Moved a few that were scary big. Will be out again at first light tomorrow to fish the outgoing.

Caught this fish about one year apart in what was essentially the same spot, both times at night. Grew about 1.5 inches, from 22 to 23.5 inches. There have also been plenty of times I've hit this spot and there wasn't a fish holding there. The pic with the rod is more recent.

Someone on r/flytying posted a query about an old fly shop in MT and it prompted me to get nostalgic about my childhood fly shop, Dan’s. The very first time I took a bus by myself in the city was around age 12 to go to Dan’s. From that day I took the bus down Western at least a few times a month to borrow VHS tapes from Dan and watch him tie. And use whatever few dollars I had scrounged together for tying materials.

Anyway, purely out of curiosity’s sake I’m wondering if anyone else was a customer of his back in the day. RIP Dan. A great mentor and great guy.

Are most fly fishers using barbless hooks or pinching hooks on their flies? I always pinch my hooks, but I'm curious if that's the norm these days.

My kiddo was out fly fishing for nearly 11 hours and caught this beauty at the very end.

Caught these boys on a Pat’s rubber legs I tied myself a couple weeks ago. They saved the day from being skunked ( we were targeting trout ) but they put up a nice fight!

Campbell River, BC chasing down and searching for those Damn Salmon!!

No luck this time.. Will try again!

Dropped my nymph in the water right in front of me, and hooked this little cutie before starting my back cast. Don't worry about my thumb

Fellas,

Does anyone have experience with the Orvis Clearwater 8wt and the Echo Boost Blue 8wt? Orvis says the bigger Clearwaters are fast action but idk if that includes their 8wt... [I'm also considered a closeout TFO Axiom II-X, if anyone happens to have tried that as well (not the regular Axiom II).]

I currently fish a TFO NXT BLK 8wt, but I tried a buddy's G Loomis IMX Pro V2S today and really enjoyed the faster action and found I was casting further and more accurately with it, with less false casts. I fish mostly for snook in the mangroves here in southeast FL, sometimes on the beach, always doing a shitton of blind casting because I suck at spotting fish. Thanks!

Pic is a snook I landed this morning.

Rooster on fly this AM in CR 🇨🇷

Spent a quiet afternoon working a small stretch of water with a light fly setup. This little one took a small fly close to the bank.

Definitely not a trophy, but seeing the take and feeling it on the fly rod made the whole session worth it. Sometimes the smaller catches are just as satisfying.

My Simms tributary boots died after 2 years. I fish very often, and go for the rainbows all winter. Anyone have recommendations for boots that won’t fall apart?

Thinking of adding a copper john or san juan, any other suggestions? Mainly targeting Trout.

My son (13) is extremely addicted to anything fishing. He’s been wanting to try fly fishing for a few months now. I’m looking for a beginner setup for both him and I. I didn’t grow up around water so my fishing experience is super limited other than catching bluegill off bobbers and fishing ponds. Any help is appreciated. We will mostly end up fishing Colorado but we do quite a bit of traveling and could throw in the rods and go about anywhere. Thanks

Looking to buy my first pair of waders and would rather buy once cry once and have a solid pair that lasts me a long time. I keep hearing about how great Patagonia’s warranty is and wanted to see if anyone had experience with a claim on their waders with them.

My state is cool.

Wish me luck folks.

I feel blessed and lucky. I’m going in with an attitude of I know nothing and will try to learn everything. The guys I’m going with are literally providing everything - transportation, knowledge, gear, and logging. I am paying for my share of the financials. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to go with a group that have been doing this for decades, I’m gonna get humbled big time.

I’ve never been fly fishing before so I’m gonna have to learn that Kenai flip (and a whole bunch of other stuff) when I’m up there. This week we’ve been inventorying gear, making last-minute purchases, testing waders for leaks, and giving the new guy (me) some tough love elbows in the ribs (all in good fun, they take bets on how many times I’m gonna fall into the river or how many flies I’m gonna lose).

I got multiple merino wool base layers, my mid layers and my outer layers. I got my mosquito and bear repellent. My hook pliers, my lanyards and my fillet knife - check. Amber lens polaroid sunglasses, black out eye shades for sleep - check.

If anyone’s got any brotherly advice they can give to a noob, I’m all ears.

In the market for a new 6wt to throw floating lines and sink tips with streamers. Maybe some poppers and heavy nymph rigs depending on the day.

TFO LK is on sale for $200 which caught my eye. Always nice to be UNDER budget for once. After doing some reading it sounds like it’s not a super fast rod, which is fine by me. Most of the water I fish is on the smaller side so I don’t need to be carrying 50ft of line in the air. That said I will occasionally use it for largemouth as well so need some backbone. Anyone who owns or has casted it and can speak on its suitability as a streamer stick? Not in a rush so I can hold out if it’s not worth jumping on.

I’m relatively new to fly fishing and I feel like I’m so careful, I always put it in the tube precisely because I am so clumsy. I was breaking the rod down in the parking lot after an admittedly good session on the river and while I was halfway done the rod (which was leaning against me) slid over, it hit something, and the middle section formed a small crack. Almost positive I broke it when I tried to catch it. Only had this rod about a year. I feel awful — it’s somehow much worse than cracking your phone or accidentally hitting your car with a shopping cart. Part of this post is just venting, but how normal is it? I hear of broken rods from fighting fish or snagging twigs, but has anyone else here broken their rod in a really stupid way like I just did today?

The ultimate combo to make you feel alive in the back country.

I want give double nymphing a shot, but unsure about what my setup should be.

I’ll be tying one nymph to my tippet, and a second nymph to the shank of the first about 16” behind.

Question is, which one should be first? My heavier size 6 stonefly nymph or my lighter size 16 midge?

My wife is 4'10 and her shoe size is 1.5 (in women's). I prefer not to get her youth waders, but the women's waders don't accommodate exceptionally small feet. I'll get youth if I must but want to exhaust all efforts elsewhere.

Any good solutions here?