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Dominikk85
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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:47 pm • # 1 |
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Thought this would be a fun thread, maybe you can add photos too if you want. I was out today at a small clear stream. Temperature was like 40 degrees but it was sunny. I was fishing with my 3 wt maxcatch rod and used a squirmy worm first and later even a dry fly and caught some smaller fish up until 8 inch or so but most smaller. You are probably not familiar with the fish as they are from Europe, those were mostly chub and a rudd. Saw some big ones up to 20 inches but they are really smart so I could only catch the small ones. Here is a chub (or a dace, they are hard to keep apart) https://i.imgur.com/o3a4D7d.jpgAnd a rudd https://i.imgur.com/bbflyvx.jpg
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Canoeman1947
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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:51 pm • # 2 |
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The weather has been too cold for me and the river too high, so I haven't been fishing recently. Supposed to be warmer next week, so I might be able to get out to chase some fish. I'm glad to hear someone has been able to fish and catch something, no matter how small.
Larry
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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:52 pm • # 3 |
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Do the fish in my wifes aquarium count ? lol
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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:00 am • # 4 |
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jangles wrote: Do the fish in my wifes aquarium count ? lol Not without pics...
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strummer
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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:10 am • # 5 |
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I do know those fish, as they were common in the local stream I fished "up north". Unfortunately, they never grew as large as the fish you guys have over there. I got out the other day, but...cold front. Somehow got one fish...
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Dominikk85
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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:20 am • # 6 |
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At this weather I'm glad if I catch anything even if it is small. That is the good thing about UL fishing as with a 2 wt and a super thin tippet even smaller fish are some fun.
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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:46 pm • # 7 |
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Dominikk85
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:05 pm • # 8 |
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Was fishing with my 3 wt again today and caught a small chub and this nice brown trout which was about 15-16 inch and fought really hard https://ibb.co/vZMvcsx
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Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:24 pm • # 9 |
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Dominikk85 wrote: Was fishing with my 3 wt again today and caught a small chub and this nice brown trout which was about 15-16 inch and fought really hard https://ibb.co/vZMvcsxNice fish!
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Dominikk85
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:06 am • # 10 |
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Thanks. Not catching a fish like that every day here.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:31 pm • # 11 |
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Too **** blown out to fish right now. Haven’t fished since Nov last year and my son and I were killing the crappie out here.
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Dominikk85
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:13 pm • # 12 |
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After weeks of high water and tons of rain in February and early march water levels start to normalize and i caught this chub of about 13 inches. Also caught 6 ir 7 more small ones.
Last edited by Dominikk85 on Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:17 pm • # 13 |
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:17 am • # 14 |
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Beautiful fish!
Lost 4 bass in a row the other day! Haven't landed one this year!
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Canoeman1947
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:49 am • # 15 |
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Went out with my grandsons about a week and a half ago, managed to catch 4 bluegills from a family pond. Went to another pond on Saturday and caught a nice bluegill and a bass about 12" long. Went with a couple of other guys to a small creek. Caught some very small bluegills and a 6" smallmouth. Only one fish of any size so far, but still felt good to feel the tug.
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SharkBait
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:29 pm • # 16 |
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Sadly its not ul season here yet. It would be a shame too hook up a steelhead and break my 2wt. I'll be using my centre pin for a while before its safe to bring my ul fly rod out. Looking forward to chasing cutthroat this july-aug before its dangerous to take the ul out again.
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:34 pm • # 17 |
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Wouldn't be the best choice of tackle but I doubt you'd have much risk of breaking your rod if you got into a steelhead. Stay at 10# tippet, keep a low rod angle and offload some work to the drag. Might not land it but sometimes they win no matter what you do Around here steelhead is a spey game, not so much it's technically better but because doing anything else screws up the flow of other anglers sharing the water -- effectively a breach of etiquette.
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:10 pm • # 18 |
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A friend and I (both of us from Colorado) drove over and did the Wyoming Cutthroat Slam last week. He managed it in three days, I took a day or two longer. While the fish may be the goal, the scenery may be the real reward. Some of it was in reasonably water, some was in tiny water.
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Canoeman1947
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:58 pm • # 19 |
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Went to visit an old friend in Montana last week. Neither of us was in good shape for fishing as I had a really bad infection in my left leg about 3 months ago and still have not regained my strength, and my buddy had his left kidney removed just over 4 weeks ago. Most of the rivers and creeks we checked out were running fast and due to our physical problems we couldn't really fish them effectively. He finally remembered a small stream that feeds into the Big Hole River, so we went there. I had just taught him how to cast a fly rod a few days earlier. He caught the first brookie, and then I hooked one just a few seconds later. I managed to catch two more, though very small ones. I wish I could have gone tp Montana 20 years ago when I was only in my 50's and still in reasonably good condition, but at least I finally got to go.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:40 am • # 20 |
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Enjoyed reading the post; alot to reflect on.
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