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Opinions On Fly Fishing

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Da_LeG
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Personally I am big into fly fishing just wondering how my new schoolers bretheren feel about the sport. let me know how you feel.

Mar 25 2011 2:23PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 9,447
its kind of like the tele mark of fishing. that said.. i love fly fishing. no barb on my hook. keep it fucking real.!
Mar 25 2011 2:26PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 9,447
its kind of like the tele mark of fishing. that said.. i love fly fishing. no barb on my hook. keep it fucking real.!
Mar 25 2011 2:26PM
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Heinzler
Posts: 1931 - Karma: 125
it seems pretty fun, my uncle is hopefully teaching me how to fly fish this summer
Mar 25 2011 2:43PM
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Cheezcake.
Posts: 721 - Karma: 22
yep. anyways regular fishing i find boring. put the lure in the water and wait for a bite, woooooo. to flyfish, you have to think like a fish and be super sneaky. way more interesting and fun to me.
Mar 25 2011 2:44PM
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Cheezcake.
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yep. anyways regular fishing i find boring. put the lure in the water and wait for a bite, woooooo. to flyfish, you have to think like a fish and be super sneaky. way more interesting and fun to me.
Mar 25 2011 2:44PM
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Cheezcake.
Posts: 721 - Karma: 22
this thread is double posting by itself...
Mar 25 2011 2:45PM
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Heinzler
Posts: 1931 - Karma: 125
triple posting, technically.
Mar 25 2011 2:48PM
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EastCoastPowBird
Posts: 100 - Karma: 20
Fly fishing is so much fun, i fly fish here in ontario and its great. I like it better than casting out with my baitcaster
Mar 25 2011 2:56PM
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Trojan~Man
Posts: 1996 - Karma: 1,357
its dope. im more of a open ocean salmon fishing kinda guy but fly fishin is deff entertaining!
Mar 25 2011 2:56PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 9,447
oh fuck yeah
i do this every once and a while... and tuna fishing.. epic!
Mar 25 2011 3:18PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
fly fishing is so much fun, luckily i have a friend who is way too into fly tying and will spot me flies for free.
Mar 25 2011 3:21PM
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Toasty.
Posts: 6195 - Karma: 2,281

the gallitain (sp) in between bozeman and big sky has the the best fly fishing. theres so man good spots. or float the madison on a really nice day and just have a good 6 hour day fishin. love summers in montana

Mar 25 2011 3:21PM
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Capernicus
Posts: 382 - Karma: 218
Excellent way to explore nature. Extra fun with lower pole weight. Requires you to examine the river to choose a fly. Casting, once learned, is awesome. Very frustrating to learn...tangle city.
Mar 25 2011 3:26PM
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iFlip
Posts: 4543 - Karma: 19,132
So you've never been fishing, it is clear. Maybe refrain from commenting on something you clearly know nothing about?
Mar 25 2011 3:28PM
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Travapple.
Posts: 6787 - Karma: 88
Im a fisherman myself, never been fly fishing before, i really wanna try it. hopefully i can get into it when i move out west.

For me there's nothing more exciting during the summer than fighting a big ol' lunker.
Mar 25 2011 3:35PM
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The_Big_LePowSki
Posts: 214 - Karma: 10
Skiing during the winter, fly fishing during the summer.
Mar 25 2011 3:53PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14484 - Karma: 10,586
I kinda want to get a fly rod. My dad has one, he hasn't caught anything on it and he hasn't used it in a few years. I love regular fishing though, there is much more to it than tossing a lure or a worm out there, you gotta have the technique. Especially because those damn fish in Lake Champlain are too smart to just bite any old thing FUUUUUUUUUUU. Being out on the water on a sunny day is perfect.
Mar 25 2011 4:35PM
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-ROY-
Posts: 3633 - Karma: 1,503
super fun.
Mar 25 2011 5:16PM
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PaintedHearts
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 127
Best ♥

I think it's pretty cool, but can be tricky...which also makes it interesting. My Dad's a big fisherman, he used to write and take pictures for a fishing magazine. So I know about fishing from him.
Mar 25 2011 5:17PM
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brizz
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 74
High on my hobby list. spend a lot of days walking creeks, usually have my fly rod but when i visit thick, swacky streams the small rod with spinning reel does well
Mar 25 2011 5:24PM
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trettzilla
Posts: 931 - Karma: 29
good stuff. i enjoy it
Mar 25 2011 6:42PM
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Dwarftosser1
Posts: 2602 - Karma: 951
I love it, find it extremly peaceful
Mar 25 2011 6:55PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
it's my third favorite way to fish
Mar 25 2011 6:57PM
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iFlip
Posts: 4543 - Karma: 19,132

1: Dynamite

2: Electro-fishing

3: Flyfishing

Correct?

Mar 25 2011 7:17PM
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.Natty.
Posts: 1030 - Karma: 84
Its so peaceful and it definitely requires a lot more skill to hook and land bigger fish which can get kinda frustrating but who doesn't love a challenge. I learned to fly fish a couple years ago and I ttouched a spin rod since.
Mar 25 2011 7:20PM
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Black-Bandanna
Posts: 6680 - Karma: 1,603
I love fly fishing. It's so relaxing just tossing your line around; that is until it gets snagged on a tree and you take 15 minutes trying to save your fly and tippet.
Mar 25 2011 7:24PM
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chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,122
It's fun but you really have to be in to it before you start catching anything. I just don't like fly fisherman who act all elite when I bust out my canadian tire spincast combo and my home made boat
Mar 25 2011 7:45PM
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midwestpowhunter
Posts: 2198 - Karma: 189
fishing is for normal folk fly fishing is for purists big upps to all of em. ive only been a few times and its legit
Mar 25 2011 7:48PM
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HenniferLopez
Posts: 1319 - Karma: 136
Looove it. I actually had a flyfishing dream last night..weird.
Mar 25 2011 7:51PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
I've been fly fishing for about 12 years now, I just built my first rod last winter (Winston Boron IIx). It's definitely my favorite way to spend an afternoon in the fall, and backpacking around the Beartooths with a fly rod is amazing!
Mar 25 2011 7:57PM
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TheStamos
Posts: 9311 - Karma: 910
Ive been flyfishing for over 20 years. Love it.
Mar 25 2011 9:11PM
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.Max.
Posts: 2930 - Karma: 701
Yes. Love to get out on the lake. I have like ten go to spots in mallets bay that are guarantees for big pike and smallies. Can't go wrong.

Whether it's trolling spinner baits/bucktails for 30-40 inch pike, bouncing plastics off the bottom for smallies or fly fishing the surface for fall bass I definitely can't get enough of the sport. It's the only reason I am somewhat happy when spring comes around. I'd like to figure out fly fishing for trout this spring. I've only caught like twelve rainbows that were all thirteen inches or less in my entire stream fly fishing career.
Mar 25 2011 9:25PM
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ReignMan
Posts: 1852 - Karma: 226
the part i like about it is. it is easy and rewarding. it takes skill. but its not stressful. like skiing.
Mar 25 2011 9:29PM
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db21
Posts: 597 - Karma: 61
i love any type of fishing but something about fly fishing is just so much more fun. i love it. its super sick for sure
Mar 25 2011 9:30PM
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TheStamos
Posts: 9311 - Karma: 910
I look at it as being more like hunting. You see you hole, and you stalk it and "shoot" then the fish hit's in an eruption of water or your indicator shoots under. Way more exciting than sitting in a boat.
Mar 25 2011 9:43PM
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Lucas.B
Posts: 250 - Karma: 523
SO MUCH FUN!!!!
Mar 25 2011 9:44PM
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Cufe.
Posts: 1950 - Karma: 262
fishing = having a few beers with friends and a little fire by a lake.
Fly fishing = really getting into the fishing and the mind of the fish.

That being said, both are fun, but fly fishing is way better if you want to actually do something.
Mar 25 2011 9:46PM
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.Max.
Posts: 2930 - Karma: 701
Unless you're sitting in a boat on a calm summer day. Still water, cool salty breeze, and birds against the skyline. Only to be greeted by an explosion of shimmering water and flashes of black, silver and white. Then casting, twitching the rod twice and having the water all around your lure erupt in an immense display of power.

I was referring to topwater fishing for stripers. Having a 40lb fish hit a topwater lure is an indescribable feeling.
Mar 25 2011 9:52PM
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TheStamos
Posts: 9311 - Karma: 910
Yeah that would be fun . I men't sitting in a boat just sittin you know. There are exceptions, stalking bonefish or tarpon would be incredible ! Yeah , you know what i mean.
Mar 25 2011 9:54PM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
i hate it. soooo boring. no offense to those who love it
Mar 25 2011 9:55PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
Huge fan. I fish the descutes a ton in the summer
Mar 25 2011 10:13PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
Deschutes*
Mar 25 2011 10:13PM
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DockEllis
Posts: 1131 - Karma: 1,745
I too love fly fishing, in fact, you could say i'm hooked.

Eh Ohhhh
Mar 25 2011 10:24PM
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Moo
Posts: 608 - Karma: 19
i love it! i do it all summer! after work just go hit the river till it gets dark!
Mar 25 2011 10:57PM
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dlilly
Posts: 241 - Karma: 10
fuckin gnar

Mar 25 2011 11:07PM
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dlilly
Posts: 241 - Karma: 10
fuckin gnar

Mar 25 2011 11:07PM
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twsnow22
Posts: 1285 - Karma: 488
it's the most fun thing to do all summer..stoked some other nsers fly fish.
Mar 25 2011 11:10PM
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introvert
Posts: 4718 - Karma: 1,482
Fly fishing requires a finesse. I love it. Hopefully backpack flyfishing this month
Mar 25 2011 11:48PM
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Saac
Posts: 767 - Karma: 333
fishing = alot of  fish smelling stuff  (pussy)
Mar 25 2011 11:50PM
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EastCoastPowBird
Posts: 100 - Karma: 20
Thats because you suck at fishing
Mar 27 2011 7:48PM
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