What's Catching You Fish?

[Wanative]

Ah - Rio! Hike a mile and half with a float tube, fins, net, fly boxes, two rods/reels, waders, food and a float tube only to break your floater in half. Oh, not ah, Rio. Oh sh--! Thanks to Engee thinking instead of cussing (I might have been), he square knotted the line back together.

View attachment 59075


As the weather deteriorated (it got windy with some pretty strong gusts), I went ashore to warm up, eat my PBJ and observe my friends deal with the wind.
I decided to fish from shore with that square knotted floating WF6F Rio Grand** fishing a vampire leech tied jig style, I hung it under a bobber.
View attachment 59077

Hey, a PNWFF hat and a smallish trout that took the vampire leech.

View attachment 59078

** For giggles, I contacted Far Bank and told them I'd hiked into a lake only to have my Rio line break. I asked them how often they hear about their lines breaking like this, their response: "I am sorry to hear about the fly line breaking like that. No, I have not heard of that happening."

F...ing A...holes!

 

[Dr. Magill]

The only Rio line I’ve ever owned was cracked to no end
Tossed it

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

I have 3 or 4 RIO Gold lines for 5 and 6 wt single hand rods. I think they’re great. It’s a long belly design and they perform really well with vastly different rods. I can fish a dry fly or an indicator and since the line has 3 color setons tell where the head ends where the sweet spot is and where the running line begins.

 

[Kfish]

 

[Oliver1329]

What’s the materials list? Please. Awesome bug.

hook: Mustad R50-94840 Size 8

bead: 3.25 tungsten bead (probably wouldn’t be bad with a larger sized bead)

tail: goose biots brown

Body: mix of hares ear plus dark brown and simi seal peacock (makes for the perfect olive grey skwala color)

Back: Turkey

Ribbing: SM copper brown wire

Legs: Partridge feather

Antenna: Two strands of pheasant tail (the pheasant tail i got is a lighter color with super cool markings, my friend shot it for me)


Going to make a youtube video of it soon so keep your eyes posted! my channel is called Oliver Fly Tying.

 

[troutpocket]

Experimental balanced minnow-thing had a good day.

 

[jasmillo]

Hit a local beach and lake with @Kfish today.

Did alright hooking (4) but not so great landing (0) at the beach. One of those mornings. These two flies did the hooking.




Hooked to land ratio was better at the lake (5-7). Landed the skinny cutthroat below stripping a damsel pattern. The rest of the landed fish came on chironomids. I also lost a fish slow stripping a Bastia emerger.

 

[Crawbugger]

hook: Mustad R50-94840 Size 8

bead: 3.25 tungsten bead (probably wouldn’t be bad with a larger sized bead)

tail: goose biots brown

Body: mix of hares ear plus dark brown and simi seal peacock (makes for the perfect olive grey skwala color)

Back: Turkey

Ribbing: SM copper brown wire

Legs: Partridge feather

Antenna: Two strands of pheasant tail (the pheasant tail i got is a lighter color with super cool markings, my friend shot it for me)


Going to make a youtube video of it soon so keep your eyes posted! my channel is called Oliver Fly Tying.

Thank you very much.

 

[Oliver1329]

Thank you very much.

Absolutely! Let me know if it works for you!

 

[_WW_]

No, I have not heard of that happening."

My typical response to that type of comment; "Well, you can't ever say that again!"

Oddly enough, one of the best casting setups I have is a Greys 10' 4wt with a Rio Gold line. The line is several years old and the setup doesn't get used on every trip but it's fun to use when I get a chance to stretch it out.

 

[troutpocket]

 

[Bob Rankin]

I put on a show with this little dude yesterday at a local power bait lake. When I got back to the makeshift boat launch and dock, know one would even look at me or talk to me all fish were 6-12”

 

[Billy]

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Oink oink!

 

[Bob Rankin]

View attachment 59595View attachment 59596View attachment 59597

What kind of hook are you using Billy?

 

[FinLuver]

View attachment 59595View attachment 59596View attachment 59597

El Gordoitos…

 

[Tom Butler]

Walked in to a new lake. Gonna need a bit more fitness if I want to bring the tube and kick around for a day. Didn't need it though. Maribou and Simiseal leech. The pastel colored ones pulled hard into the bottom, and the ones with the gold backs would give several good jumps and fought all the way to the net.

 

[Bob Rankin]

I decided to try and tie a few of Billy’s micro leech flys last night and give them a go this morning. Well… they work! They really work! I took a few pics today.

 

[Billy]

I decided to try and tie a few of Billy’s micro leech flys last night and give them a go this morning. Well… they work! They really work! View attachment 59759View attachment 59758I took a few pics today.
View attachment 59760View attachment 59761

Heck yeah! Sweet job!

 

[Bob Rankin]

Heck yeah! Sweet job!

Thank you for the inspiration! Those are sweet flies!