Congrats Del. Just goes to show, when you put in the time, you can get rewarded. Good job.

I use to flyfish for Crappie, using a Mickey Finn. What a blast, they had that fly so beat up that there was only a few strands of hair left on it and they were still biting.

I'm in. Got my flies from the first swap....thanks to everybody that participated, I look forward to trying them out. Actually, I hit the river today and hooked one Steelhead, it's only going to get better the next couple of weeks.

I have hunted Iowa as a nonresident since 1999. Back then a buck tag was around $150 total, then a couple years after that the price more than doubled. Now it's even higher, because when you apply as a nonresident for a buck tag (which is all I want) they make you buy a doe tag too. The doe tag is something like $100 tacked on, so now the price is the better part of $500. This is getting ridiculous for the average Joe to hunt these states. Not to mention, I can get all the doe tags I need in my state, so why do I want to spend $100 out of state to shoot a doe. Now they are talking a 34% increase. Enough is enough.