Anyone into flyfishing?

[beaniboy67]

yo guys and girls just wondering if anyone is into flyfishing.If you are what species do u fish for and where do you fish??

[GROOVE VICTIM]

First heard about this type of fishing when I saw the movie "A river Runs Through it". Very intersting.

Peace

[Barrie Moodswing]

Yes, but I think you knew that already biggrinangel.gif Getting a little cold here to go away again Beaniboy I need revenge from the last time we went away fishing and you gave me a serious ass whooping :(

[GROOVE VICTIM]

Originally posted by Barrie' Moodswing' McFarlane:
Yes, but I think you knew that already biggrinangel.gif Getting a little cold here to go away again Beaniboy I need revenge from the last time we went away fishing and you gave me a serious ass whooping :( Is there a special kind of fishing rod needed for this type of fishing?

[beaniboy67]

Yah man its immense.I come from Scotland and we have thousands of lochs and rivers to fish.I go away for weekends and stuff a lot here.Once a year me and a bunch of friends go to remote Scottish islands and flyfish for a week.Last year we lived ona house ona beach but it was only 5 minutes from 2 of the most fertile trout lochs in europe.we had a riot.lots of fish a brilliant laugh and some of the best cleanest beaches in the world.Pure white sand plus the weather was really hot!!

Amazing!!! :D

I just wondered if any other ppl fished as the states has multitudes of great fishing!!

P.S- that is a great film!

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by GROOVE VICTIM:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Barrie' Moodswing' McFarlane:
Yes, but I think you knew that already biggrinangel.gif Getting a little cold here to go away again Beaniboy I need revenge from the last time we went away fishing and you gave me a serious ass whooping :( Is there a special kind of fishing rod needed for this type of fishing? </font>[/QUOTE]lol.You no that we buy records and we always want all the tunes and all the vinyl well flyfishing is the same once u get into it you wanna buy all the rods,reels,flies,lines,gadgets ect ect.The list is endless!!

there is a special rod ,line and rell u need to flyfish yeh.it doesnt cost a fortune at first if u only wanna learn the basics and see if u like it.

Once u get half decent at it tho and u decide u wanna take up the pastime u will become addicted and wanna buy everything.

for example i just bought a new fly rod 6 months ago and it cost me £550!!

But its worth it! :D

[beaniboy67]

http://www.westernanglers.com/graphics%20folder/sagesp_xp.jpg

my rod £550

http://www.hansons-outfitters.com/jlhultra.jpg

my reel £120


http://robs-fly-shop.com/cortland_flyline2.jpg

my lines about £250

this is what i treated myself too not long ago but for a beginner there is no need to pay that kind of money!!

there is lots of starter packs that will do the job!!

[JMJ]

I use a newspaper on flies. Much more effective......JMJ ;)

[Jolyon]

I did a bit of carp fishing when I was younger. Nice way to spend a weekend. I remember all the competitions about who had the best boilies...hahaha.

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by JMJ:
I use a newspaper on flies. Much more effective......JMJ ;) lol.It far more intresting catching a trouts lip with a fly JMJ!Im surprised a lot of the American aint into flyfishing.You guys have millions of great lakes and rivers to extract some quarry!! smile.gif

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by Jolyon:
I did a bit of carp fishing when I was younger. Nice way to spend a weekend. I remember all the competitions about who had the best boilies...hahaha. yeh the big carp are a whole different kettle of fish again(no pun intended)lol.i watch a lot of fishing on tv and stuff.Those two english dudes "bob and and the other one"Always freaking around in the middle of the night with bags of boilies trying to extract fat 40 year old carp ! :D

[JMJ]

Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JMJ:
I use a newspaper on flies. Much more effective......JMJ ;) lol.It far more intresting catching a trouts lip with a fly JMJ!Im surprised a lot of the American aint into flyfishing.You guys have millions of great lakes and rivers to extract some quarry!! smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]I suck at fishing. The only thing I ever caught was my hand......JMJ

[Jolyon]

Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Jolyon:
I did a bit of carp fishing when I was younger. Nice way to spend a weekend. I remember all the competitions about who had the best boilies...hahaha. yeh the big carp are a whole different kettle of fish again(no pun intended)lol.i watch a lot of fishing on tv and stuff.Those two english dudes "bob and and the other one"Always freaking around in the middle of the night with bags of boilies trying to extract fat 40 year old carp ! :D </font>[/QUOTE]I was a part-timer - just went along with a mate who was dedicated to it. The lake we went to had fish in it that were legendary - this one fish called Old Red cos it had a red streak on its back - hadn't been caught for 15 years or so and everyone thought it was a myth...but then someone caught it one of the nights we were down there...it was like winning the World Cup!

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by Jolyon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Jolyon:
I did a bit of carp fishing when I was younger. Nice way to spend a weekend. I remember all the competitions about who had the best boilies...hahaha. yeh the big carp are a whole different kettle of fish again(no pun intended)lol.i watch a lot of fishing on tv and stuff.Those two english dudes "bob and and the other one"Always freaking around in the middle of the night with bags of boilies trying to extract fat 40 year old carp ! :D </font>[/QUOTE]I was a part-timer - just went along with a mate who was dedicated to it. The lake we went to had fish in it that were legendary - this one fish called Old Red cos it had a red streak on its back - hadn't been caught for 15 years or so and everyone thought it was a myth...but then someone caught it one of the nights we were down there...it was like winning the World Cup! </font>[/QUOTE]Yeh .a lot of the carp lakes are within the large grounds of private estates and stuff in England.A lot of the fish are lying for years without being caught and some people dedicate their lifes to catching these fish.The 2 guys i am talking about took a fish that was estimated at a rather old ages aswell.It was televised and they caught it by watching from a tree for it then throwing their bait at it.When the fish eventually took his bait he fell from the tree and got soaked to the skin.He eventually caught the fish tho and as you said before it was thought to be really old.If my memory keeps me right it could have been the British record! smile.gif

[Jolyon]

You're thinking of Bob Nudd probably.

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by Jolyon:
You're thinking of Bob Nudd probably. i think its Bob James and Chris Yates they used to do a programme called Passion for angling and they programme was them hunting for carp in a place called Redmire Pool!One of them falls in catching the British record 51 and a half pound mirror carp. :D

[DJ Rated M]

salt-water spinning and bait casting for me.....


i do want to try fly fishing though and i wouldn't mind catching a Tarpon on a fly....


when i was younger we used to go out around 5 am to fish for Carp using corn and dough-balls.

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
salt-water spinning and bait casting for me.....


i do want to try fly fishing though and i wouldn't mind catching a Tarpon on a fly....


when i was younger we used to go out around 5 am to fish for Carp using corn and dough-balls. Yeh there is a huge saltwater flyfishing movement happening nowadays.

I would really like to do a bit of flyfishing for bonefish but the trevally and tarpon big game flyfishing looks unbeleavable!

i was away on holiday in the summer flyfishing for a week on the Scopttish Orkney Islands for trout.One of the days the weather was bad for trout fishing so we went and done a bit of sea fishing.

I caught Ling,Mackeral,Coalfish,Cod,Wrasse and Pollack.it was really good fun and a change from my usual dry fly trout tactics! smile.gif

[DJ Rated M]

Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
salt-water spinning and bait casting for me.....


i do want to try fly fishing though and i wouldn't mind catching a Tarpon on a fly....


when i was younger we used to go out around 5 am to fish for Carp using corn and dough-balls. Yeh there is a huge saltwater flyfishing movement happening nowadays.

I would really like to do a bit of flyfishing for bonefish but the trevally and tarpon big game flyfishing looks unbeleavable!

i was away on holiday in the summer flyfishing for a week on the Scopttish Orkney Islands for trout.One of the days the weather was bad for trout fishing so we went and done a bit of sea fishing.

I caught Ling,Mackeral,Coalfish,Cod,Wrasse and Pollack.it was really good fun and a change from my usual dry fly trout tactics! smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]where are you from again?

since you mention Tarpon & Bonefish i can't help to think of Snook, Redfish, Permit, and Pompano...


Ling on a fly? that sounds odd since they're a deep water fish as Cod & Pollack.......

[Monny JcIntosh]

Hey Beaniboy, I used to go sea fishing a lot with my dad when I was a kid - especially when I lived in Shetland, but we were always by the sea until I left Scotland to go to uni. Nothing like your own mackerel fried in rolled oats for your breakfast. I never really went fly fishing except once somewhere around Kinross when I was at primary school - I caught a trout and was well chuffed. I keep trying to get my girlfriend to go on a west coast tour up from Oban to Skye. Maybe we'll get some done if I persuade her. :D

[Martin Red]

J R Hartley ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1925000/images/_1926114_bookfish-bbc150.jpg

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/dbu0064l.jpg

smile.gif

[Martin Red]

http://www.yellgroup.com/802569EA00621809/Images/historic/$FILE/picturejrhartley.jpg

The man himself, this guy is the David Mancuso of the fly fishing world.

:D

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
salt-water spinning and bait casting for me.....


i do want to try fly fishing though and i wouldn't mind catching a Tarpon on a fly....


when i was younger we used to go out around 5 am to fish for Carp using corn and dough-balls. Yeh there is a huge saltwater flyfishing movement happening nowadays.

I would really like to do a bit of flyfishing for bonefish but the trevally and tarpon big game flyfishing looks unbeleavable!

i was away on holiday in the summer flyfishing for a week on the Scopttish Orkney Islands for trout.One of the days the weather was bad for trout fishing so we went and done a bit of sea fishing.

I caught Ling,Mackeral,Coalfish,Cod,Wrasse and Pollack.it was really good fun and a change from my usual dry fly trout tactics! smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]where are you from again?

since you mention Tarpon & Bonefish i can't help to think of Snook, Redfish, Permit, and Pompano...


Ling on a fly? that sounds odd since they're a deep water fish as Cod & Pollack....... </font>[/QUOTE]no i wasnt flyfishing for Ling.we had one day that was really warm in Orkney and the flyfishing was no good that day so we went out iona large boat and caught lots of makeral.Once we had enough we used them as bait for the larger fish!

im from Scotland and to be honest the sea fishing up around the Orkney islands is unreal!

I am going again this year and i will be having a day at sea again as the size of some of the fish was immense!

[DJ Rated M]

Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
salt-water spinning and bait casting for me.....


i do want to try fly fishing though and i wouldn't mind catching a Tarpon on a fly....


when i was younger we used to go out around 5 am to fish for Carp using corn and dough-balls. Yeh there is a huge saltwater flyfishing movement happening nowadays.

I would really like to do a bit of flyfishing for bonefish but the trevally and tarpon big game flyfishing looks unbeleavable!

i was away on holiday in the summer flyfishing for a week on the Scopttish Orkney Islands for trout.One of the days the weather was bad for trout fishing so we went and done a bit of sea fishing.

I caught Ling,Mackeral,Coalfish,Cod,Wrasse and Pollack.it was really good fun and a change from my usual dry fly trout tactics! smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]where are you from again?

since you mention Tarpon & Bonefish i can't help to think of Snook, Redfish, Permit, and Pompano...


Ling on a fly? that sounds odd since they're a deep water fish as Cod & Pollack....... </font>[/QUOTE]no i wasnt flyfishing for Ling.we had one day that was really warm in Orkney and the flyfishing was no good that day so we went out iona large boat and caught lots of makeral.Once we had enough we used them as bait for the larger fish!

im from Scotland and to be honest the sea fishing up around the Orkney islands is unreal!

I am going again this year and i will be having a day at sea again as the size of some of the fish was immense! </font>[/QUOTE]ok...

question: how is fishing on Loch Ness???

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by Jonny McIntosh:
Hey Beaniboy, I used to go sea fishing a lot with my dad when I was a kid - especially when I lived in Shetland, but we were always by the sea until I left Scotland to go to uni. Nothing like your own mackerel fried in rolled oats for your breakfast. I never really went fly fishing except once somewhere around Kinross when I was at primary school - I caught a trout and was well chuffed. I keep trying to get my girlfriend to go on a west coast tour up from Oban to Skye. Maybe we'll get some done if I persuade her. :D Yo jonny u were fishing loch leven probably the most famous trout loch in the world,All brown trout outwith europe were taken from ova of loch leven fish back in the late 1800s earli 1900s.American flyfishers pat thousand of millions to catch a trout from there!

Well done man


On the subject of west coast scotland.i was up past ullapool 3 years ago with friends fishing and the 3 of us had a nrear ouiter body experience when out flyfishing late at night.The area was called Asyynt and it has to be the most mindblowing are there is in scotland.

A strange thing happened when we out out and we all felt it.the sun had been going down over the pillar mountai(suilven but there was also a full moon at the same time and a pure blue sky.It was around 1 oclock in the morning but up there in june its like that.

It was the most eerie overwhelming strange feeling i have ever had in my life and still to this day no one actually knows why we felt like that.Maybe cos no one had walked in the area for 100s of years,maybe the weather ,maybe the fact that the view was so majestic it blew our minds.I dont think i will be able to show ina picture but i will post what the mountain looks like and you may get an idea of why we felt like that.

here is a few of the area we were fishing and that mountain!

http://www.wtv-zone.com/Scotland/Tours/glances/suilven.jpg

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~jajhall/images/Suilven.gif

http://www.scotphoto.com/images/nwest/S71.jpg

here is another few of surrounding areas!

http://www.assynt.co.uk/AssyntGuide/Beaches/achmel.jpg http://home.freeuk.com/clachtoll/Stoersmall.jpg http://www.veyatie-scotland.co.uk/assynt-panorama.jpg

never been anywhere like it plus we all got suntans. its a must place for anyone who wants to see the real scotland.unbeleavable m8 and ive been to most nooks and crannies in this country.

hope u like the pics man its a cool place!

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by beaniboy67:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
salt-water spinning and bait casting for me.....


i do want to try fly fishing though and i wouldn't mind catching a Tarpon on a fly....


when i was younger we used to go out around 5 am to fish for Carp using corn and dough-balls. Yeh there is a huge saltwater flyfishing movement happening nowadays.

I would really like to do a bit of flyfishing for bonefish but the trevally and tarpon big game flyfishing looks unbeleavable!

i was away on holiday in the summer flyfishing for a week on the Scopttish Orkney Islands for trout.One of the days the weather was bad for trout fishing so we went and done a bit of sea fishing.

I caught Ling,Mackeral,Coalfish,Cod,Wrasse and Pollack.it was really good fun and a change from my usual dry fly trout tactics! smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]where are you from again?

since you mention Tarpon & Bonefish i can't help to think of Snook, Redfish, Permit, and Pompano...


Ling on a fly? that sounds odd since they're a deep water fish as Cod & Pollack....... </font>[/QUOTE]no i wasnt flyfishing for Ling.we had one day that was really warm in Orkney and the flyfishing was no good that day so we went out iona large boat and caught lots of makeral.Once we had enough we used them as bait for the larger fish!

im from Scotland and to be honest the sea fishing up around the Orkney islands is unreal!

I am going again this year and i will be having a day at sea again as the size of some of the fish was immense! </font>[/QUOTE]ok...

question: how is fishing on Loch Ness??? </font>[/QUOTE]good trout fishing and the sea trout and salmon used to be good aswell.I usually have at least one weekend a year on the loch fishing for trout.Its also a cool loch with a high number of wild fish but if you look at the above thread i would say that are is better! smile.gif

[Monny JcIntosh]

That looks stunning! We're one of the most dramatic countries on earth, I reckon. Driving south from Kyle of Lochalsh through a storm to the edge of a valley, all slate, heather and desolation. At the edge, the vista just drops for miles and the rain is suddenly behind us. Or Loch Awe, Loch Etive, summer holidays on Jura... man, I'm getting homesick now. :D

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by Jonny McIntosh:
That looks stunning! We're one of the most dramatic countries on earth, I reckon. Driving south from Kyle of Lochalsh through a storm to the edge of a valley, all slate, heather and desolation. At the edge, the vista just drops for miles and the rain is suddenly behind us. Or Loch Awe, Loch Etive, summer holidays on Jura... man, I'm getting homesick now. :D defo the most amazing looking place in the world!

i have gotten all my friends into scotland thru flyfishing where as most of them would still be saying the same old " its boring,crap place "ect ect.The way i see it is if you travel around and go to these places you can have a great time!

Morar and malaig are awesome too.i love that area.i always get up there once a year even if only for a days fishing and an overnight stay!love it! smile.gif

[Mah'chew]

Beani, I fish, but seldom with the fly, I normally spin for trout.

I also enjoy taking a boat out into the bay and fishing with poppers, lures and jigs.

I'm going to try fly-fishing next year

[GrantB]

Hi Beani,

I grew up in Alaska fishing for king and silver salmon, though not with flys. I caught a 52 pounder in the Kenai river once. Also ocean fished in Homer for halibut. They get to be over 400 pounds up there!

Kenai river and king salmon:
http://www.alaskasportfish.com/images/fish/fish_catch.gif http://www.alaskasportfish.com/images/fish/driftboat.jpg

Homer:
http://www.homeralaska.org/images/overlook.jpg
Large halibut:
http://www.grizzlycharters.com/2003/HE6.jpg

We have done some ocean fishing near Seattle this summer. Mostly crabbing for the dungeoness though. We pulled up mountains of large and tasty crabs this year. My friend takes his boat a little farther north into Canada to fish for the white king salmon. It's like a regular king but the meat is much more fatty and lighter colored. This is bar-none the best fish I have ever tasted. Either cut up raw as sashimi or filleted and cooked on an alder plank over an open fire, this is heavenly eating.

Near where we fish now:
http://www.anacortes.org/gallery/southfidalgo.jpg

I would highly recommend visiting the Pacific Northwest if you like fishing!

[GrantB]

The pictures of Scotland are amazing!!!! I didn't know you had sandy beaches over there.

[Mah'chew]

Originally posted by GrantB:
Hi Beani,

I grew up in Alaska fishing for king and silver salmon, though not with flys. I caught a 52 pounder in the Kenai river once. Also ocean fished in Homer for halibut. They get to be over 400 pounds up there!

Kenai river and king salmon:
http://www.alaskasportfish.com/images/fish/fish_catch.gif http://www.alaskasportfish.com/images/fish/driftboat.jpg

Homer:
http://www.homeralaska.org/images/overlook.jpg
Large halibut:
http://www.grizzlycharters.com/2003/HE6.jpg

We have done some ocean fishing near Seattle this summer. Mostly crabbing for the dungeoness though. We pulled up mountains of large and tasty crabs this year. My friend takes his boat a little farther north into Canada to fish for the white king salmon. It's like a regular king but the meat is much more fatty and lighter colored. This is bar-none the best fish I have ever tasted. Either cut up raw as sashimi or filleted and cooked on an alder plank over an open fire, this is heavenly eating.

Near where we fish now:
http://www.anacortes.org/gallery/southfidalgo.jpg

I would highly recommend visiting the Pacific Northwest if you like fishing! That's living graemlins/thumbsup.gif

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by GrantB:
Hi Beani,

I grew up in Alaska fishing for king and silver salmon, though not with flys. I caught a 52 pounder in the Kenai river once. Also ocean fished in Homer for halibut. They get to be over 400 pounds up there!

Kenai river and king salmon:
http://www.alaskasportfish.com/images/fish/fish_catch.gif http://www.alaskasportfish.com/images/fish/driftboat.jpg

Homer:
http://www.homeralaska.org/images/overlook.jpg
Large halibut:
http://www.grizzlycharters.com/2003/HE6.jpg

We have done some ocean fishing near Seattle this summer. Mostly crabbing for the dungeoness though. We pulled up mountains of large and tasty crabs this year. My friend takes his boat a little farther north into Canada to fish for the white king salmon. It's like a regular king but the meat is much more fatty and lighter colored. This is bar-none the best fish I have ever tasted. Either cut up raw as sashimi or filleted and cooked on an alder plank over an open fire, this is heavenly eating.

Near where we fish now:
http://www.anacortes.org/gallery/southfidalgo.jpg

I would highly recommend visiting the Pacific Northwest if you like fishing! Amazing Grant .i am going to start saving soon because me and a few friends are going to go to Alaska for our 30th birthdays.

It will probably be kenai as its the best location (populated) i was told.

I will probably pack a few different fly rods with me for that one.Im intrested in Grayling,rainbows,Dolly Varden,sockeyes but i will pack a rig set with a spinning rod for the bigger salmon.

I have wanted to go there for years and i will get there at some point .hopefully for nmy 30th.


The fishing there as you havesaid is pretty much un beleavable.Great pictures btw graemlins/thumbsup.gif :D

[Barrie Moodswing]

The only thing about these places is to remember your insect repelent, those midgeys would eat your brains if you let them, ain't that right Beaniboy ;)

[beaniboy67]

Originally posted by GrantB:
The pictures of Scotland are amazing!!!! I didn't know you had sandy beaches over there. Yeh in some parts in the North of Scotland the beaches are amazing.In summer if we have hot weather it can be great in the highlands as some of the scenery is un real.This accompanied by the great beaches you can have a good time.

here is some more pictures

http://www.lochaberinternet.co.uk/explore/images/morar_beach.jpg

morar beach

http://www.road-to-the-isles.org.uk/morar-beach.jpg

morar beach

http://www.scotlandsbestbandbs.co.uk/morar.jpg

morar beach

http://www.scotland2000.com/accom/photosc/drovers2.jpg

this is a good one of the cows on the beach in tiree

[Mah'chew]

Shila (dolphinfish)
http://www.fmyokohama.co.jp/shonan/fishing020814/5.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/bestyleeds/fish.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/bestyleeds/fishing.jpg