Fly Fishing BS thread

I dunno. I'm listening to wrap suggestions, though.

 

You think a wrap will hold up?

 

Polish it!

 

I would paint it, make it more sthealhy, easier to touch up. Just my two cents.

 

I'd spray bedliner on the sides and
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on the bottom. Looks like you'd have to weld som pins to the hull to attach it to but it would slide over rocks way easier which is huge

 

All great suggestions.

One part of me wants something wild on the sides, another part wants to just epoxy paint it s sides and be done with it.

I'm sure I'll be selling it, so maybe wasting time and money for a crazy paint scheme isn't worth it...let the new owners paint what they want on the sides.

The bottom is most definitely getting a slick coat. There are many choices.

The build has been great and I really want to build another.

One of the negatives of the build. You always find some feature you wished you would have incorporated in the boat, but it's too late to add it in. Easier to just build another boat.

 

I would not polish the outside - it will reflect sunlight and possibly scare fish away. I'd put some sound deadening coating in the inside - like a spray on rubber coating that can be put in the bed of a truck. Dropping tackle on the bare shell will make big noise ans scare fish.

 

This is the way I'm going for the insides. I didn't really want to polish the boat outsides either.

 

Twas but a joke. I wouldn't wanna float around on a mirror either.

Olive drab or tan or green or blue would be best. Something matte so it wasn't reflective. Figure the same colors you wear when fishing.

Greens and greys seem to be the most popular colors

 

Those colors I like.

 

Caught a couple really nice 'bows today. Only one was on the fly rod though. Is the other one still allowed to be posted?

21" on the fly rod.


23" male on the spinning rod.

 

You son of a gun.
That first one looks like a nice little fatty.

 

Great fish

 

Went back yesterday evening and this little guy kept me from getting skunked

 

fun weekend fishing in the Smokey Mountains. cold as hell and even some snow. only a few fish in 2 days, but they were healthy!

 

Went into Cabelas the other day to buy some tying supplies since I was in the area. they were having a sale on flies, 1/2 off a dozen, ~$0.50 a piece. I may have bought a bunch.

 

Fishing was slow this past weekend. This winter shit needs to end. The air temps hit mid 20s and the water temp was 34* on Sunday. It was 14* when we finished our tailgate beers at the truck Sunday night.

 

That top pic should be on the cover of a fly fishing magazine.

 

Also, suggestion on wooly bugger colors? I wanna add some more to my boxes. I tie em in black, rusty brown, white, and olive. I fish the rusty brown the most.

 

Try some odd & bright colors. For those times when nothing seems to work - I throw out weird stuff like that that the fish rarely see and it generally works well.