Thinking outside the box for carp...
love the pics kind of reminds me of a fishing trip I took about 10 yrs ago I was in Idaho falls Idaho right down town I had casted every fly I had in my vest at some cruising cut throat trout and didn |
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Cutthroat Streamer Patterns
I don't know where you're fishing, (I'm assuming somewhere in Idaho) but the traditional patterns Tidewater mentioned will work anywhere trout feed on minnows. Marabou streamers are also a |
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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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Hatches Blog Post - Undamming the Elwha
Undamming the Elwha follows the journey of the Elwha River from the day it was dammed to the day it was set free once again. This KCTS Television original documentary is a co-production of KCTS Televi |
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Bull/Brown Trout Streamers
Big muddlers, especially black.
Big woolly buggers, again, mostly black.
Zonkers - the eight-pound river brown on my wall fell victim to a gold variant zonker with a gold body.
Anything that rese |
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Bull/Brown Trout Streamer Swap
Hmm, I just completed my fourth swap, and fifth is supposed to be done. I've also notified the 'authorities' about intent to host and info, so technically I should be good to go.
If I kn |
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My New Flav Patterns
Hi,
I've had good luck fishing the Flav hatch in a river in Idaho. Usually we use Sparkle Duns which work well. So, I was just trying to come up with some possible new patterns.
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Golden Trout
I have never caught one myself, but I know there are some states that actually stock them. I know Utah has them in some lakes and streams and I think Idaho has some as well as Oregon might in the sout |
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RBF: 4th Build 1307-4 A.R.E. Spey
Had fun with this one. Took a bit of time and ventured out in many ways. I built and turned the handle myself, did my first feather inlay, end plugs, bit of lead to reduce tip heavy feel. I built i |
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Carp on the fly
A friend of mine in Idaho used to chum for them with popcorn and catch them on white hair bugs and poppers. |
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RBF: MHX DR1024 Downrigger rod
This is MHX DR1024 8'6" downrigger rod for a charter here in northern Idaho.Carbon fiber rear grip for easy in and out of rod holders with a EVA fore grip with inlay and holo decal. Guides are BNLG's |
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So WHY Sally Hanson
Rocco, do you think Sally got to call him "Ike?" Seriously, I thought I was the one who discovered Sally Hansen about 22 years ago when I lived in Idaho. I was out of cement, and rather than |
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North Idaho/Cutthroat
I recently watched an episode of trout tv that fished the North fork of the Coeur d' Alene River, my stomping grounds. I was surprised to see the flies they were using. I haven't ever reall |
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Striper Decline
Kudos to Nightheron for operating his business on a sustainable basis. Wish there were more out there like him.
I agree that a moratorium is a necessary, but the only way it will work this time arou |
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February 2012: Flies from the Vise
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Thats kewl bull trout. Hav |
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Nail polish
Hi boys and girls,
Today in north Idaho is snowy and cold.One of those days where it feels good to be inside tying flies.Every once and awhile I look outside
at the snow falling and am glad I hav |
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New materials crossing the line??
I agree with the last couple of posts. I think one of the problems in our most popular waters are the number of guides that are allowed to float once-a-year fishers down the rivers. You look at the |
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The Caddis Fly Invitational
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Isn't that a local fly?
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Howdy All
I just registered a few minutes ago and I'm looking forward to sharing some ideas, stealing some ideas & making some new friends. I call myself Lotech Joe and I live in the Inland Pacific Nort |
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RBF: Cutthroat Canyon. Another video I have made
I made another short video. this one is of teton canyon in idaho. Check it out, beautiful cutties. and a pig at the end. please enjoy!http://vimeo.com/32769499[b]Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuil |
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RBF: Rainshadow IF1087-4 Spin/Pin 4 PC
This is going to Idaho for Steelhead, nothing exciting really.... This is a 10'8'' 4 pc 7 wt switch rod blank converted into a centerpin/spin type application. ALPS Y guides starting and ending with |
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RBF: Bamboo rod builder in Idaho?
I was reading on the forum that there was a bamboo rod builder in Idaho Somewhere. I am hopeing that he is in teh South east side of Idaho as I would like to see his set up and pick some tips. If an |
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traditional wet
Pick up a copy of Ray Bergman's [u]Trout[/u]. One should be in every fly anglers library. Most libraries will have a copy. When this book was first published, the most common sizes were much la |
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Kids fly tying
Thanks for all the replies, I will look into all of them. To all but gregfred specifically, Google "Fly Tying: The Anglers Art". It's a PBS show out of Idaho I believe, but you can wat |
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Rant OK here??
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That ok Bro, I live he |
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RBF: My CFR rod
Here is my offering for the CFR cause. The grip is a pink and brown hybrid carbon fiber. Reel seat and winding check are juniper off the shores of Lake Pend Oreille here in North Idaho. The wraps ar |
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RBF: Split in ferrule of new blank?
Man am I bummed right now. A couple years ago I started building a Dancraft FT 9' 4wt. Life got in the way, and I never got around to wrapping the guides and finishing it. I'm leaving on a fishing t |
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Big Mayfly
I think we got those same mayflies here in Idaho.They fly a long way away from lake pend orielle before they shed there skin from duns to imagoes, or however that works.Like a couple of miles away fro |
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Hi from the UK
Just returned from a week in Montana / Idaho, wish I had checked out this site before I visited!!!
Caught a few fish but nothing of note, the water was still very high...........
As everyt |
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Got my hatches magazine!!!!
Mine was waiting for me when I got home from a 5 day fishing trip to Central Idaho. What a great issue !! By far, the best buy of any fly tying publications out there!! |
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RBF: idaho record rainbow
we grow more than spuds in idaho. Man, Congrats to this guy...Read about today. 34 lbs 7.4 oz, 41 inch rainbow out of the snake river...i gotta start bringing at least a 7 wt. NICE fish!!![b]Reply |
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Sawtooth Wilderness Idaho
My father and I are considering a backpacking/fly fishing trip out to the Sawtooth Wilderness area in Idaho. Planning on going late Auguest/early September.
Anybody have any streams, lakes or trails |
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FTF Fly Pattern - flytyinfreak - San Jaun Spiral
Is that a fly? From my research and from talking to a few eastern Idaho tyers I believe this hasn;'t been done before. I could be wrong and If I am I'm hoping someone sets me striaght as this |
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BWO
The insect order Ephemeroptera are all called mayflies (at least on this side of the pond.) The quote below may help clear up the confusion.
The mayfly has a rather misleading name and many people t |
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RBF: F.E. thomas 3 weight. first rod
finished my first rod. took me around two months due to lack of supplies but it turned out alright. kinda janky, or rustic if you will. haha i need to work on the wraps but i almost like the chunky lo |
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Old School Houses
I got a ton of pics from chesterfield which is a ghost town in Idaho. I got to find them to post |
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March browns in PA
That looks like lots of streams in north Idaho.I wonder how come browns don't live in any of the streams here. |
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Fishing report 5/5
I went fishing on a well known lake in northern idaho a few days ago and caught about a 12 inch cutthroat which i imediately released. |
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Experimental Muskie
There are no muskies in north Idaho.They don't want to introduce such a large predatory fish.There are however the sterile hybrid between a pike and a musky "tiger musky" in some of the |
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Needing help first rod build.
First time rod build. This set-up is for Chinook salmon in Idaho (Clearwater & Salmon Rivers) it has been described as combat fishing! I will be float and drift fishing & rod will be paired with a Qua |
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Floatant
Yes, today, there is a very large array of very workable floatants. In the early 1980s, I was off on a trip to Idaho, and forgot or lost my floatant. It was a Sunday, and the only store open in Rexb |
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Carp on the fly
tench are a big green carp with red eyes and small scales.the Idaho state record is around 3.5 pounds.they inhabit many lakes and streams (including lake pend orielle).I see them larger maybe.they sch |
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help with 2 mayfly larva
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Referring to thing by the Latin names that were given to them by the scientific community does not mean you speak |
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Blue Flame
Nice work! It was a real treat watching you tye in Idaho Falls this weekend, You and Steve Fernandez were the highlight of the show! |
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Hello to all from southwestern Pennsylvania
No, I am in Fayette County for the last 13 years. Won't be back in Utah until September. Sounds like your familiar enough with the local traditions. Never went to Utah, but my old boss was a bi |
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All of you who fish for river smallies
Not really sure. I only go after them in mid to late summer when they want to bite anything that moves. Late afternoon or early morning seems to work best then. Air and water temps are usually pret |
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Articulated Flies for Trout
hey there I have been tying my own version of the big black nasty, Look it up on you tube that will give you a start, and let you imagination run wild. I use green rabbit for browns in oregon and Id |
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fly rod assembly
I am about ready to assemble my rod. I want to make sure I don't screw up. I feel confident about guide placement but want to be sure I get the grip, reel seat and removable fighting butt right. doe |
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The Great Nor' Easter - The Perfect Swarm
QUOTE (cencalfly @ Mar 28 2011, 01:36 AM) Got the addy, thanks. Flies will be in tomorrow's mail. Went out of town for a conference. While there I did a little exploring and got to see |
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The Fly Shop Flip Catalog
QUOTE (flytire @ Feb 26 2011, 06:54 AM) QUOTE (Kirk Dietrich @ Feb 24 2011, 02:09 PM) So, if I want to look at their catalog, I've got to bring my laptop in the bathroom and bala |
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Old newbie
I just found this site and just in time as I am trying to refinish a bamboo rod. I go by grousehunter 61 on most sites, my name is Rodger and I live in central Idaho on the Salmon river. I have been a |
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Some cool news regarding my son
I wish there was scouts for adults!! My fondest memories as a child was with scouts! It makes me happy that you are involved with your sons scouts and wish my father did the same. He did |
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Dry Fly Reversal Swap
Hey people don't sweat it. Its just a fly swap. It's not like were involved in some economic stimulus project or feeding and clothing the homeless or developing some life saving new drug. Crap |
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Ice Fishing Jigs
those look great Dustin! I need to give some of those a try. Here is what I have tied for a ice trip for trout. In Idaho it was anything bright would work. I used a lot of marabou so when they a |
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Hi from the Henry's Fork
I introduced myself on the Fly Tying Bench, and then I read a little farther down the page and thought this was probably the best place to do that. Plus, apparently I need to get a certain number of |
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Hello
welcome!! I use to live in last chance and idaho falls. Glad to have you on the site! On your danica profile you have a james bowman stonefly. That name sounds like I know who James is. |
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Looking for a little action?
Thanks for sharing that pattern. I decided to tie up some big ole nasty sculpins for the trout out here in Idaho using the chamois tail.Hooked a nice one out of a hole some guy was just leaving becau |
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What would you do differently?
Do you know when the next tying conclave in idaho falls is?[/quote]I do...It's April 15th and 16th at the Shilo Convention Center.troy |
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Delicious Red Wine
well beer is a different story! I like the norms like landshark and a good bud light if I am just drinking but if I am eating I like a blue moon. If I am back in idaho I like anything from grand |
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Dustin's Not so Famous Hopper
Thanks guys, I do tie them in a lot of different colors. Mostly this one and yellow/blackQUOTE (fly_fischa @ Jan 18 2011, 06:05 PM) Nice one Dustin, they'll produce for sure I might ha |
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