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Brown Trout Spring 2013
awesome video, that go pro really is quite good. Really like the underwater release shots, the little trout just take off.
Here are some more stills
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janns netcraft
Jann's retail store is only about 10 minutes from me. They are more of a "hardware" store catering more to jig / lure construction (Walleye is BIG around here) than a fly shop. Their fly material sele |
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How many species have you landed on the fly
lake, rainbow, brown, brook trout, steelhead, creek chub, walleye, perch, LMB, SMB, carp, sucker, catfish, bluegill, warmouth, coho, shinook salmon, Pike, and musky
so it looks like 19 for me but I wa |
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First pike on a fly
and " mridenour " I think I would count a creek chub :)
my 2013 fish goal fish, top 16 almost too easy, our river always seems to be having a run, and Lake Ontario is local.
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First Freshwater Outing Of The 13
I found baggies of walleye beads at the shop today for $2 per 100, needles to say I grabbed 300, white, red and blue lol.
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UV Beer Belly bucktail
Very nice. I have never made a fly in that style before and i think that it would be a good walleye fly for opener here in northern Minnesota.The only revers hook flies that i have used have been clou |
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RBF: St Croix Casting rod
6'3" ST Croix Belize Blue fast action walleye jigging rod with Ringlock Titanium guides spiral/acid wrapped, dark blue thread (no CP) blends right in to the blank color.Steve[b]Reply to topic here htt |
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6'3" St Croix Walleye jigging rod
As Ben mentioned Detroit river walleye jigging is zero casting involved. Your basically fishing 30-40ft straight down with super fast action rods, 1/2oz-3/4oz jigs and jigging up big walleye up to 10l |
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RBF: Bottom Bouncer / Drifting Blanks
Good Morning,I am looking for blank suggestions for Bottom Bouncer Rods.We run 1 oz to 3 oz Bottom Bouncers, running spinners with live bait. We fish the St. Lawrence River so any species is possible, |
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pa fishing
Yeah blugills and pumkinseeds and channel cats and walleye, and stripers, and musky and pickeral...Oh Yeah!
got em all here along with smallies and trout...
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RBF: Casting and spinning blanks
This is probably a dumb question. Is there any inherent differences between a casting rod blank and a spinning rod blank given that they would used for the same purpose ie bottom bouncing for Walleye |
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RBF: Steelhead Spinning Blank suggestions
My son surprised me last night by saying he'd like to go back to the Clearwater in North Idaho to fish steelhead. When he was there a few years ago, he felt undergunned using my old storebought walle |
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What fish do you like to fish for?
Pike perch and walleye. They are my main targeted fish. Although i don't really fly fish fro them much. It just said what fish you fish for the most. And just a note, you spelled walleye wrong.
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floating pike flys
I don't have a lot of pike experiance but in low fishing pressure areas they like big, flashy, and noisy baits. On annual boundry waters trips I used baits that I would not even put in my tackle |
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Line weight
I have two rods made for 7 weight line and one for a 4 weight. I want to use the 4 for trout in streams. One of the 7 weights I want to use for Northern Pike and maybe Walleye in a lake ne |
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RBF: fly rod blank for spinnig
I am trying to find out some info for the following. I would like to use a fly blank and build a spinning rod with itIt will be used for river wading, fishing smallmouth bass and walleyeThe blank I am |
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powder paints
Seeing as how I'm just really get back to fly tying, I haven't used it for anything there. I am glad I read what you just wrote tho since I've quite a bit of powder paint and use it for dipping jig he |
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Fly Fishing Show
Not sure where it is exactly, but I think the lake was called Lake of the Woods. Like flytire, I doubt that i'll ever fish many of the locations they're filming at. However in this case, my local wate |
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Hello from Dublin, Ohio
The MVFF is a good club, I'm sure you will enjoy the classes...I don't belong, but know quite a few members.....I've been meaning to join, just haven't had the time....with my youngest |
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RBF: ice rod blanks
Looking to build a couple ice rods for some more practice. Anyone have any advice on some decent ice rod blanks and were I can get them? Also is any components that fair better with ice rods than othe |
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Flyfishing envy/prejudice
I know exactly what "certain michigan sportsmans forum" you guys are referring too. I don't waste my time on there anymore either. bunch of know nothings. Gear restrictions are there for a reason, to |
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Going Barbless
Certainly different species could have different survival rates after hooking. However, studies of hooking mortality done in other fresh water fish and also salt water fish species have shown little d |
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My First Flies
Thanks Peterjay! That's great advise and greatly appreciated! Actually, i've been thinking the same thing. No sense duplicating any of these, if they just don't work, right? Temps |
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the wolf pack
I always had good luck with greens up north on smallmouth and walleye and northern. Dark olive to light olive. This was on spinning baits though. Never did any fly fishing up there. The northern also |
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Streamer for Walleye
Welcome aboard!
The crease fly sounds kind of like what you are describing.....it was designed for saltwater use, but I have tied it in smaller sizes for freshwater and fished it on a sinking lin |
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Greetings
Greetings, I really wish it wouldnt have taken me so long to find this sight!! Having retired from the fire/ems service a year and a half ago and moving from Mn. to Colorado ofcourse I had to |
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RBF: Rod strength and durability?
So as I am new to both fly fishing and rod building, though I am completely addicted to the fishing part and my mechanical side is becoming obsessed with the mechanics/ physics of the rods and rod bui |
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Bass Fishing
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new pike fly
your fly is a good one
it will be a little heavy to cast cause all that leather will soak up water
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RBF: SB 7' 3pc Walleye Jigging rod
This one is for a customer whom wanted a University of Michigan themed rod for walleye jigging. So I set about to do it in a U of M theme but also to do it in a classy looking manner. The blank is a B |
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Another one off the bench
This one is for a customer whom wanted a University of Michigan themed rod for walleye jigging. So I set about to do it in a U of M theme but also to do it in a classy looking manner. The blank is a B |
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Truse Goose
steelhead drift fisherman use a round float to hold bait up called a corkie.
they come in 4 or 5 sizes & at leaset 50 colors.
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Drum on a Fly
I'm going to be fishing Lake Erie for a few days in early June. Like schaef said, we used to catch them all the time when I was growing up on the lake, when we were trying to catch walleye and ba |
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Back to Our Roots
Thank God, my Dad put a fishing rod in my hands as soon as I could stand. When I got bit hard by the fishing bug around age 10 or 11, spinning tackle was what I used. It had much to do with the way |
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RBF: spinning reel search
Any suggestions for a lightweight (less than 8oz) spinning reel for an 8ft graphite MHX blank. Fishing for walleye. Need long casting with jigs and small stickbaits. Will also use it for drifting[b]Re |
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Prey Coloration Discussion
It seems like discussion of predominant prey species always comes up when stocking is going on, particularly stocking of the larger predators. For example, the walleye fishermen don't want the mu |
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RBF: split grip for spin
I need some basic advice on what to consider when determining a setup for s split grip on a 8' graphite ML fast blank I will use for walleye river fishing with jigs, sticks, and jerk baits.Any help fo |
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RBF: Spinning for walleye.
Building a spin rod for walleye. Want to maximize casting distance and sensitivity. Any sugegestions? Thanks folks.[b]Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=29232[/b] |
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RBF: blank sugesstions
Building a spin rod for walleye. Looking for max. casting distance for light lure weight. Should I try a fly blank? Any sugesstions from you walleye lovers? [b]Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuildi |
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Warmwater Randoms
Minnesota seasons run about the same. Walleye, bass, pike, etc. close mid-winter and reopen about the same time as Michigan if I recall. Other than that, panfish is year-round.
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Here's to me ....
I'm kind of a long-time user but 1st time poster.
My grandad used to take me out to the Vedder Canal when I was 3. He would plunk me down with a worm and a bobber then fly fish on either side of |
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Walleye Fly
I'm not sure if this is an existing pattern but I've developed my own version over the years that is second only to woolly bugger patterns in my vest. Great on trout, bass and especially walle |
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Thanks
I'm very new to fly fishing and fly tying (2 months), and I just want to say thanks to all the kind people I've meet that gave me tons of useful tips and help. Last weekend, I attended the fly |
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ADVICE/FEEDBACK
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All depends on what kind of fish you are fishing for. I fish mostly streamers in freshwater so those are not real p |
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kahle hooks
thank you tidewater . ive been to gander mtn.dicks sports and only seen the bronze. ill check them out. i have had good luck with the vmc line of hooks for both ewg bass and wide gap walleye ( almos |
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RBF: walleye rod
Hi folks, I need some help with a walleye rod. I've built a few fly rods but never a spinning rod and am looking for a 7' blank in the 4-10 or 6-12lb test line rating to build on. I've heard good t |
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Ice fishing
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New materials crossing the line??
I own a baitcast reel and a kistler custom buzz&pop special rod, an entire tackle box of bass lures and love chucking big bait on a baitcast reel for huge bass, jig&pigs, buzzbaits, all that s |
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Hello from S.E. Michigan
Hello, my name is Mark. I stumbled across this site while checking out another site that talked about a "Circus Peanut". I started fly fishing and tying my own back when I was 11. I am st |
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Spinner fly.
The walleye spinners were "willow leaf" or "junebug" shape. They did make wet flies with spinners for panfish and bass but they were usually a smaller spinner. Do you have access t |
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Hello from Flat Rock,MI
Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Tom and I live in Flat Rock,Michigan. I've spent most of my fishing time in the past trolling and jigging for walleye in the Detroit river |
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Fly Tying Bench - SwingWet
This first photo is where I started back in February of 2011.Was tying walleye/bass flies and was happy with that.The shops in my town don't have BIG FLIES.Then after a fishing trip in July where I wa |
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winter techniques
well i will give my 2 cents. Its cold right now...and its getting colder! So if I was swimming around all day and it was cold and I happened to be cold blooded I think id move pritty damn slow. So |
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FTF Fly Pattern - Michaeld - Snag Free Whistler
i tie alot of worm patterns on bass hooks . but have never seen a worm hook with that large of a flat spot behind the eye. thanks for pointing that hook out .i also tie on the vmc wide gap walleye hoo |
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Fish Pictures
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Thanks Druce! Yeah we got a few of the bigger smallmouth and cleaned up in the 1-2lb range...Seems the |
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November 2011: Flies from the Vise
Around Ottawa, Canada, we have to rely on our Smallmouth Bass and Walleye populations to get us through the year (we don't have many trout here). Come fall, big full slow moving Clouser minnows a |
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What is your favorite Fly Reel?
i have a ross fly cast 3 and i love it for anything from bass to salmon, second for my walleye spots i love the okuma sierra, yeah its a begginer reel but hey its silent retrieve, and when im trying t |
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Ice Fly Help
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Sorry I'm responding late but just saw the post. I think this may do the trick. You can make them in any color scheme, size or weight. I |
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