I hated to come home today. Total Kick in the ass up on the Carson River at 7500 in the Sierras. Fished the ponds behind the beaver dams. Lots of small Brookies mixed in with some 12"+ Browns
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I was battling narrow creeks with all of the willows in the world overhanging them in the area I was exploring at 10k ft in the Lost Creek Wilderness over the weekend. Lots of beaver ponds, but with the willows, tough to find good fishing spots.
Nice brookie. I use a 7' 3wt on streams like what you fescribe
Oh, man... Lost Creek?
Taryall Creek is not too far and has a few decent access points and the willows aren't quite so bad.
You've tried up there then?Oh, man... Lost Creek?
Taryall Creek is not too far and has a few decent access points and the willows aren't quite so bad.
Objective for the weekend was to check off riding that section of the CT between North Fork and Long Gulch trailheads. With the bikes hanging off the back of the camper a quick fish in the nearby creeks was all that we had time for.
A long, long, LONG time ago. I could have warned you.
That section of the CT is pretty damned fun... although it has been a LONG time since I've ridden that as well. 1st time we did it as an out-n-back from Kenosha. That was a mistake.
Can't do an out and back now, maybe in your younger years
It's wilderness between Rock Creek TH and Long Gulch TH, so you can only ride on CT from Kenosha to Rock Creek and then no-go until Long Gulch to North Fork.
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I signed up for their emils and constantly score some good collections , I got 16 nymphs for $24 with a fly box. a set of 48 dry flies etc they ship next day via mail with free shipping.
Fly Fishing is like riding wheelies for me. It is a skill that eludes me.
Just a question for the other fly fishers here, over the shoulder sling pack or fishing vest for your gear?
I have been using vest but I am intrigued by this
www.orvis.com
I have been using vest but I am intrigued by this
Orvis Sling Pack
We made the customer-favorite Orvis fly-fishing Sling Pack even better in this updated version.
www.orvis.com
me too but as I fish more and more from my kayak or float tube the sling pack looks like it might work better with my inflatable PFD
I've always half thought a chest pack would be handy... but I've got a vest, so a vest it is!
I looked at slings when I was gearing up, but ended up with a lightweight Orvis vest.
www.orvis.com
Ultralight Vest
Keep everything you need close at hand in our well-appointed Ultralight Fishing Vest.
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Decided to go with the sling pack, I wanted a new toy anyways LOL
this is my current vest, it has many many years on it
this is my current vest, it has many many years on it
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Pretty sure that's the same vest my kid has.
label says master sportsman. It has to be at least 20 years old
Been meaning to post this for a while, keep forgetting. One of the places I go on holiday often (a friend’s bach) on Lake Taupō (say toe-paw) is owned by an old guy who is super into trout and fly fishing. Anyway this is one of the bookshelves in said bach – fishtastic.
I've got a couple sling packs, I hate wearing vests. The only down side for me is the difficulty in carrying a net. Hanging it off the back of a vest works better than trying to hang it off the sling, it will bounce off the ground every time you spin the sling around to access it in front.
Most of my fishing is bushwhacking small creeks for small trout, so I don't generally carry a net anyway.
This sling has a net loop at the top or the pack and I have a short handle net
I just watch’ed a You Tube video of a older Gent and he had the Sickest Net. As I was watching him,I could not see a Net. My eye catches a Square, I think it was Leather,on his belt. It was about the size of these Huge Cell phones you see. He was Rockin a Proper Vest with a Round Hat. Boo Ya,he hook’s a fish pulls out the collapsable Net from his Case. Proper Size Net it was. If memory serves me(old school Iron Chef comment)he only folded it 3 times. He the made a few moments on he he loved it. I can find it if you want?
Avy
decisions decisions. Steam fish in the Sierrras and probably get smothered in smoke for the yosemite fire or stay lower and lake fish from my Kayak at Lake Amador down near Jackson
Stream. Roll the dice.
just checked IQ air and it shows good air quality through the weekend for where I want to go. Stream fishing it is.
The catcher in the rye!this is my current net. it attaches to the carbiner via a strong magnet. I just grab and pull and it pops loose. It pretty much stays out of my way otherwise
I got my Orvis sling pack. I like it. Too bad I have to wait until Aug 20th to use it. Efiing work
To hell with those skinny fish...I'm all about pounding that fat bass
My new old blind guy polarized Fly Fishing Bifocals arrived. 3x readers let me actually see the eye of a number 20 fly
dayum this is right by where I was camped and Fly Fishing last weekend
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Calif. county south of Tahoe gets 2.2 inches of rain in an hour
Thunderstorms pounded a section of the Sierra Nevada, delivering rain, flooding roadways...
shirt arrived
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