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The ol' Snake!
I highly recommend it. I never started tying flies until 8 years ago, and I can't help but think how much I would have enjoyed it for decades more if I had started earlier. If you like fishing saltwater, there have been an unbelievable number of new patterns of saltwater flies and a lot of really cool materials to make them. Google videos for "Enrico Puglisi flies" and pick one that looks like something you would want to fish and watch it. I'll bet that it will take less than 2-3 videos, and you'll be wanting to get out your fly tying gear.
I'm guessing I've fly fished at least a hundred streams, creeks and rivers in the years I've been fly fishing and one fly has caught more trout, salmon, char and grayling, regardless of what part of the country, time of day, year, water conditions, temperature, etc. than any other. The gold ribbed hares ear. Started fishing it with a drop (either elk hair caddis or royal humpy depending on the hatch) and the catch rate went way up. The textbook days with perfect water and a hatch to match and cast dry flies is rarer than I'd ever thought. Sometimes it's blocking and tackling. Fullback up the gut. Gold ribbed hares ear.
I've become friends with several guys through a Facebook fly fishing group who are from North Carolina. My in-laws now live in Fredericksburg, VA, so I've fished a bunch of places there for smallmouth and trout, but I've yet to make it to NC. My wife's cousin is stationed in Hubert, and we're hoping/planning to visit them this summer. He wants to take me out in kayaks for redfish, and I want to take him to some of the NC trout streams.
I wanted to try Reds on the fly rod when I was working in Charleston a few years back but never got the chance. I tied a couple of shrimp patterns I thought might work, but never got to prove my theory. Now NC trout streams I've seen. French Broad, Davidson, Hazel Creek, Forney Creek, lots of options I never would have guessed before I lived here.
I have used my gear with a sand crab fly to catch Corbina's in the surf, very fun.
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I've fished there! It was so overpopulated with fisherman when I went. Didn't catch any browns but some little rainbows. Still fun as hell
I accidentally derailed this thread, so I started another one for fly fishing. Go here and drop a picture or a meme or something, and let's see if we can't keep it going.
Federation of Fellow Fly-Fishing Football Fanatics
It appears there are a number of Husker Max folks who share my passions for football and fly fishing. Since we were taking over another thread, it seems like a good idea to start another thread for all things related to fly fishing over here instead. I mostly agree with Fonzie that I haven't met...
The North Mills River was my go to when I was in school in Asheville. My worry is that part of Asheville is getting built up especially with Sierra Nevada building their monstrous brewery/restaurant, so I actually have no idea if my old fishing spots are even good anymore.
I hear ya.
Colorado has changed as well. My ‘go to’ on the Eagle River is now someone’s back yard.
I still have such great memories of that place though. Since they used to have designated trout seasons in NC, the official start of the season was March 1. My parents always wondered why my GPA plummeted in spring semester. I finally told them after I graduated that after March 1, if it was nice out, I wouldn't go to afternoon classes for a month.
