Fly Tying/Fishing Thread

[Hem]

Well, I was beat again by Mucking Fusky.
Hit a trout lake on the way home and caught 10 of this size with the two hand rod.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Not often we get big bugs and big fish in the Driftless. We get a lot of nice fish but not a ton of real big ones.

 

[Ought Six]

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Great scenery and great fish, thanks for the share!

 

[westbranch]

Hit a hot bite in the mid afternoon and landed around 10. Wife broke off a big one, I think it might make her obsessed.

 

[Hem]

Took the boat out yesterday to start the break-in process with my new outboard.
Fishing wasn't lights out on the lake but needed to run the boat and get a little color on the legs other than pale white.
Should have taken a picture of the bigger more attractive rainbow.....I thought I was on to something.

 

[devon deer]

First Sea Trout for me in 2024, they are late arriving this year
1'' copper dart tube fly taken at 23.00 hours on the river Teign SW England

 

[Hem]

" Jeez, I jumped 5 times and the bastard still got me in the net"

 

[MTLabrador]

Trying out some new streamers. Galloup’s woolly sculpin and a single-hook version of an olive rusty trombone.

 

[Ought Six]

Trying out some new streamers. Galloup’s woolly sculpin and a single-hook version of an olive rusty trombone.

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I’ve been tying that single hook trombone lately as well, super fishy fly

 

[WC53]

 

[devon deer]

2nd seatrout of the 2024 season
3lb 12oz, I'll start returning them soon but at this time of year they are so fresh and I save them up for cold smoking in the winter

 

[MTLabrador]

I’ve always struggled with deer hair flies, which is something I’ve been really trying to work on. I’m getting pretty happy with the results.

 

[Sheltowee]

Does anyone tie with pronghorn fur? Just handling it, it seems like the stiff hairs would work well for dries or even mimicking insect legs but I haven't seen it in use.

 

[jt13]

A buddy of mine insisted that he teach me how to fly fish. As someone who's always found the trout-bro culture unattractive I was reluctant to go along with it. It took about 6-8 sporadic days of fishing across the last couple years but I finally started to get the hang of it this weekend.

 

[MTLabrador]

Does anyone tie with pronghorn fur? Just handling it, it seems like the stiff hairs would work well for dries or even mimicking insect legs but I haven't seen it in use.

The color would be really cool, but it might be too brittle. It would be fun to try.

 

[Ought Six]

Does anyone tie with pronghorn fur? Just handling it, it seems like the stiff hairs would work well for dries or even mimicking insect legs but I haven't seen it in use.

I’ve considered it for dry flies but never tried it. I believe their hair is hollow and so I assume it would float really well. Plus the stink would be a good attractor

 

[Ought Six]

A buddy of mine insisted that he teach me how to fly fish. As someone who's always found the trout-bro culture unattractive I was reluctant to go along with it. It took about 6-8 sporadic days of fishing across the last couple years but I finally started to get the hang of it this weekend.

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Glad to see the success! Euro nymphing is a great tactic and a lot of fun to fish. Managing fly lines and understanding a dead drift presentation can make things a little more difficult for beginners to catch fish, and catching fish gets people hooked on being out there

 

[popeyoung12]

My son today on the sac. River, shad up to 10lbs. Spawning 80 miles from the ocean. 6 wt. #5 clauser...fish are not edible but fun too catch. If you ate a Greasy shad you would Biden your chorts.

 

[Hem]

A buddy of mine insisted that he teach me how to fly fish. As someone who's always found the trout-bro culture unattractive I was reluctant to go along with it. It took about 6-8 sporadic days of fishing across the last couple years but I finally started to get the hang of it this weekend.

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There are more non-fly fishing bros than you think. Pretty fish, good work.

 

[jt13]

Glad to see the success! Euro nymphing is a great tactic and a lot of fun to fish. Managing fly lines and understanding a dead drift presentation can make things a little more difficult for beginners to catch fish, and catching fish gets people hooked on being out there

It felt like cheating, but I loved it. When learning dry flies and "regular" nymphing my best day was 6 fish. On my first day of trying out euro nymphing I caught 27.