Once in a Blue Moon. The clip that won the 2009 Drake Flyfishing Video Awards. Full length feature film available at http://www.onthefly.co.nz for more fly fishing film DVD’s and downloads - You can get free downloads of these Videos by joining our FREE VIP mailout
Duration : 0:5:17
When targeting rainbow trout on free stone streams, the first step is to gain knowledge from a local fly shop regarding which flies to use. Learn about dry and wet fishing for rainbow trout with help from a fly fishing guide in this free video on fly fishing for rainbow trout.
Expert: Walt Geryk
Contact: neffguide.com
Bio: Walt Geryk is an Orvis-endorsed fly and spey fishing guide with over 30 years of experience.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
Duration : 0:2:7
There is no lock. Just remove your rig, be it a single fly or fly, shot, strike indicator, and put it back in the rod case. Never put a fly rod back in the case with the fly in the hook keeper on the rod, it WILL get snagged in the fabric in the rod tube and then you have a nice sharp hook scratching your fly rod every time you put it in or remove it from the rod case.
If you don’t have a rod case, let me just say that the vast majority of rod breakages occur during transport to or from your fishing destination. A rod case costs $30 and is worth every penny.
Hope this helped.
Here’s a link to a couple cases I carry.
http://www.kmdtackle.com/scientific-anglers-fly-rod-case.html
I’m a complete newbie to angling, and I’m going to my local coarse lake for the first time this weekend to give it a go! As it’s my first time I’m going to get a peg on the ‘novice’ lake that’s stocked mostly with silverfish and a few small carp.
I’ve done a bit of casting practise on a field near my house, and must admit I find a fixed-spool reel quite fiddly as I have butter fingers! I find it much easier to cast using my Dad’s fly reel, which has no gears. Could I use this for the sort of angling I’ll be doing at the lake? I’m only doing it for a couple of hours of quiet fun anyway, not for any sort of competition.
Also, does having coloured line have any disadvantage over clear line when on a lake? A friend has a spare spool of 10lb line she’s let me have, but it’s yellow.
Thanks!
People have said centrepins & fly reels are different - true. But put a lot of backing on a fly reel & the experience will not be utterly disimilar.
Your current problems with the fixed spool reel will seem like nothing compared to the issues you’ll have with a centrepin - slow retrieve & having to feed off line to cast will become very wearing.
On small, fast waterways where casts are short (no need to feed of yards of line) & control a priority a centrepin makes sense but on lakes there’s a good reason why 99/100 anglers use FSRs.
Check you’re using the FSR correctly - unless you’re a real window licker it should be very simple; now if you were trying to cast with a multiplier I could understand…
10lb is too much (thick/stiff) for silverfish so the colour is moot; 1-200yds of c.4lb is more what you’re after for mixed float fishing.
I dont have a fly rod but im bout to buy one. I would rather use my spinning tackle but dont know if that would work. I dont really know what im doing there cus im from Maryland. Any fishing tips and or travel destintions would be appreciated.
I live just outside of Helena Montana. You can easily catch fish on spinners and spoons on nearly any body of water in the state. My favorites are panther martins, black furys, and there is a black thomas cyclone spoon that the fish seem to love. You want the one with the brass back, not yellow. When I find them, I’ll buy every one that the store has. As for your choices, the Gallatin is ok. The Ruby is good. The Beaverhead holds some awesome brown trout. The Missouri between Holter Lake and Craig is amazing. If you enjoy a hike, the West Fork of the Blackfoot holds some amazing cutthroats. If you are serious about the flyfishing thing, you must hit some of the small creeks around for brook trout. It’s a great way to get some practice in with your fly equipment. They aren’t very big (6-14"), but they are aggressive. It’s about like catching piranhas out of an aquarium. I’ve been known to catch upwards of 60 in a couple of hours. Just ask the local sports shop in what ever part of Montana you are in. They can point you to a good spot to catch brookies. Around here, Deep Creek, Dry Creek, Battle Creek, Crow Creek, Swamp Creek, or any of 100 others hold more brook trout than you could ever imagine.