A good way to see fish is in the Arkansas Fishing Guide 2006.
The book is free online at: www.agfc.com
Fly Tying is fun.
Beginning Fly Tying at:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/archive.html
You study your insects.
A "fly tying kit" was found at Wal-mart.
With a "Skykomish Beginning Fly Tying kit"
I tied these flies:
What is a number four size fishing hook?
My fly tying kit book listed a number four size fishing hook.
That fly tying kit was missing a few items.
Hooks were miss labeled.
No problem, I will just ask the internet!
Silly me, the history of fish hooks revealed,
there is no world standard fish hook chart with size measurements.
One of the world's largest maker of fish hooks does provide their fish hook chart on the internet:
http://www.mustad.no/
Hoo-ray! Mustad of Norway has a great web page!
My mother's people are from Norway.
more hooks at:
http://www.tiemco.co.jp/english/
More about insects and worms are in:
"The Complete Angler" by Izaak Walton (1653)
free copy at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/683
and
"Advanced Bass Fishing" by Dick Sternberg, 1995,
ISBN 0-86573-041-5
www.creativepub.com
My copy is from Wal-mart in Rogers, Arkansas.
More fish, fish hooks, and fishing lures at:
http://www.cabelas.com/
http://www.probasshops.com/
www.flyshack.com
http://www.tiemco.co.jp/english/
http://www.mustad.no/
http://www.thenewflyfisherman.com
Yes, the fish are biting in Arkansas in February!
Late winter crappie are bitting on crappie jigs
with chartreuse head (green like my web page)
with red body.
Size is 1/8, 1/16, or 1/32 ounce jigs.
Arkansas Outdoor and Fishing News email from:
http://www.agfc.com/
http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/index.html
Arkansas Master Angler Program at:
www.agfc.com
Qualifying Fish Weights are in red.
Take your grandchildren out and teach
your children to be "Master Anglers"!
I am reading the marked fishing areas info on
my new Beaver Lake, Rogers, Arkansas 72756
Fishing Hot Spots map L173.
http://www.fishinghotspots.com/fhsinet/
Do you have a download picture poster of all the fishing lures?:
I do:
More fishing info at Wal-mart:
www.creativepub.com
Creativepub fishing book list:
Homework:
How many kinds of bugs and insects did you collect?
Extra homework:
How many fish did you catch?