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  1. prmike307

    What rod for John Day smallmouth?

    My daughter-in-law said they weren't very large but she sure enjoyed catching them.
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    Wyoming Cutt Slam

    I received this 10 years ago now. Three of the four native Wyoming cutthroat subspecies I caught in rivers and streams (the Snake, the Yellowstone, and LaBarge Creek) in their native ranges. Westslope cutts are found in Wyoming too but only in Yellowstone National Park I believe. I caught the...
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    Click reels vs. disc drag reel for spey rods?

    Yeah, I know about the audible click from fishing with friends; all my spey reels are disc drag
  4. prmike307

    What rod for John Day smallmouth?

    I have a carbon 3wt I might bring. My son and his wife did this trip last June. She really got into casting poppers for the bass!
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    What rod for John Day smallmouth?

    Those are definitely creative flies!
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    What rod for John Day smallmouth?

    I bought one of those rods for my son and his wife
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    What rod for John Day smallmouth?

    Thanks for all your help.
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    Click reels vs. disc drag reel for spey rods?

    Also, I use mono running/shooting lines, diameters .022" and larger. Any have trouble with mono slipping through the frame of say a Hardy Perfect versus a full cage spey reel like the Sage Spey reel or the Lamson full cage reels?
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    Westslope cutthroat and flies

    Yes, I sometimes add a nymph dropper too. It's fun to catch fish though on a large Purple Haze! John Gierach quotes someone who said, "If the trout are hard to catch, then you're not in the real West."
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    Westslope cutthroat and flies

    I've read that the westslope are especially surface oriented which I like.
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    Click reels vs. disc drag reel for spey rods?

    Silver salmon.
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    Things you know now that you wish you did back then

    Casting lessons from a FFF certified instructor.
  13. prmike307

    Click reels vs. disc drag reel for spey rods?

    Give me so pros and cons for each. I'm on the fence for my 7wt spey rod.
  14. prmike307

    What rod for John Day smallmouth?

    If we have enough water, a group of us will be floating Service Creek to Clarno on the John Day. What weight fly rod should I bring?
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    Some AK silvers with friends

    Holding an AK silvers with friends.
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    Westslope cutthroat and flies

    Caught this cutthroat and others in the native range of westslope cutthroat.
  17. prmike307

    Scadden Predator Lo X

    I was gifted one of these (praise God!). What kind of water have you taken this rig? Class II-III? I've watched the Scadden YouTube channel too.
  18. prmike307

    Coated Running Line Crowd - solution?

    Love the Stren Catfish mono too!
  19. prmike307

    Let’s start a trout spey thread

    I love casting my Orvis Mission 3wt. Just enough power and finesse.
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