Branson MO
If you are concerned about the heat, then you should go to Taney at least once during the day. However, don't focus as much on the fishing, but focus on the lay of the river and get a good feel f |
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Thinking outside the box for carp...
*Update*
It works.
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Which knots are using? to anchor your fly
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Which knots are using to anchor your fly to the line?
My improved clinch not doesn't seem to improved.I was fish |
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Back to Our Roots
When I first started fishing, I was taught to use a fiberglass fly rod to catch Trout in the streams flowing off the East side of the Sierra Nevadas...my brother and I would slither through the under |
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Mono leader material longevity
I like to have a fresh leader on my reel every spring, and replace tippet spools every year as well. I am not going to keep mine around just to see how long it takes to degrade. A new leader or new |
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Spey line setup
Hopefully some of you Spey folks can help me with this, here goes:
I am just getting into Spey rods, I purchased a 10wt rod with a 9/10 wt reel. My question is about line setup. I am looking at Rio |
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How did you get started tying?
Jeepers, I started 6 months ago at the grand old age of 53. I don't feel quite like a spring chicken, but I like to backpack into hard-to-reach alpine lakes in Idaho where the big fish are hook-n |
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buying a fly rod
I can recommend the Albright Topwater Outfits now on sale for $120 for rod, reel, backing, fly line and leader. We use the 9 ft 5/6 wt to teach our classes.
The reel is metal instead of plastic |
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Sage TXL-F 3710-4
I've been looking at getting a 3wt rod recently, because in the streams that I fish, many of the trout are tiny and even the bigger ones don't give a great fight on a 5wt. The last time that I |
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Redfish Video
Thanks guys, Kirk, I use both a 7wt and 9wt for redfish-the 9wt is what gets used 70% of the time and is in the video. I make my tippet out of 3ft of 50lb, 3ft of 40lb, and 2ft of 20lb (all mono). Its |
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Callin all tubers
I started out tying my tubes on a darning needle, fine for a taster but the tubes move (rotate) and you can't tie well on them IMO.
I bought the Eumer tube fly adaptor and this is stepped so thin |
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tippet size
[size="3"][size="3"]
Since you are a beginner, I want to answer in a general way and then in a more specific way directed at beginners.
There are two factors: visibility and suppl |
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Need your input......
Caught this carp today and would like to see what people who catch them regularly would say about how much it weighs (if that makes sense...). Not on a fly rod...but goly did it fight well on my spinn |
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My First Popper Attempt
[quote name='Fred H.' timestamp='1334334763' post='502530']
That's a good first attempt. Now comes the fun part. Take it to the water and see if it preforms like you want i |
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Silicone Baitfish
H20 with fly line, leader and hopefully fish is the real test. You don't know how much stuff I've tied that I swore coming off the vise would slay them only to find something needed tweaking.
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new poll set up
The leader length plus the tippet depend on lots of things, like the species you're fishing for. There's no standard. If the fish isn't leader-shy, (bass) I'd go with something short |
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How do I fish Clouser Minnows?
Hi djgunter,
Like others have said, there's no wrong way to fish a clouser. Mind you, if you're in Fiji and your flats are covered in GTs and barracuda, you might want to use larger ones (4/ |
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April 2012 : Flies from the Vise
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CTobias, those are beautiful flies, but I have to ask, was the one with heavy thread used for a hook eye planned t |
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how long to fish a fly
If I'm not catching fish, I change something after about 15 minutes. It might be the fly type, size or color or it might be the retrieve, debth, leader, etc. |
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RBF: New to Forum
I've been a member of the forum since Dec 09 but haven't posted anything up to this point. I live in Colorado and call the South Platte my home waters. I've been an avid fisherman as long as I can re |
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need help
Yea I furled the tail over itself maybe it was to long I made them about 6 inches long. They weren't that weedles as I thought either. |
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Question about streamer fishing for bass
I was thinking about this last week on the way back from a short outing. I was fishing a small pond, flat water and very clean. I could see a lot of fish when they struck my streamers (bendbacks and |
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Favorite Bass flies?
Not so much now, but later in the season, when bass are feeding on damselfly adults - that is a hoot. Find a spot where they are feeding on them, toss an adult imitation out there and watch them expl |
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Side riding Dry Flies. NEED HELP!
[quote name='SilverCreek' timestamp='1332805397' post='500374']
Check to see if the flies twist when casted. Make sure the leader is not twisted which will twist even a balance |
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Perch
The wire is .hole lot more durable and snag proof then mono. I have been doing it this way for the past 3 years and has been phenomenal.
On shorter shanked hooks I use #2/3 prestraightened stainless |
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Fly-Fishing Fiji - Information Needed
I ended up catching some Skipjacks & Bonitos on the #8. It actually snapped in two during a backcast at one point. What a whimpy rod indeed. I did manage to land a 200lbs Yellow Fin Tuna while dee |
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Vise Advice
[quote name='beninfl' timestamp='1332208724' post='499503']
I'm looking for a new vise and have narrowed the field to:
1. C&F Reference
2. Renzetti Master
3. Nor-vise
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Tippet Rings?
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Has anyone ever used them a |
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RBF: down locking reel seat too small?
Hve any of you also experienced the problem where the raised hood part of the end cap on a down locking reel seat was not sized to accept a standard reel foot like those on the Orvis CFOIII and a Hard |
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wiggle minnow help
dont think the eyes are a problem
https://www.google.com/search?q=todds+wiggle+minnow&hl=en&rlz=1G1TSNACENUS400&prmd=imvnsfd&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=OX5fT-31OOPX0QHbo9S2Bw& |
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Accessories??
Rod, reel, line, leader and spare leader. 3 fly boxes BG, Bass, Carp. spart tippet material. Stainless needle nose pliers. Clippers for cutting line, Cell phone and polarized sunglasses. 1 bottle of w |
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WHAT THREADS CAN YOU USE
peterjay:
You have a fundamentally good point; however, as readily available flytying threads are either polyester or nylon, any name-brand thread made of these materials should work just fine. For e |
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Is it really worth it?
I think the question can be applied to just about anything that we buy. Do I need the Nike VR Pro Cavity golf clubs or can I get by with the Slingshot mixed set for less money and what will spending |
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How to fish crab flies?
I have also seen people fish something a 'hover crab' they incorporate a small sinker and length of elastic band on the leader and use a foam crab pattern...I have not done this before but i h |
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Oregon Steelhead
Well I didn't get as much time on the river as I would like to have had, but I got out there none the less. The flows on the Mckenzie were perfect. No fish, but was a nice time on the river and I |
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Streamers
Hi everyone, I just received some Waspi Lightening Strike hooks in various streamer sizes #12 - #4. Has anyone got any experience of these hooks?
They have all got a downturned eye and I am more used |
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Rabid Dog
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...i rekon tho the buoyancy in salt may be a little more than in fresh so weight to your fishing condition |
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JStockard adds
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What happened to the tail?
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Furled Body Cream Cahill
I've actually given that some thought, and I'm of the mind that trout tend to see whats right instead of whats wrong if that makes sense. I think if the size and color are right coupled with t |
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SCULPIN SWAP.....free prize for best sculpin
Of course I caught it on a fly! Fly-fishing only for me. I was using a simple minnow pattern, intermediate line, probably hooked a foot from the surface in around 5 feet of water. I arrived in Fij |
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Hydrostop??
Mink Oil does indeed spook fish !!! I tried it about 15 years ago when I first started making furled leaders. It leaves a slick in the water that does alarm fish. I did love how i could wa |
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North Idaho/Cutthroat
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So do suggest fishing the big nymphs like you would a streamer?
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Most nymphs are fished dead-drift or o |
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dont know what i am doing
With respect to the question about your leaders being long enough, I would say "yes". I fish almost exclusively for large mouth bass and their cousins, and use a 6ft furled leader. Dependin |
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leaders for sinking line
3-5 feet of floro should do you good, keep a short thin leader or you will be waiting a while for that fly to hit the same level as the end of your sink tip, the knot at the end of your sink tip will |
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Top Water Flies
Nice ties with those poppers. I would just be careful with the circle hook, you dont wanna loose a nice fish. Make the same poppers with a regular J hook, and use the articulated leader system that yo |
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Fly knots.
Well I went out today and tried the non-slip loop knot. Sadly, it snapped when I stuck a rather LARGE LMB. It made me sad lol. I had a few other hits but didnt stick any. I will give the knot a second |
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Fly Tying Software Alternative
So I have been on the search for a better fly tying software. I have used Eli Robillard's Superfly Fishing Machine for years http://www.erobillard.com/SuperFly/ , and it has been great. The only |
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Casting question
I am using the last experiment I made for a leader. Its 8lb furled mono four sections 1 and a 1/2 feet long with a 2' tippet. I think kentucky might be right because it is not happening often, j |
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Pike bite tippet
I am going to try and make my own furled leader this year... Just not sure what pound mono/flouro to use for pike. I was thinking that 12# flouro or mono should be plenty? Then for a bite tippet would |
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Hoppicator
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Matching a reel to a rod
This may sound like a rookie question, but in all honesty I have only ever bought combo fly rod/ reel set ups, 5wt and 8wt. Both have served me well, but have been considering looking for a new additi |
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fly fishing for Asian Carp?
Yep. Take some dog food, corn, and/or carp balls (dough balls) with matching color chenille and/or spun deer hair fly (even wool should work). Get the carp feeding a good distance away from you. Then |
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2wt set-up
The reel came today and I messed around with the combo for a while. The LL Bean Pocket Water reel matches the rod perfectly. The rod itself is a very nice rod considering the price tag. The cork grip |
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Speckled Trout Fly SWAP
yeah Pawleys island south cackalacky. we didnt even have a winter this year --water is still 56F. but i work in knee deep cypress swamps so i am not complaining at all.
we dont have underwater gras |
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Creepy Crawlers
A pond aaand a brook!? Man, that's nice! Only way to truly test the action of a fly is on the end of a leader with some flyline out, you've got the perfect bathtub!
Kirk |
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Tying on a trailing hook?
Did my first attempt at a fly that uses a trailing hook last night. Working from a pattern in a copy of [i]Fish Alaska[/i] magazine. It didn't give any details on how to tie in the trailing hook |
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Everglades days - Biscayne nights, 7 Feb
Local angler Brad Golub teamed up with visiting angler Vince Williams from Maryland to fish with me this past week with a day in the 'Glades and last night in Biscayne Bay. We had pretty good act |
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