comment by Greg McWilliams on June 30, 2010 at 5:12pm
Keith I had the same rod til night before last. Broke the end on a small bass. It is currently on the way to the TFO hospital in Dallas!! I sure do miss it!!
Comment by Keith Owen on June 30, 2010 at 5:08pm
Hey Greg-

The wooly-booger was black and olive with gold flash-a-boo in the tail. I'm pretty sure it was a size 10 hook. I fished it on both a floating line and a sinking line and caught quite a few on both.
Comment by Keith Owen on June 30, 2010 at 5:03pm
Greg-

I caught most of the Bluegills on a green soft-bodied popper and pretty much all of the Red-ear on a wooly-booger with a gold cone-head. I was fishing my TFO 8ft 2wt flyrod. I got that particular rod just for Pawhuska CL. I have fished lots of places, it's still my favorite.

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