I hate buying new flyrods online ..need to hit up orvis when I get back east. I tend to use a line weight higher than the rod is labeled
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any fly fishermen/ladies out there?
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makes casting easier, as the heavier line loads the rod properly with less effort on your part. good call...
I miss the tarpon ....my absolute favorite fish to catch on fly rod......I need to go visit the keys for a few weeks sometime again
I go fly fishing…male and am Australian. In my local mountain streams and rivers rainbow and brown trout thrive. G Loomis 5 weight rod, an old GL3 but it does the job..,.,take along my .30-06 as well in case I see a deer.
I want to go back down & try for snook on a fly rod. love fishing for them rascals...I've hooked a tarpon before (spinning gear), looks like too much work for a lazy old bastard like me, LOL!
ya its work ..I generally cheat by chumming with pilchards or similar bait fish to get em in close...lived in the keys for a few years ..only thing I miss is the fishing especially the flats fishing.....
CACTUSFLOWER
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Olive and Red wooly streamer
Olive and Red wooly streamer
Olive and Red wooly streamer
ABeautiful spot and fish Weedsa... this year I'm fishing again, the season here just started!!
Getting the fly box ready here with special streamers and olive/brown nymphs:
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Tight lines guys!
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i like fly fishing, but I suck at it. Orvis is an incredible store
spring is headed our way. i need to buy a high(er)-end fly reel with a good drag to go with the 9' 6" graphite surf-stik. a regular no-drag fly reel is an invitation to disaster when a big hybrid or rockfish hits your streamer & heads toward a different zip code...
anyone on here flyfishing in saltwater, or for salmon? looking for suggestions about an AFFORDABLE fly reel with a decent drag system. getting tired of the backlashes that result when something grabs a fly & heads downriver in a big-ass hurry...I lose lots of flies that way, LOL!
anyone on here flyfishing in saltwater, or for salmon? looking for suggestions about an AFFORDABLE fly reel with a decent drag system. getting tired of the backlashes that result when something grabs a fly & heads downriver in a big-ass hurry...I lose lots of flies that way, LOL!
For top quality gear for a reasonable price, check out "Reddington" reels....You won't be disappointed...and their disc-drag system is amazingly smooth...
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thanks, Bud! i'll check into them tonight...
my old knuckle buster nickel salmon reel is missing ...was a 400+$ reel...oldschool....errrr...
went and checked them out yesterday, like what I see. drag seemed VERY smooth, and under $90 to boot. thanks for posting on them....
I am still cheating with a clear cast a bubble...haven't got a new setup yet...yeehaw
so long as you don't put salmon eggs on your nymphs, it isn't cheating...it is OK to spray them with the Berkeley GULP stuff, though...
I have never used scented sprays on a fly..or a salmon egg....that's cheating...... I finally got my lighted magnifier setup..the cheap plastic mounting clamp finally gave out ..so I got a steel rod and drilled a hole in a wood area by my couch..its perfect...now I got to find my fly vise or get another...everything else I got still...yeehaw
appalachian-strain native brook trout...
