tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post258026126579436018..comments2023-09-25T08:36:27.625-04:00Comments on Mike's Gone Fishin'... Again: Stone Cold Like Fingers and ToesMike Sepelakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-35171735385026760402013-03-04T16:16:32.165-05:002013-03-04T16:16:32.165-05:00Yum, Howard. Mealworms, here. You've seen all ...Yum, Howard. Mealworms, here. You've seen all the bluebird pics... Mike Sepelakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-31838251006574117242013-03-04T16:11:55.748-05:002013-03-04T16:11:55.748-05:00Nicely done Mike. I'm not too proud to say tha...Nicely done Mike. I'm not too proud to say that I keep a carton of earthworms in the frig. Or I did until my wife tried to serve them to me for dinner. Now I stick with the SJ worms.cofisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288930899340581141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-58618579427543532862013-03-04T13:33:33.969-05:002013-03-04T13:33:33.969-05:00Now that is an excellent question, Jule. We fly fi...Now <b>that</b> is an excellent question, Jule. We fly fisherpersons are an odd lot, to be sure. I suspect the answer lies in the fact that SJs work so bloody well and we, for whatever reason, have chosen the hard way. Let's face it. If fishing efficacy was our goal, we wouldn't be wavin' fly rods.<br /><br />After all, <i>Royal Coachman</i> is so much more elegant than <b>worm</b>, don't you think?Mike Sepelakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-68916084686533131152013-03-04T13:27:11.196-05:002013-03-04T13:27:11.196-05:00Always a plan, Mel. Always.Always a plan, Mel. Always.Mike Sepelakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-64610486099809537122013-03-04T12:41:17.830-05:002013-03-04T12:41:17.830-05:00Why do we flinch at using SJ worms that imitate an...Why do we flinch at using SJ worms that imitate an actual trout food, but brag about the rookie that we fooled with a royal coachman that imitated...ummmm....nothing? Nice work here Mike.Julehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06260841922535985531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-46870350264901090462013-03-04T12:00:27.511-05:002013-03-04T12:00:27.511-05:00Mike, from one ol' Fly Fisherman, to another, ...Mike, from one ol' Fly Fisherman, to another, "Been There and Done That". Inexplicably, most fly fishers I know have some San Juan Worms buried somewhere in there plan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-49496636777331322572013-03-04T11:22:28.742-05:002013-03-04T11:22:28.742-05:00I ain't proud, Austin. But sometimes you gotta...I ain't proud, Austin. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do... just short of dynamite. Good hearing from you!Mike Sepelakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-53274192969762717952013-03-04T11:02:41.667-05:002013-03-04T11:02:41.667-05:00"Tattered felt in liquid breeze" - very ..."Tattered felt in liquid breeze" - very nice, very nice. You may have had to resort to the jaun, but turnover is a tough time no matter where you fish. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739881823743724564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-12880201361553165462013-03-04T07:47:32.492-05:002013-03-04T07:47:32.492-05:00I knew it, Joel! You don't tie (and paint) a f...I <b>knew</b> it, Joel! You don't tie (and paint) a fly a day for a year without a couple of quickie SJs tossed in for convenience. :-)Mike Sepelakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-85974448449679531272013-03-04T07:11:06.454-05:002013-03-04T07:11:06.454-05:00I have one or two S.J.'s. I have them under gl...I have one or two S.J.'s. I have them under glass and labeled "use only in desperation". Nice piece Mike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11316041269518485658noreply@blogger.com