Suggestions for a traveling kit
I'm going up to the Jackson river in Virginia next week and looking for suggestions of what to take with me to "match the hatch". I've got the vise and probably every thing needed a |
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Redfish on Topwater
That's a fun video Kirk - thanks for posting it. I hope to get in on some of the redfish fun before the season ends. Hey, what're you guys doing catching sheepshead on poppers? I though they h |
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Hatteras/Pamlico Sound
You're probably gonna have to check around online for a fishing report - most of the regulars in this section of the forum don't fish that area. I know that the Virginia barrier islands are se |
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Polar Fiber Baitfish
I was down in Virginia this past week, and I saw some big bass brought in there. (the season isn't open as far as I know - I don't know what that was all about - maybe they were confiscated fi |
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Hello from Morgantown, West By God
kevin, is right lots of nice people here willing to answer questions and explain things. Always nice to see fellow people from west virginia on here. |
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Combat Fishing
Good to see my fashion advisers are getting some extra work in Florida these days. Damn, I like that fly. Guess I'd better whip up a few in case they have gars in Virginia. Or even if they don' |
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Eels
Should be no sweat Dave, especially from a boat. I've thrown them unweighted with a 9wt without any huge problems. (that's the woolly bugger type I mean) You really don't have to dress the |
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Tons of Tarpon Flies
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Chef, I wish I had something to add, however, looks like my thoughts are well represented already. Those flies |
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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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Tarpon / NY Lobster, Shrimp Fly
Joe, I'm sure nobody has to tell you that stripers are the black bears of the fish world - they'll eat absolutely anything that's swimming or crawling around out there, and they're gre |
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Winter Blues
Many thanks for the compliments guys.
Joe, there's really no name for them - just something I whipped up. They're a pretty easy tie, and they'd certainly work wherever you can find bass p |
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Flies for Virginia
We're getting ready to move from Connecticut down to the Virginia Eastern Shore, and I've been tying some new crustaceans, etc., that I plan to try out down there. Most of my patterns don' |
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hi from Va
Hello to all. I am new to the forum. Been a fly fisherman for 40 years. Started tying this fall. Live in rural central Virginia. Cheers. |
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Couple of poppers
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Nice paint job on them poppers. You find the balsa wood yet?
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Some Pics of WV
My wife is the shutterbug. Here are some pictures she took on our last trip to the Elk river in the hills of West Virginia.
The Elk River section that I am fishign here is C&R. It is just down st |
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Just a Mountain Boy
Hello from the lovely hills of West Virginia! Just stumbled onto this forum. Extremely new to tying. I have jsut started fly fishing this summer and I am thoroughly addicted! Seems like a grea |
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skunked
So sad, first time in many years I have been skunked. The Northwest river in south east Virginia has routinely given me bream catches of 40 to 140 in a day with a few bass thrown in. Seems hurricane |
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RBF: Ohio Rod Builders Gathering
We are now coming up on just two months until our next Ohio Rod Builders Gathering. The event is planned for November 5, 2011 from 9:00AM-6:00PM at the Ramada Inn in Canton, Ohio 4914 Everhard Rd. NW. |
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Trout Fishing Trip to Avery and Wataga County, NC
Looks like a fun trip.........love the sign pics..........I have one from the Jackson River in virginia........it was all beat up and a cold morning....photo came out nice........a good memory for sur |
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It was a great week....
Thanks all. I guide in Virginia and North Carolina. The free advice will always flow. Sharing what Ive learned from so many icons (and days on the water) is one of the reasons I do what I do. |
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Ya got'ta have a hat to fly fish!!!
No picture, but my favorite is a baseball cap with an oval patch on the front, like one of those bumper stickers. The kind that use an abbreviation of the place, like GNP (Glacier Nattional Park), etc |
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Open for business!
After 4 years of getting this and getting that strightened out.I am now a "certified licensed outfitter and guide for the great state of West Virginia"! My website is elkriverflyfish.com |
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fishing guide
Just got my Guide license a little over a month ago! The editor of this site actually wrote up a good story(With me in it) on the process of becoming a guide in West Virginia. Heres a link.
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Hello from Wv
Hello all from West Virginia. I haven't been fly fishing all that long and like learning all I can. I'm just starting to get into tying flies. This looks like a great site to learn from. Thank |
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almost 3 months since buying the starter kit
QUOTE (bluegill576 @ Mar 30 2011, 10:01 PM) man those are good flies for three months. Also that's a lot. Where do you fish?I live near Virginia Tech's campus so I carp fish in the s |
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New to Fly Tying/Fishing from VA
Hi, I recently started tying flies after I bought a beginners kit at the local Gander Mountain a week into January of this year (been a fun 3 months). I had never fly fished but I have doing all othe |
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Virginia / N. carolina
Looking for info on the border areas of Virginia / N. carolina. Thinking of moving south some what. would like to be half way between mtns and beaches. need info on fishing/hunting. |
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early season flies
I was wondering as a beginner at tying, what is a good early season fly to tie up, for northern virginia streams.. I have been told a Olive Caddis and or a Brown Caddis |
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new fly rod coming for spring
Well Im glad to hear that because one day while fishing I ran in to a man from I believe Virginia and he was asking what was in the river to fish and I proceeded to tell him well salmon arefew and in |
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Hello from Northern Virginia
Just recently got into fly fishing pretty well, and starting tying here soon. Kit ordered, and materials are here, just need to start! I'm located in the northern Virginia area. Any beginners |
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Weirdest thing you have found fishing
Flyfisher 13 and I are always finding naked dolls when we fish. Freaky to be wading and look down and see an almost lifelike infant hand sticking up outta the mud. Has given me palpatations on more |
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Bream Swap
I'm kinda in a dilemma cause I'm leaving school (in Virginia) tomorrow and going home (Georgia) for spring break and will have to mail the flies out tomorrow, but the only problem is I haven&# |
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Hello form the deep South
Everyone on this site seems to be here to learn and gain more so than to show off. There are some flat out amazing fly tiers on here and then there are beginners on here, so a little of both worlds. |
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Two First for me.
I know you guys have probably seen me posting about brook trout and dry flies here recently, this was all because I have been wanting to catch a brookie. Well yesterday I went to GWNF here in Virgini |
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Small Creek Swap
Mine are sitting up in Virginia as I am down in Georgia..... All these post are killing me in anticipation It'll be another two weeks till I get back to Virginia........ |
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What to buy?
Well im from the eastern panhandle of west virginia. And i do alot of smallmouth bass fishing. I also like to trout fishbut its hard to find a good stream that isnt trampled or over fished. should i l |
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Appalachian Waters Swap
Count me in for a Mr. Rapidan. Its local to Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. It is a Wulff variant created by a local fly shop owner. When is this due? |
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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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The Addiction...
Okie Dokie,Here is my story. Fly Fishing First. Started spin fishing for bass and decided i wanted to try fly fishing which a friend did. I asked my parents about it and they said i already had enough |
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Basic Fly Materials
QUOTE (eugward @ Jun 9 2010, 10:22 PM) which type of bass? Large mouth will just about eat anything. I have got large mouth on trout flies. Had to trash the fly after that. When I'm ho |
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FFF-Southeastern conclave
gah- so far from va. for some reason i thought it was in s.e. virginia. must have thought of the tu one. have fun and good luck. |
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Moving to Waynesboro, VA
QUOTE (eastern fly @ May 11 2010, 05:29 PM) I will be moving to Waynesboro, VA soon. Does anyone have info on the South River. I will be able to walk to one part of it. KevinI've lived in |
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Crawdad Pattern
I do one real similar to this on small hooks for creek smallies in Ohio and West Virginia. I also use the rabbit strips for claws, but one thing I do is tie a fair-sized ball of dubbing in between th |
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Redfish and Speckled Trout Swap
I little Bit about a few of the tiers in this swap maybe it will peak your interest and get you to join up Me:I am a 49 year old from Central TexasI have been fly tying since I was 16 but I have ha |
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Articulated Rattlesnake
nice flyvirginia is the only place ive ever been after trout............hope that takes a lot of fish.camoham |
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ticked off...
seems to be an area in the mid-south, from Virginia going west to S. Missouri and Arkansas, where ticks are REALLY numerous. I don't remember seeing a single one in S. Alabama, but when I lived |
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Looking for some American knowledge
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, Massatwoschetts, are "Commonwealths" not states too..... I think it's just an archaic old British term that enables the officials to foist more taxe |
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New from VA
QUOTE (Woodchuck Caddis @ Feb 26 2010, 10:40 AM) I have been tying since 10 years old, Over 50 yrs of tying and there is still a lot to learn.Hi Woodchuck and hello from northwest England. I |
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Thin skin nymph
West "By God" Virginia seems to have more than it's fair share of GOOD tiers! Nice tie, Mountaineer! Two thumbs up! |
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Fishing Buddies
When are you moving? We have our annual Virginia fly fishing festival there in april which is a great place to learn about fishing the surrounding area and buy some new gear!If you like smallmouth |
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Small fry
I tie a similar pattern using Virginia Possum for the body and White rabbit for the tail....killer bluegill and hatchery trout fly. |
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Crayfish Patterns?
These Clawdaddy flies work great for smallies here in Virginia rivers.Here is a picture of a couple that I have tied up.As you can see the green version's claws are made out of faux suede. It does |
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My "Snow" Fly Tying Bench
[attachment=23341:DSCN3554.jpg] i am sitting in a chair tying on 30" of snow. expecting another 10"-20" more tomorrow. This is a horrible amount of snow for northern Virginia. its |
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Hello Everyone
Welcome from West Virginia. You will find good people here from all over the planet. |
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New to this forum
I am new here. I have been fly fishing for 40 years now, I still love as if I was still 9 years old. I really like native trout fishing over all the rest. I reside in Tennessee in the Great SMokey mou |
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Operation Iraqi Freedom Rods
Sometime back around March/April I was contacted by a fly fishing chaplain serving in Iraq. He said he had a bunch of guys in his special ops unit who were fly fishermen and they wanted a series of id |
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Detty Style Coffin
Hmmmm....I'm thinking that fly.....in June....on the Elk in West "By God" Virginia. Great tye as always!!! |
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Authentic Messinger Frog
Great looking fly Frank. I myself bought Mr. Messinger's tape years ago after I met the man at a show in Northern Virginia. We had a very good conversation, a truly very nice man. After receiving |
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