How do you eat yours?
I like fish about any way. I steam trout in a bamboo steamer and drizzle a bit of sesame oil on it after it's done. I love fried fish as well, but don't generally fry them because I'm co |
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RBF: dont go fishing with divers
i decided to head off out on the boat last weekend in the -10c weather to see if there were any halibut around to test out my latest jigging stick. a few diver freinds came along to hitch a ride on m |
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RBF: hi from norway
hi there guys and girls, i'm a british guy living (and fishing)in norway. i started rod building six years ago when i came over here as my fishing trips increased to twice a week (at least). i'm rea |
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RBF: Hello from the Evergeen State
[font="Arial"][/font][size="4"][/size]My name is Bob Balcombe (Good Wraps Bob), I live in Washington State near the coast, I have been building custom rods sense 1978. I opened a custom Rod store fro |
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any one tie west coast surf flies
Hi Bryan-I'm up in the Bay Area - few hours north of you. Mainly fish for perch in the surf, stripers are a welcome addition and encouraged to hop on the line anytime they want . The occasiona |
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Ever catch a...
Shhhhh don't tell anyone here how good eating a catfish is...around here catfish are considered trash (snobs only want trout or salmon) and on the salt side they curse "flatfish", what w |
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Why do I have to log in with every visit?
QUOTE (Pat M @ Mar 18 2010, 04:03 PM) Gotta love Google Chrome.Well, just for the halibut , I downloaded and installed Chrome. Whaddya know- I don't have to sign in any more! Thanks.C |
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What to do with 30 year old egg yarn...
Thanks for the info Dave. Do you use alot of yarn and just make one cut or multiple times on the shank? The name doesn't ring a bell. Hung-out in Ninilchik back in the late 70's and did alo |
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Salt water wraps?
The son of a friend of mine broke dad's favorite salt water spinning rod. He had me get him a new blank and wants to use the old hardware. No big deal, but since I don't usually mess with anything b |
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Commercial Flies
I think it's about quality control, which is directly a product of profit margin, and business niche. You can tie flies for 100 years, but if your quality control is low, you're never going t |
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My biggest tie ever!
I wish i had a hook or two like that. I would love to use them for Halibut in Alaska. Might not be on a fly rod but i would love a picture of a nice Halibut with a fly like that hanging out of its mou |
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RBF: Holo Wrap
Here is the 3rd holowrap I have completed. This one is Met Silver, white and cobalt blue with CP. Then Cobalt blue no CP bacl over the top. It is the base wrap on a 50-80lb Halibut rod I am working |
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RBF: char and burbot pictures
here are a couple fish i caught today. a nice big arctic char that weighed in at 5.7 pounds, and a burbot that weighed 3.5. normally i'm a devout C&R guy, usually the only fish i ever keep are salmo |
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Flies from the vice.
Fishing the beaches of Norcal I encounter wall-eye, and barred surf-perch, stripers, and the occasional halibut, white sea bass, and surf smelt. I went to the "fly fishing show" this past |
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New to Fly Tying!
Thanks for all the advice. I am not doing it so much to save money, but to get into it as a hobby. I am mainly going to be targeting Calico bass, Sand Bass, Halibut, Bonito, maybe Yellowtail, and Mak |
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Salmon sharks??
Ok, i am going up to AK for the third time the summer of 09'. The first time, i used deep sea, and mostly went for halibut. 2nd, i just fly fished for salmon, and did some downrigging on my 8 wt. |
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Favorite Material
QUOTE(flyline64 @ Apr 11 2008, 05:38 PM) [snapback]303502[/snapback]Everyone should fish as he/she chooses (as long as it's legal), but in my opinion, lures tied with mister twister tails |
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DEER HEAD MARABOU (PIKE)
Very nice design and another who's going to give that a shot. Nice clear pictures too for this old guy. Bump for you.So you asked for links to free picture hosts them so I thought I'd post my |
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Affects of Ultra Violet Light
I don't know about feathers that reflect UV light, but fish do see UV rays.This may help:What fish see: http://www.underwaterfishinglights.net/What-Fish-See.htmHow Fish See and use UV rays to find |
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Surf fishing in So. Cal
JUSTIN, Kudos on the Halibut.. they are Great fighters in the Surf.. just make certain they don't bite you in the Finger when you're trying to remove the Hook..(It Flippin' Hurts when they |
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Saltwater Fly Fishing
Sorry I can't help you on the photo end, Al, but can offer an interesting anecdote for the "halibut on a fly" theme.A friend of mine, Bill Monroe, is the outdoors writer for the Portland |
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No Sneckers please
Good God Ronn....You Too???I've haddock with this thread, I thought for a while I'd hang around just for the halibut but I just cannot understand what the sneck you guys are talking about. H |
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TFF:Help choosing a salt rod
Hey y'all, I wanna tap your brains for somebody else. Here's his question:QUOTESo I just got back from Alaska salmon and halibut fishing, I'll post my pictures up later. But the reason I am posting th |
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Glass Minnow Clouser
QUOTE(pickin6ofem @ Aug 12 2007, 11:21 PM) [snapback]250541[/snapback]That's really cool, The corbina and the surf pearch in so cal will tear that up!!! Yeah, Also add somemor |
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Swap delay
Get some for me!I'm off Friday/Sat to go Halibut fishing. |
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What gets your heart pumping??
I have yet to catch a striper on a fly, this summer it is one of my goals. Mackeral, halibut, bluefish, tuna, and differnt shark species are here and I would like to fish for them as well. |
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Random and Experiemental Pike Patterns
Brian "Rovercat" asked if I would care to whip him up a few Pike flies just for the halibut. (get it? halibut? HA! I kill me....)Anyway, he's been waiting an awfully long time so I t |
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Chesapeake winter stripers
You better believe we have bluefish down here! Heck, I've caught bluefish all the way down in Mobile, AL, on the Gulf of Mexico, so they do have a very southern range although it seems that th |
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Alaska Fall Rainbows
My friends and I are in the VERY beginning stages of planning a trip up to Alaska in a couple years. It'll be a pricey trip, because we're gonna go fish for some Rainbows, Salmon, and Halibut. |
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How Many Fly Boxes Do You Own?
I have at least 1 box for each of the followingRed salmonPink salmonKing salmonsilver salmonchum salmonDolly vardenRainbow troutPikeGraylingHalibutOf course i have way more flies than these boxes cou |
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Summerrun Craw
Awesome looking fly!!! That would work well for surf perch and halibut locally, large trout in the Sierra when the Kokannee are running, and big browns back east in the fall, a great all |
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The Killer Royal Coachman
I posted this big bugger as a pattern submission, but it seems to be lost in space. I found a 4 inch Halibut hook and had to tie it up as a joke. The shank is almost a 1/4 " thick and is heavy. |
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The best saying on earth (for yourself)
If people really concentrated on the important things in life, there would be a shortage of fishing poles.Women are like halibut, when they are young they are petite and tender, when they are old the |
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Flash from the past!
always wondered what a fly would like tyed on a halibut circle hook.thats quite creative Ronn, and that was an early one????? davy |
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The Herring Are Coming
Good news, here they are called Gasperau and the migrate here to spawn in the Garperau River and you know what follows them. They then sumer here in the Minas Basin. Smelts also do the same thing, no |
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Hey all
Nice to have you. The wife and I went to Alaske for our honeymoon 4yrs ago and words cant describe that place. Just B-U-TIF-ULL We fished for kings on the Kenei and hailbut off of Kodiac Island. Thos |
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What do you pay ?
Hmmmmm, just my fishing endorsements I think I'm paying roughly $42 just for my combo fishing license (didn't have to buy my hunting licenses this year for obvious reasons lol). But th |
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Greetings From Kodiak Alaska
Man this is a cool site and i am glad to be a part of it. I live in Kodiak Alaska. I am an 6'6' brown eyed 18 year old male and have been fly fishing since i was about 8 years old. At age 10 |
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Cooking Fish
Yup, steelhead works good too. Can use either. In fact, for something a bit different, we even have made it with halibut/sturgeon too. It's to die for when made right. Yeah, we never had actu |
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Rod rescued after month undersea.
Rod rescued after month undersea reels in mammoth halibut.LUCKY: Global positioning helped save the gear that caught the 300-pound fish.By MATT TUNSETHPeninsula Clarion(Published in the Anchorage Dai |
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Were would you go..?
If money were no object, and you had all the gear you needed. Were would you go ?I would fish Alaska. I would take a plane way back in and drift down fishing for Kings, and I think they call them L |
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Thread Question...
I would stick with size A thread. It is just a little more difficult to work with, as the thread is easier to break, but it makes the wraps look tighter and more fine. If I was building a halibut r |
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Ever been bitten underwater?
A 30" halibut bit me in the thigh once in waist deep water out on a reef in So.California. I had just caught it and it was on a stringer. Hurt like he** and I was bleeding like crazy through my |
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