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[Ed Wahl]

WB, is that a real functional bottle opener?

Spill it man, where can I get one?

That's the coolest fishing truck device I've seen yet.

I've always had to search around for the "hidden" openers, you know the ones, door and tailgate latches, hinges, bumper supports, etc.

I've considered finding an old wall mounted opener and just bolting it on somewhere.

Ed

[Ben Kobrin]

Ed...



I often get an approving nod of the head from guys that see it while their wives just roll their eyes. I guess a bottle opener built into your car doesn't meet the approval of the fairer sex? Any-who....here's the process:

1. Get the bottle opener (I got mine at BevMo)
2. Drill the appropriate holes in a small chunk of metal (maybe 2"X3", 1/4" thick). These holes will eventually be used to bolt on the opener.
3. Weld this metal piece to one of the six sides of the hex-bolt that you use to hold on your hitch ball.
4. Paint it to match the color of your fishing truck (very important step, as you don't want it to look tacky).
5. Bolt the opener to your finishied product and enjoy a beer.

It may be a lot of work just for a bottle opener, but I believe it raises the "cool factor" of my fishing truck a full point, maybe a point-and-a-half. And it goes without saying that it helps me catch more fish.

-Ben

[Rich Leonetti]

What I need to know is where the hell did you get that leboski abide sticker

[Ben Kobrin]

You guys want all my secrets!

[Adam Grace]

Nice bottle opener Ben.

As far as my favorite Sierra dry fly selection goes:

1. Black Foam Ant
2. Parachute Adams
3. Elk Hair Caddis
4. Mosquito
5. Stimulator
6. Small Grasshopper
7. Yellow Humpy
8. Royal Wulff
9. Griffiths Gnat
10. Light Cahill

Wow as I look over this list, I notice that almost every fly on it is on the list for the top sold flies for almost any California fly shop. I guess that these flies are classics for a very good reason, they imitate almost every major insect that trout feed on.

Does anyone think that I should remove a fly or flies off off this list? Or add a better fly?

[Ben Kobrin]

As far as my favorite Sierra dry fly selection goes:

1. Black Foam Ant
2. Parachute Adams
3. Elk Hair Caddis
4. Mosquito
5. Stimulator
6. Small Grasshopper
7. Yellow Humpy
8. Royal Wulff
9. Griffiths Gnat
10. Light Cahill

Adam...best list so far.

[IronMtn]

Dave's Hopper with a bird's nest dropper.

[davkrat]

1. Kratville Caddis - all the time prospecting fly, dry/dropper, etc.
2. drowned wing emerger (doesn't have a name) for BWO hatches.

[Darrin.Deel]

Nice bottle opener Ben.

As far as my favorite Sierra dry fly selection goes:

1. Black Foam Ant
2. Parachute Adams
3. Elk Hair Caddis
4. Mosquito
5. Stimulator
6. Small Grasshopper
7. Yellow Humpy
8. Royal Wulff
9. Griffiths Gnat
10. Light Cahill

I would just replace the griffiths gnat with a little BWO size 16

[Don Powell]

Having been smitten by this sport for more decades than I care to make public, there is one dry fly that has worked incredibly well in WV, PA, VA, MD, CO, CA, MT, WA, OR and AK...the Ginger Quill in size 14, with #2 being a Quill Gordon. #3 is a light Cahill, #4 Adams, #5 EHC, and #6 an orange body Stimulator simulating salmonflies in June and October caddis in the fall. When they are sipping and selective the Ginger Quill has produced most often for me, and when they are maniacal, in spring and fall, the orange Stimi...
Confidence, and what the angler believes will work, is always going to be #1 because you fish that fly the most, but, you owe it to yourself to try the Ginger Quill.
When all else fails, match the hatch...carry the six flies I like and you won't go home with "skunk" stories...all fish like at least one of them on any given day!