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armedoldhippy · 01-02-2010, 03:03 PM

gotta love trout fishing with a fly rod. the places you find trout are so beautiful that just BEING there is cool. to sit quietly on a midstream rock & burn one while watching them rise to the hatch is incredible... am i alone here? armedoldhippy

bat1327 · 01-03-2010, 02:51 AM

Love fly fishing and fishing in general. Fish florida in winter (mainly snook,& tarpoon). Summers on nantucket for blues and strippers

armedoldhippy · 01-03-2010, 04:20 AM

have caught lots of snook, but none on a fly rod. only hooked one tarpon, & was immediately amazed at the power they have! hooked it using a big plug while snook fishing at night w/30# test tackle. @#$% thing spooled me in less than 30 seconds, jumped & threw my plug! i didn't know Tampa Bay was full of the things! used to go for blues at Hatteras, but never fished for "strippers". what bait do they go for ? twenties? LOL! AOH

01-03-2010, 06:17 PM

Ya!I am a die hard Flyfisherman,have been for years and years.My homewaters are the Canadian Rockies,but have fished all over N.America.I also tie Alot of flies,also into rod repair and soon to be taking up bamboo rod building!Im more than little obsessed!

Tight Lines
GA

01-03-2010, 06:55 PM

Hello kindred spirits.

Im not that much of a fly tier, ive fiddled with it a bit but havent discovered my talent yet

We have great trout waters around here, ive been hooked since childhood. I never stood a chance lol. Its right around widwinter now, everything is frozen over and i have that horrible itch. We fish for trout on the ice in the winter here aswell, I think ill plan on an icefishing trip some time soon.

You will all have to take some blame on me freezing my ass off on some godforsaken desolate ice soon as this thread surely didnt help my itch

Its dark and cold where i am, summer seems too far away

My rods are mocking me in my hobby room, 3 months until the seatrout start gathering in the inlets and fjords.

sigh... 3 months

poina · 01-03-2010, 07:09 PM

Any kind of fishing is great fun! The mention of ice fishing takes me back to my childhood, -30F in North Dakota, the sound of the ice cracking like a bomb going off, northern lights shining, still haven't seen stars shining that!

01-03-2010, 09:44 PM

Its nothing like a sky lit by the aurora borealis for sure, thats almost a religious experience every time. We see them just about every time the sky is clear in the winter where i live because its so far north.

Just thought id share my weapon of choice, bought this set this summer. It set me back some major dough. But its so well balanced and sensitive to cast with that I dont regret it for a second. I love the break system on the reel aswell.

Ill upload some action pictures of troutfishing on the arctic tundra for you later.

-Tight lines

01-03-2010, 10:35 PM

Fly fished on english chalk streams,scottish lochs,and in Pakistan and india for trout,wouldnt mind fishing in Bhutan and New Zealand,supposedly the meccas for trout fishermen.

01-03-2010, 11:11 PM

wow mate, thats an impressive catch.

Give me a while and ill show you one more place you can add to your list of trout meccas.

unclefishstick · 01-04-2010, 01:22 AM

anyone do any salmon fishing in alaska? i lived and worked on an island up there and got to salt water fish for salmon quite a bit,even got a nice little silver from a sea kayak on a fly rod!! rigged a rowboat up with a downrigger and trolled the local 'secret' hole and got towed around by a fat king salmon! why this one time i hooked a fish that was soooo big....LOL

01-02-2010, 03:03 PM	#1
armedoldhippy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee, hell yeah! Posts: 5,155	any fly fishermen/ladies out there? gotta love trout fishing with a fly rod. the places you find trout are so beautiful that just BEING there is cool. to sit quietly on a midstream rock & burn one while watching them rise to the hatch is incredible... am i alone here? armedoldhippy
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01-03-2010, 02:51 AM	#2
bat1327 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 193	Love fly fishing and fishing in general. Fish florida in winter (mainly snook,& tarpoon). Summers on nantucket for blues and strippers
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01-03-2010, 04:20 AM	#3
armedoldhippy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee, hell yeah! Posts: 5,155	have caught lots of snook, but none on a fly rod. only hooked one tarpon, & was immediately amazed at the power they have! hooked it using a big plug while snook fishing at night w/30# test tackle. @#$% thing spooled me in less than 30 seconds, jumped & threw my plug! i didn't know Tampa Bay was full of the things! used to go for blues at Hatteras, but never fished for "strippers". what bait do they go for ? twenties? LOL! AOH
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01-03-2010, 06:17 PM	#4
greatape Guest Posts: n/a	Ya!I am a die hard Flyfisherman,have been for years and years.My homewaters are the Canadian Rockies,but have fished all over N.America.I also tie Alot of flies,also into rod repair and soon to be taking up bamboo rod building!Im more than little obsessed! Tight Lines GA
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01-03-2010, 06:55 PM	#5
arcticsun Guest Posts: n/a	Hello kindred spirits. Im not that much of a fly tier, ive fiddled with it a bit but havent discovered my talent yet We have great trout waters around here, ive been hooked since childhood. I never stood a chance lol. Its right around widwinter now, everything is frozen over and i have that horrible itch. We fish for trout on the ice in the winter here aswell, I think ill plan on an icefishing trip some time soon. You will all have to take some blame on me freezing my ass off on some godforsaken desolate ice soon as this thread surely didnt help my itch Its dark and cold where i am, summer seems too far away My rods are mocking me in my hobby room, 3 months until the seatrout start gathering in the inlets and fjords. sigh... 3 months
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01-03-2010, 07:09 PM	#6
poina Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 120	Any kind of fishing is great fun! The mention of ice fishing takes me back to my childhood, -30F in North Dakota, the sound of the ice cracking like a bomb going off, northern lights shining, still haven't seen stars shining that!
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01-03-2010, 09:44 PM	#7
arcticsun Guest Posts: n/a	Its nothing like a sky lit by the aurora borealis for sure, thats almost a religious experience every time. We see them just about every time the sky is clear in the winter where i live because its so far north. Just thought id share my weapon of choice, bought this set this summer. It set me back some major dough. But its so well balanced and sensitive to cast with that I dont regret it for a second. I love the break system on the reel aswell. Ill upload some action pictures of troutfishing on the arctic tundra for you later. -Tight lines
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01-03-2010, 10:35 PM	#8
buddymate Guest Posts: n/a	Fly fished on english chalk streams,scottish lochs,and in Pakistan and india for trout,wouldnt mind fishing in Bhutan and New Zealand,supposedly the meccas for trout fishermen. Attached Thumbnails
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01-03-2010, 11:11 PM	#9
arcticsun Guest Posts: n/a	wow mate, thats an impressive catch. Give me a while and ill show you one more place you can add to your list of trout meccas.
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01-04-2010, 01:22 AM	#10
unclefishstick Fancy Janitor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: spinning circles Posts: 50,463	anyone do any salmon fishing in alaska? i lived and worked on an island up there and got to salt water fish for salmon quite a bit,even got a nice little silver from a sea kayak on a fly rod!! rigged a rowboat up with a downrigger and trolled the local 'secret' hole and got towed around by a fat king salmon! why this one time i hooked a fish that was soooo big....LOL __________________
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