Fly Fishing BS thread

Been refinishing some silk and nylon oil finish lines. Made this line dryer this past week and assembled it yesterday. Just needs a coat of lacquer.


Midges coming off every eve on the pond. Had a nice time yesterday eve from the dock smoking a cigar and casting to rising bluegills. Managed about 15-20 before it got too dark to see. Caught one of the midges for a tying reference but got him a little wet and disheveled. A bigger variety this time of year.

 

Improvised drying rack. Takes a couple days between coats to fully dry, stringing between fence posts but it rained today.

 

Made a furled leader jig today.

 

God created the perfect trout habitat, he just forgot to put trout in it - Guide Huff talking about Patagonia......

Just got back from Patagonia, the land of the Hilux. Epic is an understatement. Vistas were unreal and the fishing was some of the best I've ever seen.

5 different rivers floated:
Rio Simpson
Rio Maniguales
Rio Aysen
Rio Picaflor
Rio la Paloma

2 spring creeks waded

2 lakes fished:
Lago Caro
Lago Azul

My brother and I took 6 clients down on our first international destination fishing trip. Our lodge, Vista Patagonia was top notch. The food was the best I have ever had at a lodge, the staff and guides became family within minutes of meeting them. I threw streamers for 75% of the 6 days we fished which is my happy place. Our group caught fish on streamers, dries and nymphs. We got extremely lucky with the weather and other than day 1 being very windy the rest of the trip was sunny. Temps ranged from high 30s in the morning to 67F as our high one day with most days in the high 50s to low 60s.

Volume of fish was high with 10-25 fish on the streamer being typical. Several days I completely lost count. I can't wait to go back in either December or March.

 

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Can't stop....

 

Looks like a blast!

 

Looks freaking amazing brother! Good on you! So jealous, maybe one day I can experience that!

 

come join us in Montana this summer!

https://flyingfishadventure.com/

 

Boxes are almost there for the PA trout opener. Couple more weeks.