Any fellow fly fishermen?

[chicalyx]

Like the majority of people who view this forum, I've lurked for years without ever participating. So kinda odd for a first post, but wondering if there's any fly fishermen/fly tiers around here? I used to be a saltwater devotee, but now enjoy fishing the peaceful midwestern streams in some of our beautiful forests. Nothing more relaxing after a week in the city than puffing some diesel (my favorite herbal fishing enhancer) on a clear, secluded stream and seeing a fat trout attack your fly. Also about to get rid of much of my fly tying gear and couple rods if anyone needs anything on the free/cheap.

Thanks to everyone who makes worthwhile contributions to this forum on a daily basis.

-J

 

[cheeseduck20]

Yo Chi,
I also live for a good fish..Though i have flyfished since I was 10, I use mostly conventional tackle for the fishing I do nowadays where I am. I'm looking to toss some flies for pike back in the midwest later this summer, but stick to spinning gear for the steelies out here.
All this said, I'm not too picky what tackle I'm using(or really if the fish are biting), as long as the scenery is right and I get some time to myself or with my friends. Hope all is well back in the Chi, Go Cubs.

 

[H&L]

Any fellow fly fisherman?

That's putting it mildly. :friends:

 

[chicalyx]

I hear ya on the fishing, BUT.............sox are gonna hand out a good again today. haha gotta lot of cub fan buddies, but on the not infrequent occassions I catch one of the drunk, obnoxious cubby fans pissing next to my friend's condo it's never a pretty sight.

J

 

[NOKUY]

i huck bait!

 

[H&L]

So anybody catching anything? Trico's have been coming off in the mornings like clockwork here and the sulphurs in the evening are bringing the big guys to the surface right at dark. Throw in some sporadic drake hatches and it's been a dry fly fishers dream this summer.

 

[metamorf]

Fellow fly fisherman near the arctic circle here, nice to meet ya!

 

[Collie Man]

Flyfishing is very fun espicially by yourself with some good bud on a nice scenic stream or river. I've met some pretty cool people that were doing he same thing I was a couple times. I just have this cheap rod that works fine and a box full of lures to choose from.

 

[H&L]

Fellow fly fisherman near the arctic circle here, nice to meet ya!

You brookie side or dolly side? :friends: I wish I had a summer house up that way, lol.

 

[metamorf]

You brookie side or dolly side? :friends: I wish I had a summer house up that way, lol.

Huh? No brook trout here man. Brown trout, salmon, char and grayling. Wtf is dolly? Sounds like a sheep haha.

Yeah, it's nice here.

 

[NOKUY]

dolly varden is pretty much lake trout...i dont like trout to eat...small ones are just ok to catch, but not much fun.

 

[NOKUY]

ill eat brook trout all day...we fry them up and eat them from head to tail.......good shit.

and mainly i like walleye chunks and cheeks.

and pike

freshwater beyond that i dont know


then i only know alaska salmon, crab and halibut.

.....thats a whole story we dont gotta touch.

 

[genkisan]

I will be camping for a week this summer on a lake to myself (me, wife, kids and some friends) where it takes about 30 minutes to catch half a dozen mixed rainbows and speckleds.

 

[NOKUY]

I will be camping for a week this summer on a lake to myself (me, wife, kids and some friends) where it takes about 30 minutes to catch half a dozen mixed rainbows and speckleds.

have fukin fun bro...and leave this world behind!

serious....


..serious do that for a min.

 

[NOKUY]

my parents are giving me 10 g's to move to texas, and they dont know that every cent is gonna buy my alaska escape.

haha...they know me well uenuff to expect that, but they dont expect it yet.

 

[MickeyBlue42]

saltwater and some fresh.... got an 8wt stealth, 3 piece, and system 2 reel.. also a 10 wt for offshore for kingies etc...

 

[H&L]

Huh? No brook trout here man. Brown trout, salmon, char and grayling. Wtf is dolly? Sounds like a sheep haha.

Lol, just seeing if you were northeast or northwest. Brookies are native to the east, dolly varden is their equivalent in the west pretty much.

 

[NOKUY]

Lol, just seeing if you were northeast or northwest. Brookies are native to the east, dolly varden is their equivalent in the west pretty much.

i thought dolly varden were equiv. to lake trout....not brookies...tho ive caugt more than a million brookies. (and brookies are good fukin eatin)
i dont know it all about fish because i ignore what i dont like. (but i know more about fish than anyone i personally know)

...and i dont generally like trout.

but i guess i should learn.

 

[H&L]

Nah, it was a common misconception for a long while that dolly varden were a subspecies of Mackinaw (lake trout) but now they are seen as more towards the brookie side of the char family. I'm sure it'll change again in another ten years, lol.

 

[trouble]

I dont know how I overlooked this thread. I love fly fishing!

Where I live we do alot of fly fishing on the inshore shallows & flats for Tarpon, Snook, Speckled Trout, and Big Bull Red's. A couple of years ago we got bored and started fly fishing deep water which is a totally different animal but, one hell of an exciting & memorable adrenaline pumping experience! Off-shore we catch Sailfish, Tuna, Kingfish, Cobia, Bonitio, Mahi, Jacks, and the occasional Shark.

We go into deep water during the fall tuna run & into the spring for Mahi Dolphin. The Tuna school-up where the shrimp boats clean thier catch early in the morning. We also catch live bait and use it to get the fish excited and feeding near the surface, then we just cast into the school of monsters and hold on for fight that will give any fly tackle a run for it's money.


Life is fishing , golfing, and getting high, everything eles is just details.......

K+ to all the fly fishing enthusiast








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