Dry fly carp fishing
We used to target carp (and big catfish) during the whitefly hatch (Ephoron leukon) on the Potomac and Susquehanna Rivers. During a good hatch everything in the river would come up for them. Somewhere |
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How do you eat yours?
Bass, bream, catfish, and crappie I soak in buttermilk and then deep fry in a spicy cornmeal serve with cole slaw, hush puppies and fried green tomatoes. Dorado I blacken on the grill with Paul Prudh |
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Why Is It?
Problem? It's not a problem! You're supposed to have every possible material & hook to tie with! I believe in some states it's a law!
Historically, early fly dressers a |
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red fox fur
Wow, thanks everyone for the feedback. This really helps. It sounds like back, belly, and tail are the crucial areas for tying. There are a number of cheaper pelts missing a leg or two, or even a h |
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Which fly
Yeah, sounds overly complicated to me, and the one in your book isn't the standard over here. Just tie in a marabou tail, maybe add a touch of flash. Tie in a saddle hackle or two (depending on ho |
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Small Saltwater Flies
Joe, the woolly bugger doesn't look exactly like much of anything, but it looks just enough like a whole host of critters that it'll trigger a feeding response in just about any gamefish that |
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Squirrely Season again
This fly works year round down in the south but in the spring, the Squirrely season begins in earnest.
A friend called to say he gave his last Squirrely to his friend that he was badly outfishing with |
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fly fishing for Asian Carp?
[quote name='heavynets' timestamp='1329266826' post='494454']"There's a huge difference between an invasive species and a transplanted species. "
"Yes, the e |
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Crayfish Chronic, Shafted Stabber, Shafted Craw Ball, Carp Master Prin
Hi, Im Chris, ...new to the forum, love to tie get feedback learn etc. I fish backwaters of the Missouri River in St. Louis, MO for Carp/Grass Carp, Catfish, Freshwater Drum, and Hybrid Bass mostly. M |
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Requested Mouse SBS
I have been interested in mice for many years but just didn't quite like the deer hair versions. I have been following the thread in the other section and I really like your mouse and find it to b |
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Ready set go, I think?
I am also from Kentucky, Pulaski County. I second Riff's suggestion of the Wooly Bugger as it is not only a good fly to start with it is good at catching fish. My first fly was a Wooly Bugger. |
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Best hooks for clousers
I have been using longish, hump-backed, popper hooks in size 6 because I have a lot of them I'll never use otherwise. The barbell eyes fit nicely into the notch. The fine wire is actually pretty s |
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Animal Flies
[img]http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv346/Heavynets/Animal%20flys/DSC00732.jpg[/img]
This is my night mouse. The hole is NOT to make it whistle while casting. It's for a micro glow stick th |
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kahle hooks
Mustad & Eagle Claw both make Kahle hooks in finishes other than bronze. Mustad 37160NP-DT, 37160NP-RD & E.C. Lazer Series with straight eye: L141BP (platinum black), L142 nickel, L143 gold. |
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RBF: First Rod Builds
Well, I suppose I should introduce my self a little first. I live in Wisconsin, mainly fish the Mighty Mississippi River, for anything that swims, from Bass to Catfish.I decided to feed my addiction o |
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South Louisiana
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[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Welcome! That picture is torture. |
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RBF: The New Guy
Hey all, like the title says I'm the "new guy". I fish a lot, and if I didn't have to work I would fish even more. I am interested in starting to build rods as a hobie. I do not want to start a busi |
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flies and tips for cape coral canal fishing
Hi I am going down to Cape Coral this February and am staying in a house on a saltwater canal, I have been using shrimp with a spinning rod for the past few years and have caught different kinds of sn |
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Heavy flies
I would suggest a 8 or 9 wt rod and a leader with a stiff and thick butt section to turn over the fly. As was stated earlier, you have to really open up your loop. I've cast some flies for catfish |
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Tenkara
Probably not the same, but we used to take a collapsible crappie pole, about 12' long, and use it to "dab" lures and flies for bass, bluegill and crappie in the heavy lilly pads and brus |
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Dubois, PA bass fishing tips needed
Hello All. I used to be sort of active on this forum many years ago but three kids ago, work - you know. Anyway, I am on a family holiday and staying at Treasure Lake in Dubois, PA for a week and I ha |
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Hatchery Cuts
Has anyone else heard about the 18 million dollar cuts to the hatchery programs national budget yet. It will effect all hatcheries, trout, bass and catfish nationally. I don't know all the detai |
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Trash Fish
Very nice bug... sometimes a darker color is just what the fish are looking for. Be careful what you call it though. In my area we have a booby prize called a "trashcan slam". All you nee |
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the double standard!
Iv recently discovered a fantastic fly for my area of Ontario, its called the double standard nymph, it combines a hares ear and a pheasant tail. I have added some small modifications which I believe |
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Cyclops
I developed the Cyclops in the winter of 1999 for Capt. Mark Brockhoeft of Big Red Guides at his request for a deep water fly that was more durable and better sinking than many of the popular bead cha |
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Trash swap?
[quote name='mybadhabit' timestamp='1310678838' post='473378']
So let me get this straight, is it flies for trash fish or just unusual bits used to tie flies? Please clarify e |
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Are you seasonal on species?
Panfish,white bass, and spoonbill in the spring, summer i chase bass, panfish, catfish, and carp. In the fall bass, panfish, catfish, and in the winter i chase trout. and the best time for catfish is |
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Most embarrassing fly fishing moments?
Honestly, the most painful thing I've ever done was when I was tossing some sunfish in the river trying to irritate some flathead catfish. I had a bite that knocked my pole out of the rod holder a |
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Honest! It Really Happened
The same thing happened to me two summers ago at a pond. I caught a decent sized bluegill, and he was inhaled by a monster bass. Somehow the bass swallowed the gill and my fly hooked him in the lip. I |
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Farm Pond
For Father's Day me and Dad fished a lake his boss owns. Up until five years ago this was a Christmas tree farm. Ever since they replaced the trees with wheat I've noticed the fishing has we |
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Canadian postal Strike
Actually yeah they do just swim down the streets!!! In 1993 when we had our last big flood from the Mo we literally would drive across the river into Kansas and catfish from the highway wh |
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Difference between coldwater and warmwater?
It's all kind of nonsensical... Pike and Musky are usually lumped into "warmwater" although they most definitely prefer water as cold as trout- and I've caught many bluegills and cra |
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Fly Fishing for Shovelheads??
There was a thread about fly fishing for catfish.
Here is a link for the flies people use.
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=49117&st=0&p=394628&hl=catfish&fromsearch= |
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Fishing Report 5-28-11
Well, I had a blast today fishing the ponds! I used the panfish charlies I tied last night. I caught 1 Largemouth Bass, 7 Bluegill, and 1 nice Crappie. I even had a channel catfish take a swipe at |
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RBF: Au Sable 5/20-5/23
My buddy Todd and I just returned home from a few days at my cabin on the Au Sable. The intent was to spend Friday working at the cabin and then chase some trout on Saturday & Sunday. Some recent very |
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Au Sable 5/20-5/23
My buddy Todd and I just returned home from a few days at my cabin on the Au Sable. The intent was to spend Friday working at the cabin and then chase some trout on Saturday & Sunday. Some recent |
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2 to 4wgt
I was just wondering if anybody is using the echo line of lite line rods. I have just discovered a great little stream full of every size bass and all sizes of crappie or sun fish, Plus I think I saw |
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Fly fishing for Channel Cats
Lol when i first glanced at the pic it looked like a snakehead nope just a snakehead looking catfish with thin whiskers |
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Bass Pro Cat Maxx
I have a brand new Bass Pro Shops Cat Maxx 10' heavy action catfish rod that I would like to sell. It was never used and was coupled with an Abu Garcia 7000iC3 reel, but I sold the reel a few mont |
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Spey rig
After some debating, I think I'm going to use a skagit type outfit for the fishing I do. I use big, heavy flies for freshwater drum, channel and flathead catfish, and carp. I use extra weight and |
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New fellow from NW Ohio!
Howdy everyone! I just thought I'd introduce myself since I signed up here! I've been fly fishing and tying my own flies since I was 12. I always go for warmwater local species. One ti |
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It is is coming
Yeah i did enjoy it for two years then one day it just didn't seem as enjoyable so all i do now is catfish and fish for stripers. I was good at tying i have just about everything you need to tye a |
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Is this a blue gill?
QUOTE there has been some people pushing for better protection of the bass, but those in the trout/salmon side do not want it.I think this is a problem everywhere. It just depends on what you favor. I |
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Moth imitations?
Hey guyswas recently fishing around an incredible section of river which had a deck built over it. The deck had floodlights onto the water at night and the moths would hover around the lights in their |
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Charlie Weave
The Charlie Weave is a very effective slow sinking, flashy streamer with its light weight non-toxic nymph eyes or bead chain. With a heavier barbell or additional lead on the shank, it makes a great b |
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****10 Best Bass Flies****
Poppers, woolly buggers, streamers of all kinds, my favorite is the flashabou streamer in gold. I have used this website for many patterns so far warmwater flytyer this shows alot of patterns for blu |
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Making deerhair bugs more durable....
QUOTE (perchjerker @ Feb 21 2011, 12:05 PM) JSzymczyk is pretty much dead on with the Flexament. Most, if not all, of my deer hair bug making associates coat the bottom of their bugs with Fle |
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Rattlin Half Chicken
QUOTE (Kirk Dietrich @ Feb 5 2011, 09:49 PM) Those red eyes do look like a bird's eye.LOL, yeah!we have a popular catfish pattern here in RSA called a Half Chicken, due to its large s |
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Juggernaught Popper
QUOTE (Harold Ray @ Feb 4 2011, 06:43 PM) Does having the lead on the rear of the popper, as in the image below, make the popper ride lower and pop louder. If not, what is the lead there for |
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A Weave or Two
It's econfina creek that feeds into deer point lake, we also have bear and ceder creek that feed in. Going to break out the 2wt and 5 wt and....place a trot line or bush hook or two for catfish i |
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Weirdest thing you have found fishing
I don’t think it is weird but cool. I caught 3 fish on one hook, not a treble hook, a single hook. When I was a kid I was fishing for catfish and had 3 of them on my stringer but the fish pulled it ou |
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Whatsup guys from South Africa
QUOTE (tidewaterfly @ Jan 30 2011, 01:06 PM) Jack, welcome to the forum! I've heard that you guys over there are nuts about fly fishing! You should fit in nicely here! I' |
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Magazine/publication question
QUOTE (smokinprice @ Jan 29 2011, 06:07 PM) I thought it got folded in with Eastern Fly Fishing but maybe I was wrong. I know it wasnt Fly Tyerit was published by abenaki publishers, same as |
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Which jig hook is best for saltwater?
QUOTE (Kirk Dietrich @ Jan 25 2011, 06:30 PM) Wa, I've only caught redfish up to 12 lbs on the EC 413 and never had them open up but I haven't hooked any larger fish than that on this |
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Catfish on a Popper...Ouch.
QUOTE I had a 10 week mini Dashund swallow a fly I had dropped, it cost me $800 to fix that problemI have removed quite a few hooks from dogs stomachs over the years where the owner was fishing f |
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Donation to kids
Please post the name of the organization for us. Sorry to be so skeptical but I was just reading that Craigslist tells it's members not to respond to these kind of requests because most are not re |
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dam craw
I gotta try some of these. I think there pretty good for catfish and I really want to catch some cat on a fly. |
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just 1 or many?
Sorry didnt know how to put it for the title. So im still looking into tying craw patterns for spring catfish, i was looking at some patterns and found a few that well, dont look like anything specifi |
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Hares ear Nymph
Nothing wrong with friendly advice. On the other hand not everyone is an expert either. My post was not pointing fingers at anyone on the forum, just rather bummed at the "Expert" fly fisher |
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