“Condom Fishing”
Jul 12th, 2010 by Ranger Bob
This past Sunday, “Free Family Fishing Weekend” I got Greg snuck out of his house again for a few hours to try our hand once more at Sturgeon fishing. So far our track record (for those keeping score on the actual “fish side” of things) has not been great this year.
As you might recall, in past down at our fishing hole we call “StingRay Flats” we have caught Sturgeon, Actual Corvette Stingrays, Bleech Bottles, and I once commented on my own blog here about dead hookers. I also said that if I ever caught a tire I would quit fly-fishing altogether and take up golf. Well, the inevitable happened yesterday.Both Greg and myself got a double header on a couple of “snake skins” from the N.S.R. Yeah, wrong kind of Rubber! Still, it is enough to make you want to take up golf!
Here are some other non-highlights from the trip, we spared you some gore. 
Speaking of condoms, now that we know we can pretty much catching anything that swims, or floats in the river, did you know that condoms make great fly tying material? Yes, fly tyers will use just about any kind of material imaginable. Here are a few that you’ll want to try tying at your bench this Fall. I suggest you use clean ones, preferably, not used – but if you are into recycling we won’t tell if you don’t.
This just smacks of holding a fly swap for next year, don’t you think? Because, we set trends here at FiftyNorth.. we don’t follow them.
CONDOM FLY-PATTERNS:
Actually Jack Dennis himself first showed us the “Valdi” pattern about 3 years ago when he was up in Edmonton.
Finally, for my own self-gratification, or perhaps just to try it out in the field sometime when we run of “Dry Ice” next time.
