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posted by admin on Sep 10

My father and I are going fishing at the Salt River here in Arizona. We don’t fly fish, and would like to know how, and where to go to catch some trout? Also, will the water be moving to fast for a bobber? Or even fishing off the bottom? Thanks so much, any info will really help!

I had my best luck floating crickets and crawlers with size twelve hooks under a clear float and 2lb test leader. lures catch up on rocks all the time, I don’t like to eat rocks. an lures are to dang expensive to be using to catch rocks. I have snagged many a radio from the summer tube floaters that lose em. good luck to you

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posted by admin on Aug 10

Fly Fishing, Bait Fishing, Sturgeon, Trout, Salmon, 14.5lb Rainbow Trout, Creg “Sticks” Calderwood, John Calderwood, Patti “The Predator” Hall, Rene, huge sturgeon

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posted by admin on Aug 10

Using fly fishing line to tie surgeon’s knots. Learn about fly fishing knots, equipment, and techniques in this free video. Expert: Alvin Dedeaux Contact: www.alvindedeaux.com Bio: Alvin Dedeaux has been a fly fishing guide and casting instructor for 12 years, and has been fly fishing for 32 years. Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA

Duration : 0:1:30

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posted by admin on Jul 22

Fly fishing the flats around Beaver Island in upper Lake Michigan with Indigo Guide Service.

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posted by admin on Jul 22

I recently started fly fishing and I am heading out with a couple friends to a river. I don’t know what type of fly I should use because alone I have had no luck. My father fishing with a spincaster and is catching browns, walleye, a northern, and weve seen trout. I don’t care which Icatch I just want to know what flys I should use/ what line!

You might be getting a little ahead of yourself. There is no one fly to use when fly fishing, and it will be difficult for someone who is not familiar with the water you’re fishing to tell you what fly to use. In fly fishing, you have to read the situation and then decide what to use “on the fly” so to speak.

You base your approach on the conditions, and the conditions may change within the course of a single day. The trick is to know and constantly observe the water, fish, weather, etc. The best thing you can do is to observe feeding fish and either see what they are eating or try to figure it out. There are lots of ways to do this — look at the surface of the water for one thing. If you see lots of the same kind of insect floating or moving on the water’s surface, and you see fish rising to them, find a fly that looks like that insect and cast it to rising fish. You can also get down in the water, kick over some rocks, and see what kinds of critters scatter — might be little shrimp/scuds, caddis larvae, or pollywogs. You might observe minnows or other small fish in the water — if there are little shoals of minnows skittering around near the banks, you can bet that the fish are picking some of them off, so imitate them.

A big part of fishing is knowing your gear, your lures, your tackle, but another part of fishing is knowing the fish and the water. What do they eat? When do they eat? What kinds of food are in the river? Where is food available? How do conditions change throughout the year? To be good at fly fishing you have to figure all that stuff out. The bad news is… it might take the rest of your life to figure it out. The good news is… it might take the rest of your life to figure it out. Heh heh. A little fishing humor there. Oh, and I almost forgot — ask the locals. If you see fly anglers fishing, politely approach them and ask for advice. They might not tell you everything they know, but any decent angler will help you out. Fly shops and sporting good stores can also be good sources of information — fly shop clerks are usually pretty good anglers who don’t get to fish as much as they’d like, so they’ll at least talk to you about fishing… In this situation, because I don’t know what what you’re fishing (and I’ve never fly fished in New York State, anyway) the best I can do is give you very general advice on what to fish.

I know that mayflies are still hatching in the east, so you can try those. Baetis and quill patterns will work almost anywhere east of the Mississippi. However, if you don’t see fish feeding from the surface, dry mayflies might not do you any good. You could also try mayfly nymphs and emergers — these patterns often work better than dry patterns. Aside from those, you might try the usual arsenal of attractors and all-purpose patterns, such as minnows, Woolly Buggers, leaches, scuds, Hare’s Ear, Pheasant Tail, Wullf’s, Adams, and Humpy’s. In general, the smaller, dead-drift type flies (like mayflies or small nymphs) are more likely to attract the the trouts, while bigger, more actively fished flies will get the attention of the walleye and pike. However, your mileage may vary. Good luck to you. Catch a few for Y!A.

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posted by admin on Jun 22

This is part 6 of the demonstration given by Andrew Moy at Spey Nation 2010. Andrew is the owner and opesrator of Tsight Lines Fly Fishing in Pinebrook, NJ. www.speynation.com www.tightlinesflyfishing.com

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posted by admin on May 14

does any one know any good fly fishing tips thanks
this is a pretty general question- I’ll try to give you a few helpful hints, though. 1. Oftentimes to be effective, you need to sneak up on the water and cast from your knees- this can be tough on your knees and your waders. Beat this by purchasing some carpenters knee pads at the hardware store. Mine have thick padding and hardshell caps on the knees- protects me and my waders from damage. 2. When tying flies, sometimes you wnt a weighted fly, and sometimes an unweighted fly. I tie my weighted flies with a different color of thread, so the “Head” is a different color on my weighted flies than my unweighted flies, and I can tell the difference just by looking at them. 3. tapered leaders and tippet come off the spools in curls- to straighten them, you need a leader straightener. You can make one by cutting out a patch of bicycle inner tube, punching a hole and tying it to your vest. Pinch the leader in the piece of tube and pull, and it will straighten out the leader. 4. tying small flies to your leader can be difficult when you have larger fingers. to beat this, i carry a small pair of hackle pliers. Grab the fly in the jaws of the hackle pliers and its much easier to turn the fly to tie the knot. Mine are fastened to my tool set with a swivel, so as I turn the pliers, it doesn’t get all twisted up. 5. You can get away with one stye of fly to cover multiple stages of a caddis hatch by tying flies in a certain way, then trimming them to match either the adult, the emerger, or the pupae. tie them with a full wing, and a trailing tail of antron yarn. for the adult, cut off the anton tail. for an emerger, leave the tail, and trim off about half the wing. For a pupae, leave the tail, trim the wing to a stub. For the larvae, trim off the tail and all of the wing. Saves having to carry multiple styles of flies. And saves money, too. If it is legal where you are, try using a larger dry fly and a small nymph trailing from it. The dry fly may take fish, and also serves as a strike indicator for the small nymph. Tie the dry fly to your tippet, then tie a 12-18 inch piece of tippet to the bend of the dry fly and then tie the nymph onto that. Again, this is not legal everywhere- some spots are single fly only, so make sure its okay before you do it. I could go on, but thats all the time I have. Good luck

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posted by admin on May 14

This is a look at a basic nymph and strike indicator setup that we often fish with. It involves 2 nymphs, a strike indicator, split shot, and flourocarbon tippet. It will work on any larger stream throughout the west, and we use this basic approach guiding most everyday. If you have any questions, please just give us an email at info@redsflyshop.com Also, we offer many basic courses on fly fishing at our lodge and fly shop throughout the year. See our website at www.redsflyshop.com Thanks and Fish On!

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posted by admin on Mar 19

There are several ways to tie fly fishing line to the leader, including the use of a nail knot while attaching the leader directly to the fly line. Discover how to make things easy with a loop at the end of the fly line with help from an experienced fly fisherman in this free video on fly fishing equipment. Expert: Steve Oxley Contact: www.DenverAngler.com Bio: Steve Oxley has been fly fishing for 50 years. He works at a fly fishing shop owned by Rick Typher called the Denver Angler. Filmmaker: Clay Roberts

Duration : 0:1:40

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