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 Post subject: Crappie!
PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:32 am • # 1 
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Okay, since we've had so few posts on this site lately here's something to get you excited. Yes, I did use my 3-wt fly rod but I had an ultralight spinning reel and a crappie rig with two minnows on it. Is that "half-fly fishing"?

I went to Lake Ray Hubbard near Plano and fished the bridge pilings close to the bottom on Wednesday and brought home 20 really nice crappie with one 15", 3 - 14", and several between 12" - 13". These had really big shoulders and were real fatties. Fish fry coming up!

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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:10 am • # 2 
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Time for some hush puppies, onion, & cole slaw to go with'm!


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 5:56 pm • # 3 
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Two fillets, please.

And a bottle of Red Stripe.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 9:13 pm • # 4 
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What time? I'll need to leave about five hours early :-).


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:20 pm • # 5 
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Spin on a light fly rod is great fun for crappies. Good eats too.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:08 am • # 6 
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Cliff: I'm appalled that you used a spinning reel on your fly rod. We need to talk about this over a fish fry. Can you pick me up at the airport? I'll need to see exactly where this all took place.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:12 am • # 7 
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Come on up JIm and come on down Brent and we'll invite the UFF people to a huge fish fry and we'll all go catch some crappie, or maybe we'd better all go catch some crappie first and THEN have a fish fry. I caught 13 more on Friday. Then Saturday I went to Denison Dam below Lake Texoma and caught 18 catfish and a 8.3# carp on a clouser on my 7-wt.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:15 pm • # 8 
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I'm with Wheezeburnt.... I aint gonna believe you to you show me the spot where you caught em. Nice mess of fish right there :applause :applause


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:35 pm • # 9 
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joe the plumber wrote:
I'm with Wheezeburnt.... I aint gonna believe you to you show me the spot where you caught em. Nice mess of fish right there :applause :applause


I'll do better than that, I'll take you there and show you how to fish for them. :) Now whether you catch them or not is up to you :lol


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:54 pm • # 10 
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Cliff, sounds like we need a group trip to Lower mountain fork in Oklahoma... a few of us are within driving distance :applause :applause :applause :applause :applause :applause :applause :applause :applause


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:31 am • # 11 
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Unfortunately I can't fish the LMF because my knees are too bad to go wading. I miss that place. Getting old sucks! Maybe Les can set up something there for the rest of you guys.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:45 pm • # 12 
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Is this for catching trout with a Three weight and minnows crickets or worms or some such abomination Cliff, you are causing havoc amongst the flock I percieve.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 5:28 pm • # 13 
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linecaster wrote:
Is this for catching trout with a Three weight and minnows crickets or worms or some such abomination Cliff, you are causing havoc amongst the flock I percieve.


Minnows,crickets or worms!!! Eric, I would never use those!!! (Except when I can catch more fish with them :lol )


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:04 am • # 14 
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'Yes, I did use my 3-wt fly rod but I had an ultralight spinning reel and a crappie rig with two minnows on it. Is that "half-fly fishing"?'

The problem seems to be more one of mathematics (which I detest) than technique. The way you describe it, that comes up to "1/3 fly-fishing", unless of course we consider the two minnows to be a natural streamer dropper rig. Now this is getting too difficult for me to calculate.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:52 am • # 15 
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Its a slippery slope you're describing. Next thing you know, people will be putting pieces of chicken feather and fur from rabbits on their hooks. Maybe even pieces of deer carcass! Where will it end?????
brent


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:03 pm • # 16 
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Its a slippery slope you're describing. Next thing you know, people will be putting pieces of chicken feather and fur from rabbits on their hooks. Maybe even pieces of deer carcass! Where will it end?????
brent


Brent, you're right. If we're not really careful, fly fishers could even be found again scavenging along the roadsides for material that comes from road-kill.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:16 pm • # 17 
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PampasPete wrote:
wheezeburnt wrote:
Its a slippery slope you're describing. Next thing you know, people will be putting pieces of chicken feather and fur from rabbits on their hooks. Maybe even pieces of deer carcass! Where will it end?????
brent


Brent, you're right. If we're not really careful, fly fishers could even be found again scavenging along the roadsides for material that comes from road-kill.


Now you know fly tiers are honorable people and would never do anything like that! And Hillary would never lie, either.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:49 pm • # 18 
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I thought I was the only weirdo picking up roadkill to tie flies


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:31 am • # 19 
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joe the plumber wrote:
I thought I was the only weirdo picking up roadkill to tie flies


Utilizing roadkill as a source of material is a time-honored tradition among fly-tiers. But now, with so many others taking up the sport, there may be stiff competition along prime roadsides.


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 Post subject: Re: Crappie!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:39 am • # 20 
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Les, I'm sure that you remember my famous thread on TFR about roadkill. It went for almost 30 pages and we had a lot of fun on it. It was Pearow's favorite thread, right Gene! :lol I think I'll start another one on this forum.


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