OT: Thread About Nothing (part # who cares)

[HBK27]

Glad to have dark mode back and all, but why are user names appearing in dark pink? It's next to impossible to read on the dark background - is there anyway to fix this?

 

[njdevils1982]

Glad to have dark mode back and all, but why are user names appearing in dark pink? It's next to impossible to read on the dark background - is there anyway to fix this?

you could try and inquire on this thread

Thread 'Current state of the Boards'

Mar 14, 2025

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• forsbergavs32
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[BahlDeep]

Sitting through a 12h flight is awful

 

[JimEIV]

Sitting through a 12h flight is awful

I'm truly sorry.

 

[NJDevils17]

Needed to request a new birth certificate from New Jersey for our intl move. 12 weeks??

It’s one thing to be in NJ but I’m all the way in North Carolina and it’s maddening

 

[JimEIV]

Needed to request a new birth certificate from New Jersey for our intl move. 12 weeks??

It’s one thing to be in NJ but I’m all the way in North Carolina and it’s maddening

It can't be done online and then notarized in NC?

I had to get my birth certificate a long time ago... sometime in the early 80's and I remember getting a simple print out from the town hall then having to go get it stamped by a notary public.

 

[Davegarri]

My 1 year old just started walking on his own today. Of course now that's all he wants to do as were boarding a flight to Switzerland.

Wish me, and everyone on the plane, luck!

 

[Guadana]

These f***ers drive on the wrong side of the road in Anguilla.

Its like bizzaro world here...like some time traveling pirate stepped on a butterfly or something.

 

[JimEIV]

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Thank goodness that I didn't have to drive. Still, even being a passenger was nerve wracking.

 

[Guadana]

Thank goodness that I didn't have to drive. Still, even being a passenger was nerve wracking.

My brother is an aviation safety engineer. He often flies around the world on working trips. According to him, the scariest thing he experiences is being in a car in a country with a wrong-way road.

 

[JK3]

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Woody on his way to molest his underage daughter. Roman Polanski would approve.

 

[Guadana]

Woody on his way to molest his underage daughter. Roman Polanski would approve.

Nothing will stop them.


Only God forgives. Me. Please.

 

[JK3]

Nothing will stop them.

Only God forgives. Me. Please.

Well said, it's a horrific epidemic, may they all burn in hell.

 

[Guadana]

Well said, it's a horrific epidemic, may they all burn in hell.

I still didn't decide what I'm thinking about heaven and hell but I want to hope that hell exist.

 

[My3Sons]

My 1 year old just started walking on his own today. Of course now that's all he wants to do as were boarding a flight to Switzerland.

Wish me, and everyone on the plane, luck!

Where in Switzerland? My oldest studied abroad there once. I have not visited hut the pictures he shared were beautiful.

 

[MartyOwns]

Needed to request a new birth certificate from New Jersey for our intl move. 12 weeks??

It’s one thing to be in NJ but I’m all the way in North Carolina and it’s maddening

i just did the same thing last month, the whole process (including shipping it) was done in about 10 days.

 

[NJDevils17]

i just did the same thing last month, the whole process (including shipping it) was done in about 10 days.

Oh nice, good to know.

 

[JimEIV]

This fly is so simple to tie it borders on ridiculous... nothing in nature really looks like it but for some strange reason trout seem to love it...not only dumb stocked trout but wild fish seems to go crazy for it too.

 

[My3Sons]

This fly is so simple to tie it borders on ridiculous... nothing in nature really looks like it but for some strange reason trout seem to love it...not only dumb stocked trout but wild fish seems to go crazy for it too.

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Looks like a small tennis ball on the end of that. Maybe the fish think they are playing fetch?

 

[JimEIV]

Looks like a small tennis ball on the end of that. Maybe the fish think they are playing fetch?

It's called a bead head. They are made out of brass usually but also tungsten for added weight. They get the fly down deeper quicker. Some people say it's the "bling" of the bead that attracts the fish not the fly at all.

 

[My3Sons]

It's called a bead head. They are made out of brass usually but also tungsten for added weight. They get the fly down deeper quicker. Some people say it's the "bling" of the bead that attracts the fish not the fly at all.

Is it worth adding a scent element to these? Do fish pick that up? I’ve read the claim that sharks can smell blood in the water quite far away for example.

 

[JimEIV]

Is it worth adding a scent element to these? Do fish pick that up? I’ve read the claim that sharks can smell blood in the water quite far away for example.

Adding scent works incredibly well. It's also illegal in many places that have specific fly fishing regulations.

In Alaska they catch big rainbow trout following salmon that eat their dead flesh and eggs. There's a fly called a "flesh fly". Usually just a strip of pink rabbit fur... people load them up with fish oils and I've heard that the catch rate is 2 to 1 oil vs none.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I'm considering buying a vice and getting back into tying. I used to do it years ago. Then I had all my fly fishing gear stolen. Lots of sentimental stuff. I packed away the vice and just stopped tying and fly fishing. I don't know what ever happened to my old vice, but I am getting the itch to tie again.

In other news, I saw my first blue tailed skink in the wild today. We hiked a bit over 10 miles at Norvin Green and saw this guy around mile 8, super high up.

 

[JimEIV]

I'm considering buying a vice and getting back into tying. I used to do it years ago. Then I had all my fly fishing gear stolen. Lots of sentimental stuff. I packed away the vice and just stopped tying and fly fishing. I don't know what ever happened to my old vice, but I am getting the itch to tie again.

In other news, I saw my first blue tailed skink in the wild today. We hiked a bit over 10 miles at Norvin Green and saw this guy around mile 8, super high up.

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Norvin Green . I haven't heard that name in long time... I used to go there and Wawayanda all the time when I was in highschool. I went to highschool in Wayne just off of RT 23 so they both were a straight shot up 23.

There was lake/pond in Wawayanda that was about 1.5 miles from the nearest parking area that was loaded with pickerel. I am not exaggerating when I say 50 fish wasn't a problem....they weren't very big...maybe 12/14 inches was the biggest I've seen with most about the size of your hand ..but they were ferocious.

That sucks that you lost your tying stuff. Cool on the skink though.

 

[njdevils1982]

It's called a bead head. They are made out of brass usually but also tungsten for added weight. They get the fly down deeper quicker. Some people say it's the "bling" of the bead that attracts the fish not the fly at all.