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Post by oobuck on Mar 3, 2007 23:39:16 GMT -4
i have always found fly fishing to be really cool and have always been interested in learning, in fact i even went as far as buying a fly rod and all the stuff needed to fish one time. after trying numerous times and acomplishing nothing more then catching the back of my head, i finally gave up and gave the fly fishing equiptment to a friend. i still enjoy being at my favorite fishing spot and watching guys gracefully sailing there line out like it takes no effort at all. i guess the bottom line is, some things just come natural to some folks and others it was just never meant to be
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Post by cjsholes on Mar 8, 2007 18:42:48 GMT -4
I understand what you are saying, I am in the same boat. I am not a natural fly fisherman, but I still do it. I might not look pretty, and I might not do it all right, but I still catch fish, and sometimes I even outfish my friends that are technically much better than I am. It is a blast, so I continue to do it. If I had to feed my family, I would probably be a bait fisherman, but since I do it for enjoyment, Flyfishing and spinfishing is what I do.
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Post by skwirl on Mar 9, 2007 17:40:32 GMT -4
I am no purist when it comes to fly fishing,in the early spring when the water is cold I use bait. When the waters start to warm and the flies start hatching I will fish dry flies
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Post by huntsmenbob on Apr 4, 2007 22:03:21 GMT -4
You don't have to be a pro just keep fishing and it will come. It is a lot funner because you know the fish are feeding and you can see where they raise. Get the right drift over top of them and choose the right fly and WHAMO!! I am in the same boat. I fish drys and emergers good but I have no luck with nymphs. I did catch my limit on day on a creation I made fished on the bottom. Worked great. No one else on the creek was catching anything and I am talking this was the first day. Not even minnow and bait fishermen. Thought I had the wonder fly. I never caught another fish on that pattern again. Can't explain that one. I have hardly fly fished in years can't find the time. Took my girls out fishing last year and my flyrod broke. I should get another one in case I get the time. I love fly fishing but I always fell guilty if I do something and the girls can't go with me. I should get them a flyrod and take them out but they don't hold their interest that long. They love to go with me a couple times a year but I don't think they have the patience to flyfish and when we do go out fishing they really seem to enjoy it but they usually don't want to fish long. I would hate to go to a creek and have to leave when a good hatch is coming off 'cause the kids want to go home and I would hate to have them just sitting on the bank while I was in pursuit of fish. I would just feel guilty and selfish.
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Post by cjsholes on Apr 10, 2007 13:52:45 GMT -4
just have the girls bring their homework along... i am sure that would make their teachers happy :-) Or you could have them running around with nets and a field guide, identifying what particular hatch you need to match...
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Post by huntsmenbob on Apr 19, 2007 4:26:26 GMT -4
Thanks Mr. Sholes, They do catch flies when they hatch if they are along so we can look at them. They are pretty woodsy especially Chelser but she wouldn't kill a flea. She does let me keep fish and shoot game with her along but she probably wouldn't do it herself. I usually take my .22 mag along just in case I ever run into a coyote I could shoot. One day Chelsey tried to talk me into shooting a squirrel Angel treed out of season. It suprised me. When we go out and I have the mag the last few times I have been letting her shoot it and she enjoys it. I just picked up a box of shells the other day so she can shoot some more. We took a long walk the other weekend; me, the girls, their cousin, and Angel. I left the girls guide us back with the GPS what a mistake. Guess I should have taught them how to read it first. Thank God the trail they put us on led as back to the trail we needed. A GPS is the greatest thing in the world. Love mine it lets me go anywhere and not worry about where I am or how I am getting back. Learned more woods in the last year than I knew since I have lived here. Just ask Kel, her and the girls got it for me 'cause I got lost one day with two dogs, my gun, pants that kept falling down from being soaked. I had 2 dogs on leashes and a gun with no sling and had to stop about every 25 yards to pull my pants up. Ended up about five or six miles from where I started. Worst yet I had to go right home and get ready to go to work for 12 hours. Man was I beat.
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Post by gitrdone07 on Jul 31, 2007 0:02:25 GMT -4
I was going to get into it and try fly fishing at the river for smallies but dont know where to start.
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Post by leep on Jul 31, 2007 1:28:33 GMT -4
Get yourself a book on flyfishing techniques... Then , find a backyard that you can cast about 20 feet or so.. Make a ring, even a old hula hoop, and cast until you can put your fly into it every time... Remember, when you spin fish..(which I being a die hard fly fishermen call "dragging iron" ) the lure is what you cast. In fly fishing the line is heavier than the fly, so you are using the line to cast the fly.. Remember 10 and 2 on a clock, or somewhere close, some use 11 to 2... Stop your back cast at 10 or 11 and even look back and watch your "back cast" until you see the line straighten out. The power forward the front part of the cast, stopping your arm at the 2 o'clock position.. As the fly drops onto the "water" then drop your arm a little more.. This is not as hard as it sounds and in a very little time you will see results.. Remember, slow down... Then you will have to learn to keep your fly above the line so the fly moves at the same speed as the current..You will have to learn to mend the line..(simply flip the belly of the line upstream whenever the fly starts to drag or flow faster than the current... Nymphing is tough....You cannot see the fly, but with a good strike indicator you can tell where your line is and make the same corrections you do with dry fly fishing... Do not expect to see your line actually go upstream. It does happen but rarely... If the line stops, hesitates even slightly, set the hook, with your wrist... Now, you will know you have mastered the art of nymphing when you find yourself setting the hook simply by instinct. By this i mean you set the hook without conscious thought...Your brain remembered the countless times you set it in the past, has already processed the info and your wrist moved and suddenly you feel the tug of a large trout.. Trout get up to 80-90 % of their food on the bottom..or chasing emergers. And the biggest fish are routinely caught nymphing.. I caught an 8 pound brown trout one day with a nymph on Warm Springs creek here in Montana 26 inches. Later,right beside a water gauging station, I caught a 24 inch, 10 pound rainbow with the same outfit... If there is anything I can do to encourage anyone to pursue flyfishing please let me know.. Take care: Leep Out:
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Post by palongbow on Dec 27, 2007 11:01:48 GMT -4
My approach to fly fishing has been to keep things simple. I have been fly fishing since I was 12 years old and now I'm 40. I could give you three flies that would absolutely catch fish. With a little time in fishing those flies you would start to figure it out. People seem to make fly fishing to complicated when trying to teach newbies.
Ron
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Post by leverlover on Dec 29, 2007 23:40:11 GMT -4
Quit your fibbing Ronny. You and I both know ya started in on those Potter County brookies when ya were 11. ;D
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Post by palongbow on Dec 30, 2007 11:32:00 GMT -4
Leverlover - LOL! Yep started even earlier on brookies in Columbia County. Those little brookies really taught us how to fish....
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