Mario Sulay
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Mario Sulay
@forefish19.bsky.social
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Retired, granddad, foodie, traveler, golfer, fly tier, fly fisher, pickleballer, skier... anything outdoors. Enjoying the Oregon life style.
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90° weather today. Thought it would be refreshing to stand in a clear cool spring river.
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Blue bird day at the river. Today's successful flies.
July 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Loving the warmer weather 😎
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Couple of "net fillers" caught on soft hackle flies fished under a mini Chubby Chernobyl. The smaller bright colored trout was caught with a dry black stone fly. The flies I put to use today. The 3 successful flies (pictured top right) soft hackle black midge, black stone dry fly and soft hackle pheasant tail nymph. Soft hackles were fished under a black/purple Mini Chubby.
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Through the snow and graupel the trout were still rising today. C'mon warmer weather!
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Today's river shenanigans. The fly the trout (middle left and top right) took was a Quigley's Film Critic like the one pictured bottom right.
March 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Another Youtube fly that caught my eye.

youtu.be/O72lsumSuWA?...

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Foam fly copied from the YouTube channel, "DrewlooknFishy." View of the underside of the Top Shelf Hopper.
March 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Soaking in spring sunshine. Course is looking great coming out of her winter slumber.
3rd Hole at Bend Golf Club. Par-3 139 yards from Blue Tees.
March 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Batch of Chubby Chernobyls and GFI Hoppers. The Hoppers battled me all day, breaking thread, super glue messes, etc... 😒 A lot of lessons learned. C'mon summer.
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Chubby Chernobyls and GFI Hoppers.
March 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Tied up some foam beetles to replenish my box. Then decided to try other foam fly patterns. An outdoor sports shop did not have what I was looking for. I went to a near-by craft store and found 12"x18" sheets of foam for 99 cents a sheet. Bamm!
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Note: The craft store foam sheets were a little thinner than the 2mm foam I bought at a local fly shop. Will it make a difference??? First time trying detached body flies.
March 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Still filling my box with some emerger patterns. This one, which has been successful for me, comes from Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club's "Flies of the Northwest" one of my go to books for inspiration.
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Recipe for the Thread Body Beatis Soft Hackle published in Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club's "Flies of the Northwest." Love working with Starling feathers. Completed flies sizes #14 to 18. Not sure if I like the yellow thread ribbed bodies or the tinsel ribbed bodies better. Yellow thread ribbed body fly as per the "Flies of the Northwest" recipe. Tinsel ribbed body varient.
March 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Snow day = fly tying day... as if I need an excuse. Knocked out some Beatis and PMD emergers, size 22 to 14.
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View out of the window from my fly tying desk. Beatis emergers size 22 to 18. PMD emergers size 16 and 14. Neighborhood once the sun came out.
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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So good to be home again. Micro Midge fills the net again! This big boy came with some extra gear I was able to free him from.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Got my 82 year-old father-in-law to slip on some waders, lace up a pair of boots and hike/fish for about a mile up the Gunnison from the North Fork Confluence. Not a great day fish-wise (🦨) but yeah... a great day! 😎
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Gunnison River at the North Fork Confluence. Inset, my father-in-law getting ready for hiking and fishing.
March 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Been away from my fly tying desk. Visiting family in Colorado and jonesing to sling some flies. Never fished in Colorado, so if anyone has any suggestions for the Lower Gunnison River area I'd be happy to hear any suggestions.
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Staying near Delta, Colorado.
March 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Love watching our local eagles.
Our local bachelor has found his mate... love eagle watching.
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Thanks @flickingfeathers.bsky.social keep posting your instructional tying videos. Love em. Got your cased caddis pupa in the box and looking forward to giving it a try.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Getting a little taste of spring here in Central Oregon 🏌‍♂️.
The golf course is starting to wake up from it's winter slumber. Looking good 😎. Young Red Tail Hawk (I think) overlooking the course.
February 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Today's river shenanigans.
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This happened today to my fishing buddy. But like all true anglers... it was about the next cast. Mt. Whitefish kept the skunk away. These were today's stars fished in a double nymph rig. They even produced a rare double hook up, only one made the net though. The caddis pupa was a "twine" fly from a previous post. I give the twine a 👍.
February 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Going through my wife's craft closet I found some twine. Thought it would make interesting body material. Add some colored markers... and voila! Will they fish... 🤷‍♂️.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Awww, get well soon little guy.
A buddy I got into the water after a long hiatus from fishing.
February 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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youtube.com/watch?v=nSFR...

A friend sent me this link for the Madison Buzzer. I tied a few, of course substituting for materials I don't have. Successful in getting fish to the net.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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The before and after. This was a "Frankenstein" fly. Just started tying on various materials with no pattern in mind... just doing.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Today's sights at the river.
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Under the watchfull eyes of two bald eagles. Our resident eagle has finally found a mate Self release in the net. Something else to try and imitate at the tying vice.
February 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Watched "Scotsbob" on Youtube's "Trout Catcher" channel tie up a "Spider Buzzer." I gave it a go, substituting for materials I didn't have. Now, let's see how it fishes.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Fly box restock. Lost a bunch of flies to logs last outing. I did add a new scud pattern to the box that I'm anxious to try out.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Another fly for the spring/summer box. Mercer's Poxyback Western Green Drake nymph. I tied this on a #12 3XL Firehole 839 hook.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Messing around with some color combinations with pheasant feathers. I kinda liked the ostrich here collars.
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February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM