Federation of Fellow Fly-Fishing Football Fanatics

[HuskerFaith]

Thanks! Probably shouldn't start fly fishing unless you want to become hopelessly addicted.

Of course then I would have to move to montana or somewhere beautiful like that

 

[Middle-aged_Ball_Coach]

Been hitting the vice tying up some skwala stoneflys. Hopefully the river doesn't blow out before I get a couple more days.View attachment 41857

Those would pass for hoppers, too.

 

[Middle-aged_Ball_Coach]

Of course then I would have to move to montana or somewhere beautiful like that

There's a hierarchy in where fly fishermen dream of fishing regularly. Montana is at the top of the list for trout fishing in the lower 48, but there are plenty of other phenomenal places to fish for trout in the lower 48. Alaska is at the top of the list for ANYWHERE in the U.S., but several places in Canada could/would challenge for best places to fish for trout in North America. Add in New Zealand, Chile, and Argentina for world-class fly fishing for trout, but I suspect that there are still more trophy world-class trout in Russia than anywhere else in the world that have yet to see a fly. The Kamchatka Peninsula is world-renown on the Pacific Coast. After all of that, there's still Mongolia and all parts of Russia that border it, which is home to the world's largest trout, the taimen.

Where do you live, @HuskerFaith? There isn't a state in the U.S. that doesn't offer good fly fishing of some sort or the other when you add in largemouth, smallmouth, and saltwater species.

 

[MontanaHusker]

Those would pass for hoppers, too.

Agreed. I know a guy that throws a skwala pretty much all summer long and does fine. I suppose that now they look like skwalas, next they look like golden stones and finally like hoppers.

 

[MontanaHusker]

There's a hierarchy in where fly fishermen dream of fishing regularly. Montana is at the top of the list for trout fishing in the lower 48, but there are plenty of other phenomenal places to fish for trout in the lower 48. Alaska is at the top of the list for ANYWHERE in the U.S., but several places in Canada could/would challenge for best places to fish for trout in North America. Add in New Zealand, Chile, and Argentina for world-class fly fishing for trout, but I suspect that there are still more trophy world-class trout in Russia than anywhere else in the world that have yet to see a fly. The Kamchatka Peninsula is world-renown on the Pacific Coast. After all of that, there's still Mongolia and all parts of Russia that border it, which is home to the world's largest trout, the taimen.

Where do you live, @HuskerFaith? There isn't a state in the U.S. that doesn't offer good fly fishing of some sort or the other when you add in largemouth, smallmouth, and saltwater species.

Ahhhhh....so many places that I want to fish and not enough time or money. My dream is the seychelles.

 

[HuskerFaith]

There's a hierarchy in where fly fishermen dream of fishing regularly. Montana is at the top of the list for trout fishing in the lower 48, but there are plenty of other phenomenal places to fish for trout in the lower 48. Alaska is at the top of the list for ANYWHERE in the U.S., but several places in Canada could/would challenge for best places to fish for trout in North America. Add in New Zealand, Chile, and Argentina for world-class fly fishing for trout, but I suspect that there are still more trophy world-class trout in Russia than anywhere else in the world that have yet to see a fly. The Kamchatka Peninsula is world-renown on the Pacific Coast. After all of that, there's still Mongolia and all parts of Russia that border it, which is home to the world's largest trout, the taimen.

Where do you live, @HuskerFaith? There isn't a state in the U.S. that doesn't offer good fly fishing of some sort or the other when you add in largemouth, smallmouth, and saltwater species.

Omaha Nebraska

 

[Middle-aged_Ball_Coach]

Omaha Nebraska

You can start with panfish, move up to bass, and I'll meet you at East Verdigre Creek to catch some trout. If you sincerely want to start fly fishing, let me know, and I can set you up.

 

[MontanaHusker]

Callie the cutthroat slayer. Another great day on the water!

 

[Middle-aged_Ball_Coach]

Callie the cutthroat slayer. Another great day on the water!View attachment 41991

That's awesome.

 

[MontanaHusker]

That's awesome.

This is here 3rd year fly fishing and is finally getting the hang of it. Last year she would bumble into a few fish but this year she is fishing with purpose. She caught 6 fish today, 3 additional long line releases and probably missed 15. If I have to do social distancing, I cannot think of a better way!

 

[CrabHusker]

This is here 3rd year fly fishing and is finally getting the hang of it. Last year she would bumble into a few fish but this year she is fishing with purpose. She caught 6 fish today, 3 additional long line releases and probably missed 15. If I have to do social distancing, I cannot think of a better way!

What river are you fishing?

 

[HuskerFaith]

You can start with panfish, move up to bass, and I'll meet you at East Verdigre Creek to catch some trout. If you sincerely want to start fly fishing, let me know, and I can set you up.

I’m doing tons of research already. (Just to know what the pertinent questions would be)

 

[MontanaHusker]

What river are you fishing?

Bitterroot River by Corvallis Montana. I know that I said it earlier in the the thread but this skwala hatch has been one for the ages!

 

[MontanaHusker]

I’m doing tons of research already. (Just to know what the pertinent questions would be)

Not to mention carp! They are an amazing fish to catch of the fly. They are every bit as hard as a bonefish and they get huge.

 

[CrabHusker]

Bitterroot River by Corvallis Montana. I know that I said it earlier in the the thread but this skwala hatch has been one for the ages!

Haven't fished the Bitterroot. Flathead, Gallatin, Madison, Missouri and Big Hole and loved them all for one reason or another.

I've only hit maybe three or four stonefly hatches right in the forty plus years I've been fly fishing, but they are awesome.

Closest thing I can compare it to is a Green Drake hatch I hit on the Roaring Fork in Colorado in the mid '80's. It was unreal.