How big is too big?
Leaving the discussion of what rod/line combination to case flys of various sizes, fly size is a match the hatch thing with some variants. Our club does some river monitoring and one of the aspects is |
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Help!!
I am 14 and i am going to get a new fly rod this summer. I will be using it for bass, carp, bluegills, suckers, gar and anything else that takes the fly that lives in Illinois streams. I am thinking |
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fly fishing for Asian Carp?
I have to disagree with you heavynets. The Amur river is not something you can base in comparison to any US river because the Amur river is over 2700 miles long (tenth largest river in the entire worl |
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First flies - Estaz Eggs
This is copied from my blog. If it is not OK to post links, let me know and I will make sure I take them out and refrain from posting them in the future. I did some searching, but couldn't find an |
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5/6 wt pole for beginner (redington or tfo)?
Hey there. I am new to fly fishing. I have been reading all over on the forums trying to figure out what to purchase for my first 'investment' in this hobby! I would be mainly fishing stil |
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hello from n. illinois
Hey everyone, Im Justin I live in Cary Il. which is a northwest suburb of Chicago. I have been fly fishing for two years, and tying for one week. My biggest fish on the fly thus far is a 28in. 16lb bo |
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Fly Tying Chicago
For those of you in the Chicago area, the Illinois Smallmouth Alliance (ISA) with a little help from the DuPage Rivers Fly Tyers (DRiFT) has organized a fly tying gathering scheduled for January 21st. |
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chicagoland fly show
the Illinois Smallmouth Alliance is hosting a Flytying and Fishing Show Saturday Jan 21 from 9-4 30pm
it will be at St Charles Borromeo Church/Holy Family School 145 E Grand Bensenville il
there wi |
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Flats Fly Swap
Got mine! Yahoooooooo! Now, where is there saltwater near Illinois??
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Favorite trout nymph swap
Sherri,
Count me in. I'll do my version of the Hare and Copper. You'll be able to use it successfully on the Lower Illinois, which is where I'll be one day next week if the generation al |
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The new pup
Hello everyone,
I have been lurking for some time and decided to stop hiding and come out hoping you all would let me play with you folks. I am from North central Illinois and normally c |
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Should have done this years ago....
Welcome aboard!! Southern Illinois is a great place for an outdoorsman to live!! Had plans to move there after retiring, but then the economy/housing market took the "big dump&q |
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In Search of
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Does anyone remember a Fly Shop that was in Illinois called Fly & Field and had the most unique fly tying tools a |
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Saturday Morning Reds and Trout 6-26.....
I love walleye too, my family is from the midwest, so I grew up eating my grandma's good illinois home cookin'. And I do feel blessed to live in Florida, what we lack in hunting we more than m |
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Panfish Dry Flies
i have a rule for my fishing in illinois , nothing under size10 even for gills otherwise you haveeto dig the hooks out of them. when i first started i used humphies in red, green and orange. probl |
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Meat Eaters Swap
flies made it to my mailbox in illinois today great bunch of flies, kudos to all the tyers.now to find my heavier leaders rich mc |
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tying contest
and the winner of the creek chub fly contest is DEAN MYERS. The Illinois Smallmouth Alliance had a great event with Joe Cornwall of www.flyfishohio .com speaking . he was excellent!. dean, |
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Fly Shop Closing
josephs shop was the best. only 75 miles from my house. he is a big supporter of the illinois smallmouth alliance tyers having had many tieing sessions there. his shop will be missed. rich mc |
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Winter is here!
Wind chills of -12 tonight in central Illinois... that is obscene for this time of year! Fortunately the snow will be north of us. Fly tying tomorrow... woo hoo!- Charlie |
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Foam swap
got mine as well today.very nice , and the ice is melting quick in illinois thanks all |
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Midwest Entomology
I grew up in Illinois, collected a lot of aquatic insects from water bodies mostly in the central and southern part for an Aquatic Entomology course I took in college. I used An Introduction to the Aq |
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Sparkle Minnows
Great Fly! but he name is taken. Greg Coffee from Illinois has a fly with that name that Montana Fly is currently making and selling world wide. |
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Greetings from Northern Illinois!
My name is Steve Kincaid and I'm new to this forum. What I've seen so far is nothing but GREAT help and support and some of the most beautiful rod work I've seen in quite a while! I live out in the co |
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Firefly Survey
Just moved to W. South Dakota from So. Illinois. Haven't seen any out here, don't know if they even exist in this part of the world. As far as I know they are still in huge numbers back in IL |
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Hatchery Raise Trout
I will prempt this by saying that I am working towards a PHD in aquaculture right now and will be in fact raising rainbow trout for my dissertation work. My work is on rainbow trout nutrition (IE the |
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EP Lemon/Orange fly
With all the recent rain around Illinois here, i thought i would hit the vise awhile. The local creek is still a little muddy. Hopefully the fish can see this fly? Whats a good color combo for muddy w |
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Jordan Creek Creature
QUOTE (jacktjl @ Jun 27 2010, 06:55 PM) Those look great. Where is the Jordan Creek?The Jordan Creek i fish is in East Central Illinois. |
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Hellgrammite Questions
Once you are familiar with the hellgrammite, you will probably agree that they are appropriately named as "the-bug-from-hell". However, Smallmouth Bass love these ferocious appearing bugs an |
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Dumbell eyes
It's been pretty well established that all the dumbell/hourglass eyes are produced at an above-top-secret facility, deep underground in the Nevada desert. Or on Fergus Avenue in Des Plaines Illin |
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New swap
believe it or not, I hooked into a ~2.5lb bucketmouth just this past Monday with the same fly. Wish I had a little darker green for the flies, but it seems to be working here in Illinois! |
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Skinny Nelson
Consider this more or less a reccomendation. Anyone who lives by or in the Driftless region in Wisconsin/Illinois/Iowa should really to a pile of these for it's what the trout are munching on now |
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Hello all
Welcome to the forum! What part of "southern" New York are you from? I'm a transplated New Yorker (Ardsley) now living in central Illinois. Must say I miss the Noo Yawk accent.Rega |
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College Time
What are you going to school for? A good friend of mine is at southern illinois studying fisheries. It really isn't that far from arkansas.....big trout |
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HELLO FROM HOLLYWOOD FL
Welcome from Central Illinois, the land of Lincoln and disgraced Governors. I know you will learn alot here... I have.- Charlie |
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Hi from western NY
Welcome from central Illinois and another former '70's teenager - Charlie |
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for dart
hey dart heres a couple of those cats i caught on my grandma's pond, these arent the biggest ones we caught but they were huge anyway and all the fish in this pond are big because its strictly ca |
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Looking for some American knowledge
Sorry that i don't have any kind of answer for you on this one...I just chalk it up to other confusing terms like, how in the world can they call Ohio or Illinois the Mid-West when they are in the |
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early gills?
Use a size 10 or 8 and cast near any ice overhang. Don't be suprised if you get a bass either! Trick is to cast onto any remaining ice and then drag it into the water and that ought to do it |
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Abducted by the Borg
The government has the power to give you everything you need and take away everything you have. Trust me, as a Conservative even I think we need reform, but universal isn't the way to go.Now, I&# |
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Walleye Flies and Strategies
a few rivers in illinois produce walleyes in the spring other anglers use 2 1/2inch white and yellow twister tails on a lead head . fly guys can match that with a dumb bell eyed bugger . rich mc |
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Silky-EP P-Adams
QUOTE (Snowblind @ Jan 22 2010, 11:00 PM) Yep, also on my list. Much better than the ones I was tying just a few weeks ago.One of the issues I have is that they are a lot flatter until I pull |
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Great Waters Fly Show
anyone going to the fly show in St Charles illinois . its next friday jan 29, 30,31 . . rich mc |
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Hello from Colorado!
Hi,I am new to the forum, and wanted to introduce myself. I have been tying and fly fishing for about 30 years, fishing for about 45 years, and am eager to learn new things, and share something now an |
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Greetings from a new forum member
I have been lurking around for some time. Was introduced to flyfishing and tying at age 14 (now social security eligible) at Camp Horseshoe by Doc H. Made my first bamboo rod in September under the wa |
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jig hook fly swap
sent them out today . this was a very nice swap. thank you tyers . i have some extra flies due to no show those flies will be added to some others for an illinois smallmouth alliance raffle. it g |
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favourite straem or river
being from illinois. i like the Kishwaukee,Rock,Fox and Dupage rivers. hope to make it to the Kankakee in 2010. rich mc |
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Hello from SE Alaska
I have been lurking around for some time. Was introduced to flyfishing and tying at age 14 (now social security eligible) at Camp Horseshoe by Doc H. Made my first bamboo rod in September under the wa |
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Bluegill & Panfish Swap
put me in. ill tie a black over olive m and m .its been the top gill producer for years in northern illinois rich mc |
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lead dumbell eyes in bulk.
that is an eternal fly-tying mystery. Here's the truth: They are made in secret underground labs located near Des Plains, Illinois; OR near Cheboygan Mich. Nobody has been able to positively co |
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Need help
a friend fishes for sauger on the illinois river [il]its a muddy looking water and in the fall he trolls bucktail jigs .they like blue or purple over orange .clousers or double bunnies should work r |
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Awesome Crawdad Fly
Hi All Im new to the fly tying scene. Been tying for about 1 year now. I live in Central Illinois and love fishing for Smallmouth Bass. I tied these flys and the Smallies love em! I call it " |
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Determined to become a steelhead angler
Guys -I live out in Illinois, I know there are some good tributaries in Indiana and Michigan for steelhead, but I don't really know the story about fishing for them. When its legal, when its not, |
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Just what is your all-time favorite bass fly?
after thinking about it it's the sneaky pete .it casts well has a good wide hook andcatches fish on top.only problem is here in illinois its only works well for a few months of theyear |
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Pike Fly Swap
from illinois mine took about a week to get there. rich mc |
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What I need
QUOTE (CoachBob @ Aug 5 2009, 09:07 AM) QUOTE (TitanFlies @ Aug 4 2009, 07:48 PM) Ok. I like to tie a lot of warmwater stuff mainly for personal use between my dad and I. I do like |
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New Swap
I'll have to scout them out. I'm leaving for Mexico in a week so getting my flies in on time would be next to impossible with the Illinois post... |
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Flies Falling Apart
Not all whip finishes are finished properly. Be sure to pull the thread directly to the rear (not downward) to cinch the wraps. Not my discovery, but something I learned from master tyers at NIFT (N |
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