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5/18/2025 7:11:29 PM EDT
Took my son out for some warm water ultralight fly fishing action on a local to us creek. Here are pics of the adventure.

























5/18/2025 7:18:46 PM EDT
[#1]
Good times!
5/18/2025 7:20:30 PM EDT
[#2]
Cool.  

Those Longear Sunfish are beautiful.
You're not the board darling you think you are.
5/18/2025 7:34:29 PM EDT
[#3]
Way cool!

Been fly-fishing almost 50yrs and I guess I never realized there was such thing as a 0# rod/line.
There’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.
5/18/2025 8:28:19 PM EDT
[#4]
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Originally Posted By osprey21:
Cool.  

Those Longear Sunfish are beautiful.
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Thanks! Yes, there are some good looking long ears in that creek. Those rock bass weren’t bad either. The smallmouth are fun as hell too especially on the light line rods.
5/18/2025 8:38:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By FrogWater:
Way cool!

Been fly-fishing almost 50yrs and I guess I never realized there was such thing as a 0# rod/line.
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Thanks!

My first 0wt rod was a Sage SPL they came out with them in the late 90s. I also have a 0wt SLT from the early 2000s. That TXL-F was a replacement when I broke my last SPL on an unnamed creek in the middle of Idaho fishing for west slope cutts. They’re fun rods even fished them on that popular brown trout spot in eastern Oregon when I lived out west.


Since moving to middle TN, they see much more warm water action. Sadly some of my bigger stuff doesn’t get much use out here. Haven’t really had much use for my 9wt or my Meiser Spey rod since moving here.
5/18/2025 10:45:36 PM EDT
[#6]
Beautiful pictures, and obviously a good time had.  My lightest is an Orvis HLS Silver Label 3 wt 8'6" that I've had for about 30 years.
America is at that awkward stage, it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards....Claire Wolfe
5/24/2025 7:51:28 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 50-140:
Beautiful pictures, and obviously a good time had.  My lightest is an Orvis HLS Silver Label 3 wt 8'6" that I've had for about 30 years.
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Nice, my oldest rod currently is also an Orvis rod. It’s a 5wt Henry’s Fork, with an unsanded blank. Used to have some Sage SPLs, sadly, my last one broke back in 2018.
5/24/2025 7:56:09 PM EDT
[#8]
Went back yesterday, unfortunately the water was really high from all the storms from earlier in the week. It was about 4’ higher. Fishing was slow but got  into some good longears.




5/29/2025 12:27:44 AM EDT
[#9]
I fish a 7'3 3wt just about daily as long as it's not storming.  I've landed a 4lb largemouth on it and a 3lb channel cast which felt like trying to get a big steelhead in. Love light tackle for gills and such and those are beautiful sunnies

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