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I just come here for SFB's pics. Keep it up man. Great great stuff. Maybe I'll buy my ass a new digi photo taker one of these days and post a pic or two that isn't goprogarbage.
took my pops n furkid to hookup w/ the steamboat hog island crew and hogfest on the green
exercised a few cuttie hogs on the way
took the scenic route
spring flush is over and a consistent 1700 cfs fishes well
no where near last summers epic ccaider #ers but enough about to hav em lookin up and eatin foam
there were puppy gods
K threads for alllll dis info. After moving to Boise last year and hearing nothing but fly fishing talk I wanna get into it but sadly know jack shit about actual fishing despite my dad and his dad literally growing up on the water. Time to make em proud and pick up another hobby.
lessons??
its not speed flying or hang gliding or diving
it's fishing using a rod designed to throw a line that typically has feathers fur and other materials attached.
the only way you can fail is to not enjoy the the time you spend doing it and the people and places you encounter/share.
if ya don't shoot
it's damn hard to put it in the net
SFBv420.0lessons??
its not speed flying or hang gliding or diving
it's fishing using a rod designed to throw a line that typically has feathers fur and other materials attached.
the only way you can fail is to not enjoy the the time you spend doing it and the people and places you encounter/share.
if ya don't shoot
it's damn hard to put it in the net
I don't know any technique or even how to cast. I've tried watching some videos on youtube but it seems like it'd be easier to just have some hands on experience with someone teaching me. Idk I might go buy a shitty beginner set up and practice before I go to school in two weeks.
as a whole flyfisherman are pretty giving, you'd be surprised how many are willing to answer questions or offer help.
my grand dad taught me the basics which aint much more than 10-2 and loop control and line speed. Once you start to shoot line it becomes muscle memory.
akin to hitting a base or golf ball or making a powder turn or slarving.
unlike learning to read water currents and make presentations
you can learn to cast in any open space
i in turn taught my dad
the only thing you have to fear
aside from drowning
aint nuthin but a fubarred do over
i got a main fk salmon invite the 1st week of sept but moms comin out
aint no hall pass made gonna get me out but at least were headed up to jackson
Bought a kit at Dicks and started messin around with it today. How long of a line of leader should I have/ is there anything i'm missing besides the rod, reel, line and leader?
mom came to town headed up
way got mom in the boat for a damn to pacfic creek float
exercised a few slutty cutties off the sups
the nickon aw120's restin on the bottom of the snake w/ the rest of the pics from that trips aint givin up hope but bought a cannon powershooter d20 and
headed up last week to row for the TU 5th annual one fly comp on the green.
the waning days of summer is a pretty time of year on the river
and the super vivid mode works well
prefished a few days w/ my pops and his team. He's funny stressin over the magic fly that could win it
he got high boat one year bobber watchin the surgilcal tubes wigglies worm one year but nymphin all day sucks
the hippie stomper got ate this little piggie ate fat alberts
b floated well and a few nice fish were willing to eat the big foam junk
next day floated from
the other 1/2 of the high country team w/ an old montucky guide and TU stalwart who is and has been crucial to the continued success of this event
fished tougher "B" but stunning fall day
plenty of 22 ish puesdos a few spinners and some sedge caddis and hoppers on the banks
but couldn't by an eat till 11:00ish although the bobber watchers were whackin em good
finally turned on and from secret rif 2 divin board was $$
was really hopin to draw the hyde cats and row a nice new shinnies boat stead of the aged hog
ende up w/ a happy valley homebuilder team who had won it a few years ago
their industry ringer's a falcon ledge stud, hell of a tyer, and good stick, the other guy had voli rowed it a few years
so they knew what they wanted to do to b in it 2 win it
the weather guessers been callin for weather all week and the morn dawned w/ some clouds n sprinkles
my dudes decided to both fish the same fly and Neil # 1 & Neil#2 would be the chosen ones they tied up the night before
havin good sticks ,who wanted to get out of the boat and stalk em ment a much easier day than rowin soft hackle laps all day
although runnin tween the two nettin and measurin kept me busy
the way the scoring works is you can measure 2 fish @ a point an inch and every others a point.
so havin 4 fish tween 17- 19 measured and a 1/2 dozen dinks a piece fore noon and cottonwood camp boded well.
boys lit em up pretty well round grasshopper isle.
cool standing up above whatchin a big ole brown come up from the depths hover turn follow it down stream for a few yards then
EAT IT
bows were diggin on Neil too
hit red creek bout 3 w/ 2 hours left on the clock
had em rub the buddhas head and they got out n hammerfished ftw
travis highsticked pocket water a good 10 and jed a 1/2 dozen
most were dinker doodles
but a nice bow, and a 20" brownie from j gave em 5 big fish boner points
point shoot
and
wait until next fish
foul hookers don't count and negative bonus points if it's the guide
thankfully the 1 flies a single barbless and these cats had played the embeded in flesh game before
no blood no foul keep calm and fish on
Neil # 2 got crackered off bout 4:57 for an extra hundy the boat can buy a single muligan and replace your fly
which they had but didn't bother for 3 minutes
dudes had a damn good day rackin up a good 120 sumthin puntos
The "A" fished super tough but Spence and the other dude held their own racked enough to give em the win by 13.
T finished w/ 22 which gave him most fish hardware
and interesting enough the cabelos ringer and arguably one of the best sticks in the usa, who usually takes that title,
won quickest loser donating his chosen one to the river goods an hour in
our boat was high boat so i gots me some fodder for he fishin room wall
i'd like to tell ya other than pickin good sticks out of the hat, a bunch of oar strokes and some spotting and nettin
my skills made it happen
but it's more like what wesley told woody after he done dunked
"Billy the sun shines on a dogs ass every now and then"
sat up and out the door on the road by 4:20 put in solo at sun up thirty
12 hours 20 some miles later the mnt bike shuttle vehicles gotta a flat
your wearing wading sandles
and lookin at + 20 miles of hopin the thumbs out habu karmas workin
mur pics
caught a snagle jaw bow gotta believe he may of eatin a rapala at some point cause it'd seem hard to mangle a mouth that bad w/ a single hook
a gourgie windless wyo day ment ya could line the drifty up all sweepboat stylie
jump up on the overpriced beverage container that doubles as a castin platform and seat
and hope ya didn't hook a dink at the top of the run
a few hours and about 8 miles in some fishy cats headed S spun around and saved me what was lookin like an all nighter
as it was pacopadded down by midnight
woke late and whupped
wasn't long for
and i remember what brown does 4 me
cloudy day had em whackin the junk well
no into the backin dragger but a lot of nice slutty cutties n bows
yesterday weather anomly broke and windoyming conditions kicked in
and yesterdays easy drive by shooter conditions became boat spinnin aggravation and needin to push frog water
started pouring pretty well bout 2 w/ a mile left
got one more nice brownie
but fuck it fueled the shuttle
and made it home fore dark
to a dog who despite getting left seemed happier to see me than the wife
damn good fish pursuing road trip
5th year workin the comp for me always fun
they raised the price a bit this year and there were only 11 teams
the $$$ primarily gets spent on combating invasive aquatic species in the west and other local TU projects
sat up and out the door on the road by 4:20 put in solo at sun up thirty
12 hours 20 some miles later the mnt bike shuttle vehicles gotta a flat
your wearing wading sandles
and lookin at + 20 miles of hopin the thumbs out habu karmas workin
mur pics
caught a snagle jaw bow gotta believe he may of eatin a rapala at some point cause it'd seem hard to mangle a mouth that bad w/ a single hook
a gourgie windless wyo day ment ya could line the drifty up all sweepboat stylie
jump up on the overpriced beverage container that doubles as a castin platform and seat
and hope ya didn't hook a dink at the top of the run
a few hours and about 8 miles in some fishy cats headed S spun around and saved me what was lookin like an all nighter
as it was pacopadded down by midnight
woke late and whupped
wasn't long for
and i remember what brown does 4 me
cloudy day had em whackin the junk well
no into the backin dragger but a lot of nice slutty cutties n bows
yesterday weather anomly broke and windoyming conditions kicked in
and yesterdays easy drive by shooter conditions became boat spinnin aggravation and needin to push frog water
started pouring pretty well bout 2 w/ a mile left
got one more nice brownie
but fuck it fueled the shuttle
and made it home fore dark
to a dog who despite getting left seemed happier to see me than the wife
damn good fish pursuing road trip
5th year workin the comp for me always fun
they raised the price a bit this year and there were only 11 teams
the $$$ primarily gets spent on combating invasive aquatic species in the west and other local TU projects
headed up
way, to celebrate the pops 73rd, with his crew at a ranch that has 6 nice lakes
hard to not notice the white stuff of seasonal addiction
that time o year
neat place lots of cool western ambiance
exercised sum pretty fishes
fished em all
sun up
2 set
goofy fish sniffin furkids went
mama's out of town so we stopped here
fkna wake up to 10-20's and full bore whitecaps bout to bail and try and hit the pinnacles when it laid down turning into a nice day
pegged a few of
but i had stopped there cause of
freight train into the backing
vacuum mouth slobs
stopped by the berry to check on the kokes eh
shouda stayed and fished again this morn cause
Great stuff once again SFB, you TGR guys really know how to throw a TR together. I hope to got one next weekend as I'm stealing my GF's old point and shoot and we are headed to the beach to go after some more blues and anything else that bites in the day or at night.
if your really passionate about your passions
ya find a way to share and give a little sumthin back http://www.projecthealingwaters.org/About/OurProgram.aspx
hell i think i caught the fewest of anyone there
but i only count smiles
took a few e-bros w/ so poachin there experience and pics
"As far as a day of fishing goes, i'm not sure it gets much better with this. Went out with Project Healing Waters today .
I spent most of my morning teaching Jim, a war veteran with a degenerative disease that has left him blind, how to fish. I was pretty f'ing nervous to say the least but it all worked out. He got his cast down and landed around 10 fish. Here he is with his helper dog pulling in another healthy rainbow.
And this is Jeff. We didn't exactly keep track but Jeff must have caught around 40 fish today. He was as excited for number 40 as he was for number 1, he was the last vet off the lake and if it was up to him I think he would've stayed out there all night. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone get so pumped on catching fish, it was really fun to watch.
SFBv420.0if your really passionate about your passions
ya find a way to share and give a little sumthin back http://www.projecthealingwaters.org/About/OurProgram.aspx
hell i think i caught the fewest of anyone there
but i only count smiles
took a few e-bros w/ so poachin there experience and pics
"As far as a day of fishing goes, i'm not sure it gets much better with this. Went out with Project Healing Waters today .
I spent most of my morning teaching Jim, a war veteran with a degenerative disease that has left him blind, how to fish. I was pretty f'ing nervous to say the least but it all worked out. He got his cast down and landed around 10 fish. Here he is with his helper dog pulling in another healthy rainbow.
And this is Jeff. We didn't exactly keep track but Jeff must have caught around 40 fish today. He was as excited for number 40 as he was for number 1, he was the last vet off the lake and if it was up to him I think he would've stayed out there all night. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone get so pumped on catching fish, it was really fun to watch.
Might be moving to Montana next fall and i've always wanted to begin fly fishing. What is it I need? and what will it cost me to get started? I'm assuming I could just get a rod and reel combo and some fly bait and be set
Might be moving to Montana next fall and i've always wanted to begin fly fishing. What is it I need? and what will it cost me to get started? I'm assuming I could just get a rod and reel combo and some fly bait and be set
Any advice on where to start? I've always wanted to fly fish. I did some regular fishing when I was younger. My dad loves fly fishing and I know he'd love if I got to the point where I could go with him.
715.Might be moving to Montana next fall and i've always wanted to begin fly fishing. What is it I need? and what will it cost me to get started? I'm assuming I could just get a rod and reel combo and some fly bait and be set
ANDR01DAny advice on where to start? I've always wanted to fly fish. I did some regular fishing when I was younger. My dad loves fly fishing and I know he'd love if I got to the point where I could go with him.
First you need a rod and reel. Normally these rod and reel combos come with floating fly line so you'll be all set with that, rods and fly lines are classified by weights. For example a 3 weight rod is used for small flies where as a 9 weight rod will be used for large flies etc. So if you have a 3 weight rod you're going to need 3 weight fly line. I'd say a good all around weight would be 5 weight, so once you get a 5 weight rod and reel with 5 weight fly line you're half way there. Next you're probably going to want waders, pretty much with waters the more you pay the more comfort you get, I paid 60$ for my first pair of waders which weren't the most comfortable but they got the job done. The most expensive waders on the market are going to run you 700$-1000$, however you don't need to spend that kind of money to catch fish. So once you have your waders and fly rod and reel you're going to need flies. Flies differ per area and you're best off going to a local fly shop, there they will inform you on what's hatching and what you should be using, a fly will cost about 1$-3$. When it comes to tying on your fly you don't tie the fly directly onto the fly line, first your going to need a leader. A leader is attached onto your fly line using either a loop or a knot, and then the fly is tied onto the end of the leader. While you're in your local fly shop they will also help you select the correct leader for what you're fishing, a leader is like 5$. Once you have all of the above you should be good to go, all you have to do is get out on the water find some fish and learn from there on.
715.Might be moving to Montana next fall and i've always wanted to begin fly fishing. What is it I need? and what will it cost me to get started? I'm assuming I could just get a rod and reel combo and some fly bait and be set
ANDR01DAny advice on where to start? I've always wanted to fly fish. I did some regular fishing when I was younger. My dad loves fly fishing and I know he'd love if I got to the point where I could go with him.
First you need a rod and reel. Normally these rod and reel combos come with floating fly line so you'll be all set with that, rods and fly lines are classified by weights. For example a 3 weight rod is used for small flies where as a 9 weight rod will be used for large flies etc. So if you have a 3 weight rod you're going to need 3 weight fly line. I'd say a good all around weight would be 5 weight, so once you get a 5 weight rod and reel with 5 weight fly line you're half way there. Next you're probably going to want waders, pretty much with waters the more you pay the more comfort you get, I paid 60$ for my first pair of waders which weren't the most comfortable but they got the job done. The most expensive waders on the market are going to run you 700$-1000$, however you don't need to spend that kind of money to catch fish. So once you have your waders and fly rod and reel you're going to need flies. Flies differ per area and you're best off going to a local fly shop, there they will inform you on what's hatching and what you should be using, a fly will cost about 1$-3$. When it comes to tying on your fly you don't tie the fly directly onto the fly line, first your going to need a leader. A leader is attached onto your fly line using either a loop or a knot, and then the fly is tied onto the end of the leader. While you're in your local fly shop they will also help you select the correct leader for what you're fishing, a leader is like 5$. Once you have all of the above you should be good to go, all you have to do is get out on the water find some fish and learn from there on.
AenigmaI do, for the time being. What do you need to know?
I'm planning on going there for a study away program next fall semester pretty much for the sole reason to fish. They also have a good ecology program. Any advice would be about msu, the bozeman area in general, or the fishing would be much appreciated
gnartogueI'm planning on going there for a study away program next fall semester pretty much for the sole reason to fish. They also have a good ecology program. Any advice would be about msu, the bozeman area in general, or the fishing would be much appreciated
You picked a pretty good place to go fish bummin'. You probably already know about the well-known rivers around here, and I recommend visiting, but probably staying pretty well clear of them. The best bet for good fishing is the smaller creeks and streams, which are all wonderful in the fall. I ride my bike from town to fish 75% of the time (even now in December), and almost always have fantastic fishing. The Gallatin, Madison, and Yellowstone are all great rivers, but I honestly have way more fun just poking around the East Gallatin and its tributaries, and I still routinely catch 20" fish (often on my 3wt).
If you can get out here a week or two before school starts, you owe it to yourself to take a hike into the Beartooths. PM me around that time and I can probably tell you all about where to go, what to fish, etc. A lot of people around here (and everywhere, it seems) get super butthurt about sharing spots or flies, but I'm happy to know someone else is out enjoying the same places I do. Haters can eat a 9' floppy Orvis dick.
As far as the school goes, I actually happen to be in the Ecology department, but am likely leaving the state come spring. I haven't spent enough time in the program to give a really informative opinion about what to expect, but we do have a few great professors doing some really interesting research here.
AenigmaYou picked a pretty good place to go fish bummin'. You probably already know about the well-known rivers around here, and I recommend visiting, but probably staying pretty well clear of them. The best bet for good fishing is the smaller creeks and streams, which are all wonderful in the fall. I ride my bike from town to fish 75% of the time (even now in December), and almost always have fantastic fishing. The Gallatin, Madison, and Yellowstone are all great rivers, but I honestly have way more fun just poking around the East Gallatin and its tributaries, and I still routinely catch 20" fish (often on my 3wt).
If you can get out here a week or two before school starts, you owe it to yourself to take a hike into the Beartooths. PM me around that time and I can probably tell you all about where to go, what to fish, etc. A lot of people around here (and everywhere, it seems) get super butthurt about sharing spots or flies, but I'm happy to know someone else is out enjoying the same places I do. Haters can eat a 9' floppy Orvis dick.
As far as the school goes, I actually happen to be in the Ecology department, but am likely leaving the state come spring. I haven't spent enough time in the program to give a really informative opinion about what to expect, but we do have a few great professors doing some really interesting research here.
yeah i've been doing a lot a reading about the area and I was under the assumption that the fish in the creeks were difficult to catch and never really got very big. I'm planning on driving from NH and I definitely wanted to do something like that before classes started. I was thinking about hiring a guide for a day or two and basically ask for a crash course of the bozeman area
That'd be cool, but it would cost you a small fortune. If you're into backpacking, you could spend a week catching cutties up to 24" in the Beartooths for about $150.
]saint patties day packed er up grabbbed the furz kidz and hit the road for sum long awaited fishin o the greens
followed a green sign
not to green yet
gyog
#rainbowschased
cutties excercised
and brown does it for me
body english employed
casts made
shadows cast
rods bent
caught and a triple lindy release
frostness daystarts
the grizzle6 and telee showed up and shit got launched
water was plyed
gorgie river day
flora n fauna observed
and sum dust eaten
no where nears enuffs fished sniffed but thats part of the game
hope 2
#gocatchin
