What should I have done?
The Au Sable is my home away from home, been fishing it for almost 40 years now and caddis on the Au Sable is one hatch that goes almost all spring/summer long. One thing about the caddis hatch on the |
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howdy from wv
Hey all,
Been fly fishing for about seven years, and tying for just over one. Looking forward to reading and learning.
I moved to WV from Texas ten years ago, and I love chasing brook trout in |
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Dr. Slick Hair Stackers
I have a slick small (I use it for most of the trout flies or other smaller hair flies I tie) and a big one I use for big flies. My guess is you would be fine with either so long as one was smal |
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AJ spey hooks
Can I ask what you crushed the barb with? And then are you sharpening the hook. I use a rounded non toothed plied to do trout hooks but it was suggested this might weaken a Salar or AJ and thepoint sn |
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RBF: A few from the weekend
My third trip to the Catskills this year and finally conditions were favorable for fishing. Opening day was very cold, and the weekend after that most of the streams were blown out and still just abo |
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hello from central pa.
hello to all. I am from centre couty, pa. I am locate right on spring creek. I am just getting into this fly fishing and tying. I have been fishing for trout all my life. and a |
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RBF: Trout diorama
I made this for the new office build and thought you guys might enjoy seeing it. Last week while at my cabin on a fishing trip I was picking up some of the downed trees and limbs that came down over t |
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sculpin helmet
Thanks riff, let me know how they work for you.
Tc, thats an awesome looking pattern, ill be trying it for sure once i get some of that chenille! I did learn a lot about sculpins that i didnt know fro |
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New Midge patters for spring creeks
A couple of brandnew midge patterns from my bench. These have become killers to target super selective midge-sipping trout, including some big ones, at Livingston's spring creeks!
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New from Harrisburg, PA
Dear Board,
Since I already posted a question asking for help to find some old style hourglass eyes it seems kind of odd to make my second post an introduction but here goes.
I live in t |
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What should I tie?
I'm kind of curious as to why no dries? I know the most effective fly I ever fish for brook trout is a royal wulff with a lime trude being second.
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"The Trilogy"
here is my attempt at tying up a series of bugs on their way progressing through their phases of growth...
all are tied on a size 16 hook...with basicaly the same materials...I used a l |
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What music do you listen to while fishing?
um-pah...uff da...depends how you like your cabbage rolls.
My mind was infected a few moonsets ago by the Judge. I've never been to the U.P. but I've been there. It's a great tune |
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Anyone have a green midge pattern?
I was at work first thing this am in the midst of a huge green midge hatch. Tiny perhaps 18-24/26 in size. Perhaps smaller. No trout in this water but something eats them. Any pattern suggesti |
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RBF: First Rod Build
Finally got around to taking pictures of the first rod I built a couple months ago. It's been on the water already, seeing a very successful day chasing cutthroat trout in Puget Sound.The blank is a |
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To Kit or not to Kit?
I've only been fly fishing for about 5 years now but am hooked. I've upgraded my original reel and purchased a new rod and reel (3wt which is really exciting with a nice sized trout on). A |
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Challenged to tie a buoyant nymph
I have had a little experience trout fishing in Eastern Europe -- chiefly in the old Yugoslavia. Under the system prevailing there, each river was broken into segments under the control of a local fis |
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RBF: Au Sable weekend
Hit the Au Sable over the past few days for steelhead. There were some fish in the river but warm weather and crowds made the steelhead bite tough. So we switched to trout in the upper reaches of the |
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Au Sable over the weekend
Hit the Au Sable over the past few days for steelhead. There were some fish in the river but warm weather and crowds made the steelhead bite tough. So we switched to trout in the upper reaches of the |
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RBF: Picking a blank
My sister is back from the west coast. We use to fish all the time growing up. She has not been in years so I took her to the NC mountains for some delayed harvest trout fishing in April. Between the |
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2013 Swap Club - May
I'm tying a size 16 yellow sulphur spinner it is one of my favorite flies to tie and fish when the trout start seeing the yellow sallys they go nuts over them and it seems like crack to them
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Girly Rod Feather Inlays
Posting a few pics of some rods I did.
First rod I made, this one was for my girlfriend. The rod supplies were in fact my birthday present, so that I could build her a rod... she was hesitant a |
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May 2013 Flies from the vice
I tied these for the May swap club I love these when the trout are rising to the sulphurs its like crack to them
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jvice
There is a stone masons at the bottom of my road and they had a lovely laser etched trout on a granite stone but it was VERY pricey. I will definately look into it more cause I think it will make my J |
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Bob's banger
I got a chance to get out a bit today and test the banger. It sure does make a ruckus on the surface, and has great action, I can see why they are so effective. It actually dips below the surfac |
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orvis + scientific angler+ ross = good or bad?
Just to play Devil's Advocate, is Simms' brand gear/clothing any less overpriced?
No kidding, that's what I thought as everyone ripped on Orvis prices. Patagonia and Simms are right up there too if no |
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How many species have you landed on the fly
Rainbow Trout
Cutthroat Trout (4 sub-species)
Brown Trout
Brook Trout
Bull Trout
Dolly Varden
Kokanee
Atlantic Salmon (land-locked)
Whitefish
Steelhead
Coho
LMB
SMB
Bluegill
Crappie
Yellow Perch
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Tinkering with another carp pattern
Ya, I here ya, I Dont really have any good trout around my area. Who needs trout anyway, When you got golden bones. Fish for what you have at home, that is how you get time on the water. I love dreami |
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Tarpon day/night, 30 April
The title says it all -our daytime in the 'Glades has been mostly tarpon and the only night trip last week was more of the same.... It started with a cancellation, never a good time for a guide in the |
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First pike on a fly
I have never found a crappy, and every fish on my list I have caught atleast 1 of each. there are a few species of trout that are around that are also not on this years list, perhaps next year :) |
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Any Massachusetts fly fishers?
There is a ton of places to fish in Mass. I was there on business for 8 weeks this past winter. It was too cold then to catch much, but the area abounds with opportunities.
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Enough To Make You Puke
Trouble with the yokel local trout is it makes you feel twice as bad when you can't raise any fish on anything all day. Only for the yokel local to be caught twice by the same guy.
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Hans Weilenmann interviewed!
Thanks for the heads-up. I don't tie for trout any more, but Hans is still one of my favorite tyers. He's one of those rare craftsmen who can combine effectiveness with graceful design.
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New Saltwater setup
I can vouch for the freshwater Allen Trout reels, i used 1 for Trout last yr and it worked well while the Hardy Ultralite that I have fell apart after only using it for 6 months- they did fix it once |
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playing in the river
Those are great photos and a nice story to go with them! Congrats on a great trout opener.
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Pet Hair Swap
Wow, that filled fast! Here's a fly tied from a [attachment=41212:P6123465.JPG]St. Bernard named Gibson. Except for the eyes and pink throat it's all "Gibson"
Beautiful action in the water. Caug |
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Fast Rods and load.
Nice write up SilverCreek. While you are correct that a fast rod does not automatically = a higher line wt rod, the issue I have found is that many of these rod manufactures are in fact underrating ro |
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What hackles for Adams
I tie a fly that is exactly the same as an Adams but use a badger hackle instead looks great and the trout don't mind
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Where to move on to .....
I catch a lot of trout on a mohair leech. You shouldn't have a very hard time finding great substitutes for the mohair.
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The Spider and the Stonefly - Macro photo
Really Great. I'll bet the poor stonefly wished that a trout had got it instead of a spider....
Thanks, netabrookie :-) ..... i also think the spider would prefer the trout :-) :-)
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smallie flies?
You had to ask! Smallmouths are my favorite freshwater fish!
You don't need special flies for them, as they'll eat any fly their Bigmouth Cousins will eat. Just scale the size |
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Books For sale
Trout Hunting-Frank Woolner-$5.00
Where The Pools Are Bright and Deep-Dana S. Lamb-$15.00
The Trout Fisherman’s Bedside Book-Arthur R. MacDougall Jr-$5.00
Nymphs-Ernst Schwiebert-$30.00
The Comp |
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first couple flies
So picked up a vice and some materials tonight and got after it. Here's my first two flies, pretty much tying for grayling and stocked trout for now. Let me what you guys think and maybe some newcome |
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Most versitile material?
I only fish freshwater but I fish both trout and warmwater and I think the most used mateial would be a pheasant skin I use them for everything from soft hackles to claws on my crawfish plus the make |
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materials needed
For hooks when I started tying again I bought some size 16 scud hooks, size 16 nymph hooks (long straight shank like a miniature streamer hook) and some size 8 streamer hooks because I like that size |
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questions about progress and practice
Welcome to the site & this wonderful sport! IMO, practice is the only way to get better. Unfortunately, it's easy to want to forego the monotony of tying the same patterns over & over & tr |
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RBF: Fishing with a new rod and camera
Managed to get out fishing a bit on Clear Creek today. Was a touch chilly but nothing like earlier in the week. The creek looked great and there were a lot of midges out as well as some BWO's. Fish |
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May fly emergers for a friend of mine......
the "still born" idea ws something I first saw back in the late 70's...the idea was it was supposed to be a may fly with its wings stuck in the case either temporarily or longer...not able to fly...an |
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Three Favorite Flies Swap
Well I ended up tying three flies that I like. I also tied a fourth because I knew that Fishing Bob and probably some others are more trout guys. The first fly being an articulated baitfis |
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Fish Skulls/Sculpin helmets
These are some of my pike and lake trout flies that include the fish skulls. Currently i am working on making a pattern for walleyes using the skulls which is essentualy a marabou leech with the skull |
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