Anyone Fly fishing?

[houstonscott]

I own three of those, one green just like that, one red, one black.

 

[MossRoad]

And here's an honest to goodness fishing story....

The first time I was fly fishing in our local river, this was the early 70's, it was a filthy cesspool. After large rains, you'd see human poop, toilet paper, condoms, feminine products, etc... floating down the river. Quite nasty, but when you're a kid, unsupervised, and your parents don't have a clue where you are, you do stuff that you don't yet know better than to do, eh? So I'm fly fishing, and this pink and orange thing comes floating down the river. I can't believe my luck(and the irony) because, you know.... I'm fly fishing.
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Swear on my mother that thing came floating right by me. I used the rod tip to pull it in and I've kept if ever since. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

While going through the many boxes of fishing gear, I also came across another excellent find I got at a neighbor's house when they had a moving auction. I think I was 14 or 15. It also cost me a buck...

 

[bigtiller]

While going through the many boxes of fishing gear, I also came across another excellent find I got at a neighbor's house when they had a moving auction. I think I was 14 or 15. It also cost me a buck...

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Pocket fisherman, slightly better than a..........Nope, it's the worst fishing pole ever. :thumbsup:

 

[dmccarty]

Yes to fly fish as a kid but never on a river. Lake fishing in FLA and LA. We would go out in the canoe in the late afternoon, fish for a few hours, and bring home a bass or two and at least 10 blue gills without much effort.

Mostly with store bought flies. Still have the heavy fiberglass rod too, not a fancy, dancy, ultralight rod.

Later,
Dan

 

[MossRoad]

Pocket fisherman, slightly better than a..........Nope, it's the worst fishing pole ever. :thumbsup:

Nope..... Surprisingly, I've found something worse. Much worse. :laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

I don't fish for 'em. I just swat 'em when they land on me. Not pink and orange though.

 

[bunyip]

Another fly fishing story:
Was fishing in New Zealand many years ago and had been casting nymphs as there was no surface movement, suddenly it happened, a long continuous pull with a few bumps, never felt a fish like this but it was a big one and nothing I did could turn it, it just kept pulling and bumping the line and I was not able to slow it down.
I followed the river for about a mile and a friend I was with packed up his gear and followed as he saw the bend in my rod, this took about an hour and this thing was not tiring, we finally got to some shallow rapids and I spotted my opponent, was a dead sheep I had picked up on the bottom and I had felt every rock it went over.
Truly a trophy but not one to boast about.

 

[MossRoad]

Hahahaha! Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[cqaigy2]

Man, a water logged sheep, yuck!