Fly fishing pics (Page 1 of 7)
Posted: 8/7/2007 10:30:51 PM EDT
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It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. Robert E. Lee
I come with the truth.
كافر
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I posted some pics in the "trouts, pics, locations" thread, can you move them here? First trout pics are mine!!! Western Montana River   Foulhooked Mountain Whitefish (foul hooks don't count, so no negative score due to landing this whitefish, right  ) eta: removed river names |
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Ummmm, How much time ya got? Here's a few generic starters... Jack Crevalle  Bonito  Snook 
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"If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation, it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles." -Biologist J.B.S. Haldane
Here's a little snook caught in a backcountry mangrove creek, using a 4 weight rig
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"If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation, it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles." -Biologist J.B.S. Haldane
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These are some photos from my first flyfishing trip out West (I am a Central PA boy). I was offered an opportunity to fish in Wyoming and the Yellowstone National Park and I took it. These photos were taken on the Madison River. Late August 2007. Enjoy! I wish that I had taken my digital camera instead of this disposable camera as this photo does not do this location any justice.  Twenty-two and one half inch Brown Trout  Twenty+ inch Brown Trout  Another Twenty+ inch Brown Trout (Yep, I found a Honey Hole) 
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I hope you have as good of a fishing trip as I did. I was lucky enough to have found a large pod of fish. Since they weren't rising very often and weren't taking what I was offering, I had to fish sub-surface. I used various colors of sucker spawn, san juan worms, and assorted other 'junk' flies. Understanding that I fish mostly in Central PA: I would recommend that you get information from a flyshop in Montana close to the Madison River section that you will be fishing, for hatch information that time of year. Stop in their shop, be a customer, buy the flies that they recommend as ask them for some suggestions for what locations to fish. HTH DaGunn |
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I'll throw my hat in for a few A few Bull Trout...sorry can't say where my honey holes are   Westslope Cuttys in the rain are fun!  A couple RBTs, I think I saw sasquatch in the 2nd   Fatty!  Count the Bull Trout  Double  I love Westslope Cutties and Bull Trout   And finally, this is what happens when you drink and then try casting 2 dry flies on a windy Montana day  I got tons more, but just thought I'd share these, me likes to fish
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Super windy day on the Madison in early July I'm chucking gigantic Salmon flies with my 4wt and I have the great idea that i'm gonna throw on a size 18 flash back pheasant tail for a dropper as I had quite a few fish come up but not take my flyI had been doing what any well natured fly fisherman does while in the middle of a 14 mile float (drinking beer) Chucked a nice long cast, had a strike, set the hook, missed the fish and here comes a size 4 Salmon fly right at my face, while I was able to dodge the Salmon fly, I forgot about the dropper and took it right to the top of the lip. I had the dropper on for about 3 casts, and since there are no hook restrictions on the Madison, hadn't pinched the barb yet. As soon as I felt it, I knew what happened, snapped my tippet off, told my friend that was rowing to pull the hell over, pass me 3 beers and the Crown Royal About 20 minutes, 3 beers and a few shots later I let my other friend have a go at it with the leather man as I was feeling good Fly came out no problem, not too much blood, I got to fish the bow of the boat the rest of the float and caught some decent fish, missed quite a few because at that point I was pretty toasted! But hey, I got a decent story and even better picture out of it! |
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Well gents, I am headed off for the Colorado River today, between Vail and Aspen. Snow is in the forecast but that should keep all the weekend warriors away. I guess I picked a heck of a time to run out of Prairie Dogs to kill with my AR15 in the Texas panhandle. If I can find them (the ol' notebook went Tango Uniform on me) I will try to post some of my pics from the Upper North Platte River, Saratoga, Wyoming from last fall. |
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Western Montana, March 2008 Lunch time, Day One!  Bad weather moving in  Hee-haw, I cawt me a fish! This one actually struck so violently it made the guide flinch.  The boys getting ready for some bad weather at lunch time  My fishing buddy  My last fish of the trip  Trophy of the trip, right at 18"... the brown that got away was at least twice this one's size  
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There were a few on the water, but the weather was cold and miserable with water temps 1-2 degrees below optimal. We did catch everything on Skwala dries, save for a couple I caught on stonefly nymphs. No whitefish this trip *phew* We only saw 3 other fisherman the entire week, and none were floating. *well there was the family of poachers, but maybe they needed the food* Hey, I own page two! My Middy  Me catching some page 2 air at Dumont Dunes  My brother (foreground) and I fishing the Verde River at Deadhorse Ranch in AZ (shutout) 
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You must sample the many flavors Idaho has to offer, lots of diversity across the state, and i'm still exploring a lot of the stuff after being here for 6 years. I'm thinking about hitting Central WA for some fatty spring creek Rainbows Thurs. and Friday, but spawning Walleye and Smallies might trump that as I haven't taken my boat out yet this year |
Read a lot and find someone who does it. It's not that difficult. I think all the line/leader/tippet crap was the most confusing when I started. I dumbed it down a bit and went from there. Keep it simple and fun. |
Pictures from April Utah trip as promised. None too large, but quantity has a quality all it's own The caddis was out in force, pictured here doin da butt!  First worth taking a picture of:      Trophy of the trip: ~15   The last catch of another epic trip in southern Utah! 
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Ha! Just found out that ARFcom has a flyfishing section! Now I never need to leave... perfect.  So here's my photos of the last couple years in northern MN. One of my ties (it's an easy one, I know), killer on smallmouth bass:  One of the above mentioned smallies, which come out at dusk to eat poppers:  One of the locals at my favorite brook trout hole:  Albright bar-stock aluminum cork-drag reel, Orvis "Clearwater" (cheap cheap, but it's slow and wonderful) 5wt rod:  One of the brookies from my local secret creek:  Early season brookie fishing:  The beautiful Bois Brule river in Wisconsin:  Nice brown caught that same night on the Brule:  |
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We have a father/son fishing trip each year. White River, Arkansas:  20" 'bow on the Bighorn:  My son on the "B" section of the Green River, Utah, 2008:  "A" section of the Green, just below the dam. This is one of the prettiest places I've ever fished. Stay OFF the A section on Saturdays when all the idiot rafters are out.  Lunch on the Green, 2008. This is the kind of place you forget about everything.  |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod:
This is a 53 1/2 LB salmon I caught on a 10wt Winston BIIx using a tube fly. This was caught on the first riffle above tide water in So. Oregon. The big one got away!  Damn that is a nice fish. I went up to the little Salmon over in ID this past season all I ended up with was a broken 9WT. |
Here are a few pics from my last four summers guiding in Alaska, The largest rainbow I have seen caught was 34" and the largest I caught was a 28" trout (all released of course). thats a 60lbs halibut just for fun The fishing is pretty unbelievable.
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I wish I could fish a few rivers more often. I got a couple chances to fish the South Fork of the Boise River while I was working in Idaho a few years ago, but never hooked up with any fish. Was still an amazing time though. Beautiful out there. First picture is a trout out of a mountain pond.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v192/206/16/12812172/n12812172_33313285_1076.jpg Out of the Chattahooche. http://photos-c.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v71/206/16/12812172/n12812172_31983650_8820.jpg http://photos-d.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v71/206/16/12812172/n12812172_31983651_9086.jpg http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v73/206/16/12812172/n12812172_31857747_6424.jpg One of my favorite pictures from Idaho. South Fork Boise River. http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v75/206/16/12812172/n12812172_32164390_4903.jpg |
