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Omaha Omaha Omaha Omaha Omaha
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Omaha Omaha Omaha Omaha
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#47 |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Lee's Summit
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Apparently my husband is going to start taking on fishing as a new hobby....anyone have suggestions as to a cheap first rod to get?
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#48 |
Woman should only make babies
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Apartment "G UNIT!"
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there aren't any cheap broads
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#49 |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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#50 |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire
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Does anyone ever fly fish for bass? I've tried a couple of times with no luck, but I'm not an accurate enough caster to get up under tree limbs and in weed pockets, etc. I think the prospect of getting a 7 lb largemouth sounds fun in contrast to catching 1 to 2 lb rainbows.
Also, does anyone fly tie? I have tied about 10 times more flies than I can ever use. I live in Texas, so I get over to New Mexico to fly fish mabye 1 or 2 times a year. |
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#51 |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Lee's Summit
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Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
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I’ve had moderate luck fly fishing top water poppers for bass. I’ve tied flies, still have all the gear to do it but it’s been years since I’ve actually tied one. |
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#53 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Liberty, MO
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I'll fish for anything with anything. I like flyrodding for trout and smallies in the rivers of Mo and Ar. I walleye fish up in Mn and Wi every summer. Around here (KC) I fish alot for crappie and catfish at smithville and I have a few private ponds including mine that I frequent. I use spinning gear for thall the fishing that I dont do with a flyrod. I've fishied in salt water in California and Florida. I caught a 20 lb redfish last year in the Destin area from shore with a shrimp rig ( I was actually fishing for pompano). I am going ice fishing in Minnisota this thrusday trough saturday. I am literally dying of cabin fever right now.
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#54 |
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Overland Park
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#55 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Fayetteville, AR
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I fish for bass with a fly rod all the time. It is definitely not as productive as traditional gear, and you're probably not going to catch the 7+ lb. lunker. That being said, there are times of the year when it's absolutely deadly. Fishing with a large popper is also a hell of a lot of fun. I also fish for smallmouth on our Ozark streams: crayfish patterns and baitfish patterns are very effective with them, especially on a sink tip line. Our whole circle of fly fishermen down here are all about pursuing non-trout species. We fish for it all with fly rods: white bass, stripers, hybrids, gar, smallies, largemouth, etc... We love to trout fish as well, but there are just too many other great species around in a lot cooler places than the trout. I used to tie a lot. I mean pretty much for an hour every night. Since I have small children now, I don't have a good place to leave out all the sharp implements associated with tying. Getting the stuff out and putting it away is a serious pain, so I usually just tie if I have a big trip coming up or at the start of some fishing season (like I'm about to start tying for the white bass run soon). I love to fish New Mexico. We go to Santa Fe every couple of years. I'm heading out there this summer and will probably fish the Jemez. |
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#56 |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
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#57 |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
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Man that’s no shit. This winter is driving me crazy.
I haven’t been working on my fishing gear yet, been busy with the Corveep. But since that’s what gets my gear and I into places most have to hike into I’m sort of vicariously working on fishing gear. ![]() |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Liberty, MO
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#59 |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
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So of the guys that tie flies, do you also tie your own jigs?
I have but it’s been about as long as the last time I tied a fly. |
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Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire
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