Redfish on Topwater
Mike/AGN, we fished an area that hasn't been discovered by the guides yet and the fish were very forgiving, not the case all the time.
However, there was a day a couple decades ago when all of the |
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Thinking outside the box for carp...
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I think you better patent that cheetos fly. It looks like a killer. BTW what does a cheetos nymph look like?
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How did you get started tying?
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]I grew up in Central Florida pretty much with some kind of rod in my hand from about 7 years old on. Like most cracker ki |
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Best saltwater vise
Renzetti vices are made in Florida. I have a Traveler, but I will upgrade to a Presentation model soon. Jaws are easy to change out and to adjust, IMHO.
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How do you eat yours?
I dont keep to many fish but when I do they usually get cut into chunks and fried. My favorite fish recipe though is baked tilapia. For those who dont know what a tilapia is it is and invasive speci |
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New rod!
I have 3 Echo fly rods, an Ion 8wt which I broke on a Florida Keys trip. I had a great warranty experience with Echo, very fast turn around for warranty work, it was like it never happened. I have a 4 |
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Combat Fishing
Good to see my fashion advisers are getting some extra work in Florida these days. Damn, I like that fly. Guess I'd better whip up a few in case they have gars in Virginia. Or even if they don' |
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Salt water pattern
Ole Florida Fly Shop in Boca Raton (oleflorida.com) sells a pretty good imitation tied in the store.
Sand Fleas are pompano's favorite snack. |
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Need your input......
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Thats a nice common. Taken on a fly??
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No, but it wasn't for lack of trying! I bought an 8wt rod sp |
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MIA
Hope your arm gets better in time for you trip and lets you get back to tying. Landing a tarpon is probably hard enough without having a hurt arm. Where are you going in Florida? |
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How do I fish Clouser Minnows?
DJ - whenever you can get near them is the time to fish. Please bear in mind that I've never been closer to Fiji than San Francisco and I've never seen a trevalley, (nor, I'd wager, have |
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Kayaks & Flyfishing
JSzymczyk .....Thanks for your input. From what little I know I believe that my choice would be the tarpon 120 if for no other reason is the the weight difference. I am old, weak, and frail.
As a si |
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The bird turd crab and vinyl back mantis shrimp
Welcome to the forum, you'll find a lot of good guys here and a few from your part of the world. Beautiful looking flies. Is the shell back made of felt coated with epoxy? Those things would wo |
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Hello
Hello my name is chris and Im in air force I just got back into fishing after a 9 year brake I live in Barksdale l.a. and grew up in Florida so I'm a warm water guy |
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Small Clousers
Polar bear has several benefits as a tying material... When it gets wet it turns partially translucent (very similar to real small forage which is nearly transparent in the living bait).... it's a |
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Canadians needed
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rigging up boat for fishing on the fly
Carbon Marine out of Florida makes the Line Lair. Used mine again last night on the lake chasing stripers. Love the thing, but a tube is better on super windy days. Barefoot is the only way to go espe |
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Everglades report, 9-19 March 2012
With only three days of anglers fishing fly, you'll just have to sort through this a bit...
Most guides are very busy now everywhere in south Florida and the Keys and I'm no exception. Even |
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So WHY Sally Hanson
Halfie... when I started tying in the mid seventies, Hard as Nails was pretty much all that was available locally in south Florida. Over the years as various products, catalogues, suppliers, etc. ca |
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RBF: More MHX praise
I cannot say enough about MHX. While building a new 3 weight the tip broke with three wraps to go. I emailed MHX on Thursday night, and told them I probably had the thread tension too tight. Receiv |
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HAIR WEAVING CRAZE
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Surely the young ladies are wearing the streamers in their hair to catch the Mullets that the lads are wearing! |
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Suggestions
Hey guys,
I'm new here just fishing for suggestions on what else I could do to improve this pattern before I head down to florida next week.
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Back Country Flies
Thanks Kirk, appreciate it! I tell you what, my next trip is going to either be for slob redfish down in Louyville or Florida for the silver king.
FlyfishingJam - Hey man i mostly fish salt with |
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RBF: New to Forum
hello, My name is Joe, about you can call me Colorado Flyfisher. I grew up saltwater fishing, about 30+ years in the Tampa, Florida area. I now live in Lakewood, Colorado, for the past three years. I |
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Professional Tying
Jax... a bit of background about that excise tax that most of us pay as manufacturers (some manufacturer -since I'm just a commercial tyer...). Every penny goes back to the states under the Wallo |
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HTA Anchovy
When are you back in FL, whats the first migration that occurs? I know in Florida you can fish mostly all months long and obviously certain months better than others. Whats good during the summer mont |
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Please watch this video
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]I grew up in Florida and fished my whole life. On numerous occasions I have hooked tarpon while fishing for other species |
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I need to plan a trip
Townsend is a great place (alot different then florida). I've been up their 5 times and had a blast. Mostly caught smallmouths and redeyes but did a bit of trout fishing as well. If you do go u |
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Congo hair
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I Went out to the IRL last week but I left my saltwater fly box in my dads truck so just took the spinning |
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RBF: New guy on the blog
Okay, let me start by saying that this is the first time I have never posted on a blog! Stop laughing it's true.Please feel free to tell me what I am doing wrong. Why not, everyone else does. I am als |
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Bucktail question
JSzymczyk pretty much hit the nail on the head, especially the last part about the tails he has harvested himself. I tie a lot with bucktail from down here in Florida that my in-laws harvest for me a |
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RBF: Need Help Fast! Correcting Finish Problems
Please help me. I have about 5 rods built, and have always struggled with the rod finish, but this rod is becoming a real problem. I was asked to make a rod as a present for the president of our pr |
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Wild and Woolly
There's a yuppie outfitter in Old Saybrook that's going under, so I went over and got a pretty good deal on a bunch of nice ram's wool from their fly tying department. Rather than knit mys |
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Kudos to my son
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I just had something similar happen to me while walking a sand bar. A boat with 2 'idiots' drifted right over |
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Feeling Squirreley
Your right you loose some barring, but some tails more than others. In the same batch you'll get different colors and barrings,I don't know why unless it's the different enviroments, sexes |
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Something New
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x2! Whats the very last one made out of?
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Stever Farrar's Blend in Mackeral...There's a great SBS |
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Speckled Trout Fly SWAP
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]I don't get to fish for the gator sows any more , but I would love to have a fly by [u][b]ALL[/b][/u] the tiers invol |
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Florida tyers/fishermen/Guides
Hello All,
Ok....my better half is hinting that she wants to head to Florida for the Easter break for some much needed sun. Not wanting me to be underfoot, the suggestion has been made that I do some |
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Suggestion on Fly lines?
I use the Scientific Angler bass bug taper line for my bass fishing. I also used it in Florida (up to about 75 degree water temp) without a problem! |
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Rod and Reel Question
I have a couple questions for you guys on saltwater rod and reels... I currently have a TFO 8wt (2pc) with a lamson konic reel. The rod is actually in Texas (at TFO) being replaced. It broke in betwee |
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Crab fly
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I've been trying to come up with a fly that I could use to mimic a green crab and use some Tuffleye Flex to give i |
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Bite Tippet
I'm heading to Florida to the Sanibel area and planning to fly fish from a yak and some wading/beach area. Will be fishing for anything. I'm taking two 10wgts, one loaded with a clear tarpon l |
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Animal Flies
I don't have any "critter" flies but do have something that tourists down here in Florida probably wouldn't like to hear about. My shark flies are all deliberately tied up in the ex |
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Islamorada, FL Report
Sweet report Bro...Spanish and blues are a couple of my favorites to catch on fly just because the run and pull like a train. Great looking trout, what is godfather style?
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Chocktawatchee Bay Destin Fl
I haven't fished that far west on the panhandle but I know it has the usual North Florida species - trout, redfish, mackerel, bluefish, pompano, etc. There is a really good cobia run around there |
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Tarpon Flies
Really liking these flys. Gonna have to tie some similar ones. Good to know they will work up here in Michigan for LM Bass and down in florida |
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skimmers and other diversions
These kind of jigheads are very common in places with lots of bonefish and permit - in short anywhere you're operating in really shallow waters in the tropics. Local south Florida anglers use the |
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American Shad
I do not know what the water is like up there, but here in Florida the water is very murky which might make the light less of a problem. On a sunny day with polarized glasses you might be able to see |
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Crabby Sunday
Thanks guys! Im going to going to give them a shot like agn54 mentioned. The slow crawl along with the movement of the zonkers should be enough to trigger a strike from a passing fish.
Im from M |
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Tarpon / NY Lobster, Shrimp Fly
Great looking flies. They would probably work well as crawfish imitations in freshwater as well. I didn't know stripers ate lobster, pretty awesome. Down here in Florida the only thing I have e |
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Winter Blues
Many thanks for the compliments guys.
Joe, there's really no name for them - just something I whipped up. They're a pretty easy tie, and they'd certainly work wherever you can find bass p |
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New materials crossing the line??
As a 'side-bar' to this discussion, more than one 'manufacturer' has marketed molded rubber or plastic bodied bugs, already 'on the hook' down through the years. All ultimately |
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Bucket List Trips or Species
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Benched
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Sorry to hear you are gonna be "benched" for a while, hope it isn't for longer than you want or need...now& |
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Some more congo hair stuff and other randoms!
Spending lots of time at the vise lately practicing a whole bunch of different techniques and patterns. Its also a great way to occupy my time during winter up here in Michigan (although our Winter ha |
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Todays Flies from the Vise
Hoping for some input, heading to Flamingo Lagoon(ish)part of Florida in three weeks. My Tennessee waters are a far cry from that resource but I'm not a complete stranger. Here are a few flies fro |
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Need some ideas for big bass flies
I often use big flies for bass, even flies that I might also use for saltwater species. These guys have given you some great suggestions.
There was a recent post about Pike flies made with foam heads |
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RBF: Redfishing with an old fly rod......
My two good buddies and I took a trip to the Cape Canaveral area of Florida. We fished two days and camped overnight in between. The first day was terrible with no fish and brutal windy conditions. |
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