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Fly Fishing BS thread

Discussion in 'Boating & Fishing' started by TNDrew, Oct 28, 2012.

  1. Jun 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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    totmacher

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    Cut & broke off stuff. Prolific ziptie and tape usage.
    My fat belly gets in the way of my elbows when I kneel down. Easier to hold the fish out in front. Lol.
     
  2. Jun 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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    I'm typically adjusting lighting to show off the fish best but you know alot of people are doing this.
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    Didn’t look arm length to me. Great fish.
     
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    Personally, I don't take many fish pics unless they're good fish based on how much I've fished (I know, I know, terrible problem to have :D).

    When I am taking pics I want the focus to be on the fish and less me. Lots of ways to do this, 0.5 zoom, portrait mode, holding the fish out so it's framed better, etc.). If it's an absolute monster and I want better perspective on it's size I'll change the pose but you can usually tell from hand size.....
     
  5. Jun 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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    I got to do a little fishing last weekend. Was a nice retreat from the heat we’ve been having at home lately.
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  6. Jul 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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  7. Jul 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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    MTgirl too many frogs, not enough princes... Moderator

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    Got new waders and boots - Simms Tributary women’s waders bought direct from the Rivers Edge factory store here in MT and Orvis Clearwater boots. Then had to take them out for a trial run this past week. A few of the rivers and some my of my catch.
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  9. Jul 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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    Bulls and browns in the same water body I'm jealous of that
     
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    I fish that river a lot and normally I get 99% cutthroats- both Rocky Mountain and west slope - and maybe 1 Brookie every time I’m up there. Most of the Cuts are usually babies under 6” but this trip I was pulling bigger Cuts in the 12” range from the same spots. I’ve never caught a brown or a bull up there before. Allegedly there’s rainbows in there too but I have yet to get one.
    That big bull was the biggest fish I’ve ever caught. My poor little Tenkara rod was doubled over and I was just praying I could get him in the net before something snapped. And he was in a stretch of river that is only about 16-20 feet wide. Really surprised the hell out of me when I got my first look at him!
     
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  11. Jul 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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    If you want to find more bulls target white water with small streamers. That might be hard to do with a tenkara set up though. Everyone always says big pools for bulls but I catch most of mine tucked behind boulders in fast water.

    That sounds alot like our headwaters Freestone creeks lots of cuts/white/bulls if they aren't damed down low then the rainbows get up there aswell.

    But there is one creek that should have everything overlapping rainbows/browns/cuts/bulls/pike/whites/perch. No dams obstructing travel but there is a very defined line where the terrain and the species switch. The lower stretch has bows browns pike/perch it's far more muddy bottom with heavy grass banks in the low lying foothills but once it hits the rocky terrain it's all cuts/bows/bulls and whites. Over 9 years of fishing that area i have yet to catch a brown in the cooler waters higher up. I really thought the browns would of appreciated the cooler oxygen rich water but yet they seem to stick in the warmer slower waters.

    Speaking of browns...
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    Also shameless non fly sturgeon plug. Because they are awesome.
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    The misses is jealous of those brooks, our brookie fishery is pathetic and only getting worse from what I can see.

    As I continue to fish this one river i have decided it was actually irresponsible to continue to fish my 10' 2wt that's meant for the mountain cutty streams any longer. Added a 10'6 3wt to the roster and I can see the value in the shadow x over the shadow 2. The front locking reel seat combined with the lighter blank makes it muuuch more pleasant to hold for hours on end.

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  14. Jul 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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    la0d0g Its 4 o’clock somewhere

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