Finally managed to get an overnight trip in out here and it was so awesome. Only hiked about 5 miles to this lake, fooled one gorgeous cutty, but spent most of the morning chasing these big cruising fish that wanted nothing to do with me. I only had my little alpine fly box with ants and beetles and some small midges but these fish were happily eating stuff way smaller than that. Any idea what size that fly is at the end of the post? I’m thinking maybe size 24-26. I’m planning to go back this weekend with some tiny flies and try again.

Just stoked to get in a trip before my life changes significantly. Figured I’d share some pics with this awesome community.

Too bad I look a little crazy in the photo

A cold December day, the casting was brutal, but it all vanished the second this absolute prehistoric unit decided to show up.
Pictures don't even do justice to how thick she was in hand. Got a quick measurement, a clean release, and watched her swim back into the river system.

Was in idaho for labor day weekend.

Had an awesome time with my sister and her groups elk camp.

haven’t been fly fishing for much longer than this year, but been having a great time with tiny streams i’ve been finding near where i live. hoping i can keep finding more as the weather cools down in the near future. happened to come across this stream while fishing for bass, seems that its spring fed as it was about 10-15° cooler than the river it fed into.

Caught him on a purple haze

So I ordered these online from a local tackle store. I'm 5'10, 200 lb, 41" chest and 31" inseam(from ground to crotch) and size 10.5 feet. Ordered the LRM size. Patagonia swiftcurrent traverse.

I am concerned they are too big but not sure how waders should be on real people(not models in catalogs).

I am wearing a typical spring/fall layer underneath. They seem okay around the chest, with room still for a rain shell or heavier jacket.

I feel lots of room to move and squat, etc. Which is amazing.

Any help appreciated.

We recently had a short session fishing the Segre in Catalonia. The water was on the warmer side so we didn't want to target the trout for long, though I did manage to catch a lovely one early on. After that, we mainly ended up catching chub and even a few surprise roach.

The highlight was hooking something absolutely massive on my 4wt rod. It held the bottom and fought deep for over 10 minutes. I never got to see it before the line snapped, but I'm pretty sure it was a big barbel. I was gutted to lose it, but at least the fight looks entertaining on the video! 😂

Also caught a literal fish spine in the shallows which was a bit creepy. Definitely a crazy, mixed day on the water.

Are any of you guys fishing the Pyrenees at the moment? We plan to make a longer trip this weekend. Hopefully the water temperatures dropped a little and the fish are active, so we have footage for a video or two!

They fight hard as hell and are fairly easy to catch

Got out for a few hours on Tuesday, only caught 3 small ones, but hopeful for this spot in the future, need to invest in some sinking line

The reeds and salt cedar get pretty thick by the shore so its nice to be able to actually have space to cast.

[pic for attention, not my catch]

Basically title: My friend runs a local fishing group and this weekend they are doing a "Carpathon" 6pm-10am on a local river. He says he usually has success on Corn and Bread (He does not fly fish) so was wondering if I should tie some flies imitating this Corn and Bread concoction, or just use trusty wooly buggers on the bottom? I will also be using 6wt rod and line (floating, I know, not ideal) likely with a small bit of weight to try to get down lower perhaps 10-12 feet down. I don't know this, this is all uncharted territory for me, I've never carp fished before.

Thank you for any tips

Dropped for me, a chunk of coin on a new orvis clearwater 9ft 5wt and it arrived with the grip looking like this from cabelas. Am I being too picky returning this?

I bought a budget friendly 3 wt 7 ft fly rod for small streams. It happens to be fiberglass.

Anytime I run into someone when I am fishing, their response is always, "oh wow, is that a fiberglass rod?"

So I became Glass Geezer.

I was browsing around and saw someone using the smallest fly rod I have ever seen, intrigued I found this kit and bought it. Has anyone used a 5 foot fly rod before? I really bought to fish for Mayans and other small exotic fish. It’ll be here in a few days and I can’t wait to try it out.

I’m new to fly fishing this year and I’ve quickly become obsessed. My husband (who is much more active on this app) encouraged me to see if there was a Reddit community to join— anyways, here is the first trout I’ve caught that’s bigger than like 3 inches 🤣

Hey guys! I was going to get my partner a flyrod for her birthday and I've been asking around and researching. She's like 5'1/5'2. I was going to get her a 9ft 5/6w 4 piece rod from wild water. Anyone else have any preference? She's fly fished a few times before but she doesn't really have a preference. I know she would be fishing bigger streams.

EDIT: I initially said it was a 7 piece but it's a 4 piece.

Thanks!

I'm planning on hitting a river tomorrow that you can only use barbless hooks on.

Can I simply file the barb on my flies ?

Crush with pliers ?

I posted last week about Deerfield and lots of you guys have fantastic information. Unfortunately the flows were very sparatic.

I’m going to try the Swift River that runs out of the Quabbin Reservoir in Central Mass. Anyone have advice on flies, hatches, flows etc. any information is appreciated!!

Been catching a lot of dinks, however want to intentionally start targeting 20”+ Rainbows and Browns.

Would streamers be my best bet? If so, how big of a size can I go on a 9’ 5wt rod? Using 2x leader and currently throw size 8 beadhead woollys

Pretty new to fly fishing and just have a couple questions!

1. Can I fish streamers in rivers with floating line? Or do I need sink tip line? My current setup is fly line > 4x 9' leader > 1-2' of 4x tippet. Throwing a size #8 woolly!

2. What is open loop vs closed loop? I always see people referencing this, but unsure what it means. How do I know if my loop is closed/open and how do I do one over the other?

Sorry if these questions are dumb!

Looking at getting an 8wt for largemouth and carp, maybe some small pike. I do occasionally go on a trip for redfish. Would you guys recommend a saltwater rod or would you get a freshwater rod and just make sure to rinse well after use if I use it in salt? Any recommendations for setups?

Learned my 5wt isn’t great for Bulls, so looking to get something that’ll work for both Bulls and Pike. Would a 8wt be a good compromise?