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nomadic_pescador

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  • Birthday 02/09/1987

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  1. You should check out Clutch flyrods. I've got a 12wt that I use for my 450grain sink line. I'm doing a lot of lake fishing tho so I need this sort of thing for the caliber of fish and flies I'm tossing. I use a completely different rig on a 10wt for the river world and when my arm is about to fall off from working a 12 all day. Clutch makes some custom musky rods now that has extended handles just for the figure 8 etc. Awesome sticks; check em out.
  2. If a gear guy ever says he can outfish you on the long rod, just tie on one of these guys and watch em weep.
  3. Wow thats some serious situation right there.Can't believe that he rocked your center console that hard. 70 pound vaseline covered log lol, that about sums em up perfectly. I remember my first one all I could do was think it was just a hundred pound ladyfish lol. Hows the MB area looking right now? I've had so much luck there in my day
  4. Good stuff man; I really miss it down there. I spent 45 days camped out there in Shark River a couple years ago. I had a come to God moment when a big female took my fly right at the skiff and knocked me off my casting platform when she came out of the water and missed me by a couple feet. Made me look pretty pathetic. Keep in mind I was the only guy out there so that could have ended bad. Keep it up man and dont let the noseeums carry ya off.
  5. This thread has a touch of potential if guys got together and actually did the footwork to get to their dream destination together to make things cheaper/possible. So if there's a couple guys out there who want to go to AK and catch some giant pike, lemme know.
  6. Something about braid just turns me off. It may be effective but I don't like thought of bringing braid into my fly arsenal. Maybe I've just been too influenced by the purist crowd. I'll keep it in the tying drawer to link up the articulated bugs.
  7. I'm glad to hear that your catching musky in the dead of winter. I chase those all fall and spring myself but their water is froze over all winter so that'll put a stop to the fly chucking real quick. You can find the occasional lost fish in my river but you understand the hunt. I'm gonna have to try that size range; makes perfect sense. What kind of water column are you finding the fish in this time of year and are you tying synthetics or sticking to the bucktail patterns etc?
  8. I'm an Alachua county native so I understand where your coming from Mike. Time and ill chance have brought me North and as much as I do hate winter; I can't let a little chill keep me from the water. Some of the best steelheading days have taken place in the dead of winter while breaking ice from the eyelits of my rod. Quality clothes go a long way to make sure this can happen. Pike is just something an hour closer to the house.
  9. On the days when the weather peaks above 30, I find myself tempted to get the waders wet and see if I can entice a winter pike to eat a chicken feather. I've had fair luck this winter but I see our European friends just slaying the cold weather fish. In the late spring I usually throw a pretty hefty fly based off the Optic Minnows and the Bufords of the fly world. I don't usually find myself catching a great number of fish but the quality is primo. But what I'm wondering right now is what most guys do in the winter and up to early April for these fish. Are you guys down-scaling the bugs or do you continue to throw beefy flies all year long? Or do you just sit on the vise and dream your way through the winter. . .
  10. I also run a loop to loop connection leaving it easy to swap between flies without having to tie a knot in 60 or 80# fluoro every half hour. 60# + Heavy Mason mono line is stout enough to turn over those bricks we call flies and I've been using the Yozuri pink HD fluorocarbon to the fly with no real complaints so far. On my lazy river days I've also been known to just throw 3 feet of 50# for river pike and they don't see to care about the lack of line in the water. Don't forget to put in a 12-15# piece in between the mason and fluoro if you don't have a boat to get those snagged flies in water too deep to wade or you'll find yourself in a real pickle, usually resulting in a brief swimming lesson...I've seen it happen and its always good for a laugh.
  11. Hey Beard I'm pretty new on here too. So you started tying sometime recent tho? I'm only about 40 minutes from you and always looking for someone to tie with. Right now I'm mainly tying some bugs to prep for the white bass run thats right around the corner. If you haven't done that you need to be sure and tag along this year. Let me know if your interested in cranking out some bugs anytime soon.
  12. Yea Mike it's kinda confusing even for me to understand where I live full time. Right now I'm in Indiana but I'll be back to Knoxville in a few months. Wanted to make connections in both places if possible.
  13. The winter blues have kicked in and I've decided to join some forums to help pass the time and scroll through some flies. I've been in the fly world since I was a little tike chasing trout in the mountains and smalljaws in the warmer rivers. The past couple years have been committed to casting at the esox family. So far I've got nothing to show but a few fish and a sore shoulder and a severely bruised ego, but its just enough to keep me going back for more. If there's anyone North of Indy or around Knoxville area that ever wanna tie or hit the river; I'm usually more than willing to make some amigos. Looking forward to seeing what this forum is about and learning from the community. Cheers.
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