Forum: Getting Started
09-07-2009, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 2
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thanks
thanks man, great ideas.
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Forum: Getting Started
08-28-2009, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,259
Determining strike.
Hello everyone long time no see. Hope you guy´s fishing has been going swell. Mine ok, could be better!!!!!!!
Here´s the situation: fast moving, deep river, lead colored water (no vegetation, desert...
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Forum: Getting Started
02-17-2008, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,346
do trout learn?
Hello people long time no see.
I was wondering if there´s any studies regarding how many times the same trout can be taken on flies. Do they get smart? Or supossing the fly is properly presented,...
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Forum: Getting Started
09-19-2007, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,113
getting started with the tying
Hello folks,
I´m interested in giving the fly tying a go, I was wondering if anybody knew a place, on this forum or in the internet, where I could have acces to a tutorial explaining the basics,...
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Forum: Getting Started
08-14-2007, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 776
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Forum: Getting Started
08-14-2007, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 776
holding waters for spawning trout?
One of the rivers I fish has catch and release all year round. Right now the trout are spawning (it´s winter down here). I went fishing the other day and had real trouble getting strikes in the most...
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Forum: Art of Casting
08-03-2007, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,114
shooting line off the wrong side
Hey people
this question will inevitably let the world know what a crappie caster I am:
Í´m having some trouble shooting line from time to time. I seem to be doing something when I shoot line...
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Forum: Art of Casting
07-31-2007, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 19,410
wind knots on leader
Hey guys,
Lately when I practice my casting I end up with a bunch of wind knots on my leader (even when there is no wind...). Is this normal, due to the lack of weight at the tip being the fly...
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Forum: Art of Casting
07-27-2007, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 9,516
you´re right, my hauling hand is a bit...
you´re right, my hauling hand is a bit exagerated, I think I tend to try to compensate with my left hand all the things I´m not doing well with my right... I´ve been doing that side-ways haul from a...
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Forum: Getting Started
07-27-2007, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,441
makes sense
changing the subject, I see your...
makes sense
changing the subject, I see your home water is the alsea and siletz river. Mine is Argentina, way south. When I was a teenager I lived in corvallis for a couple of years (my old man was...
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Forum: Getting Started
07-26-2007, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,441
Do big trout eat big or small stuff?
I´ve heard this "urban myth" going around amongst some of my fishing buddies, saying that big and old trout eat less since they´ve "grown all they can and have plenty of fat reserves" so they would...
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Forum: Art of Casting
07-26-2007, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 9,516
hauling with line loops
Guys I tried those loops in my line hand and it´s really comfortable with a regular casts with no double-haul.
The problem is when I try the double haul, my loops become a mess and when I release...
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Forum: Getting Started
07-23-2007, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 26,214
i´m completely ignorant in this subject, but my...
i´m completely ignorant in this subject, but my fountain of wisdom "curtis creek manifesto" (sheridan anderson) recommends moving upstream. In case you´re in a small stream, its inevitable to scare...
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Forum: Art of Casting
07-16-2007, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 9,516
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Forum: Getting Started
06-19-2007, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 722
stretching out commercial leaders
Just about all the commercial leaders I can get access to in the shops in my city are 9 feet long.
I´ve been wanting to try out fishing with longer leaders, but I´m a bit lazy for making 100%...
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Forum: Our Environment
06-15-2007, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 716
sounds reasonable Juro. I been fishing C&R this...
sounds reasonable Juro. I been fishing C&R this offseason (south hemisphere) almost every weekend, but I´ve been a bit curious lately with the subject. Even though in my life more than one trout has...
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Forum: Our Environment
06-15-2007, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 716
Catch and Release during spawning
In my fishing waters its legal in some rivers to fish C&R during the spawning season, wich ocurrs here in late autum, winter and spring. Any studies regarding the impact on the trouts health and...
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Forum: Lines, Loops and Leaders
06-11-2007, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,572
acceptable leader to line knot
Been reading some fishing books where nail knots and needle knots are suggested for connecting leader to line.
Any objections for the braided nylon connectors, for tippets 3x-5x, average size...
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Forum: Art of Casting
06-11-2007, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,805
the T130 is a 24 feet shooting head S/F line of...
the T130 is a 24 feet shooting head S/F line of 130 grains, from the company "Jim teeny". I actually made the mistake of buying it thinking it was a regular sinktip, and was into a big surprise...
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Forum: Art of Casting
06-05-2007, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,805
casting a shooting head
Hello guys,
I have a 24 feet shooting head (T130). I´m having a bit more wind knots, tangles (for example forward casting straight into my rod) and tailing loops than with my average WF line.
I...
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Forum: Art of Casting
05-28-2007, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,731
feet and shoulder stance
I´m in a bit of a confusion regarding optimum foot and shoulder position for casting. I´ve heard or read about 3 different opinions:
For right handers:
1-I´ve read that the best is a "closed...
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Forum: Getting Started
05-24-2007, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 667
fishing small catfish patterns
there´s this little catfishes in my local rivers wich the trout feed on, no more than 3 inches big. They are bottom dwellers and forage for food. I was wondering if regular streamer fishing...
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Forum: Art of Casting
05-24-2007, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,302
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Forum: Warmwater flyfishing
05-22-2007, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 930
for you curious warm water fishermen
here´s a fish from northern argentina (in south america) that can be caught fly fishing. Its called dorado (golden), a very agressive fish. It ain´t me in the picture by the way.
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Forum: Getting Started
05-22-2007, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 651
mending line
I can see the importance of mending the line when fishing dry flies with a floater. What about when fishing nymphs or streamers with a sinking tip? is it equally important to mend or is drag not that...
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