Recent content by bigthackara

The name on your fly rod doesn't cast, mend or send the hook. You do. While I agree that it makes sense to have an intermediate line for lakes. Become a better fly fisherman does not coincide with more expensive gear, is just asinine..... Too have a spey rod to cast more line. Or a smaller...

That fish looks very cutt-ish. Having really ever fished up there this late in the year. Good to know there is some fish to be had.

After tying a dozen or so flys with these hooks, they are pretty ghetto. Soft, inconsistent in size, the eye isn't down enough. The barbs are very inconsistent (this doesn't bother me much). With that being said they are dirt cheap. I guess I can't expect much for the price. I am sure I...

Took the chance on some Allen hooks. They are dirt cheap, about 75% less than at the fly shops. It kills me not to support the fly shops, but I am currently fishing in leaky waders and boots with drywall screws holding the felt on. :naughty: They appear to be decent hooks, they look lower...

Wow, its summer time and fighting on a fishing site? Couple thoughts: 1. We talkin bout Diamond Lake! Uckfing Diamond Lake! "Too Many" Lake according to ODFW. :rolleyes: 2. Any fishing report is better than no report regardless of any divulging or lack there of. 3. The only thing dumber than...

Yeah, the kids parents were on my mind when I gave those guys that steelie, I guess I was assuming since the boys looked like pretty experinced fisherman that their parents could handle dealing with a big fish. Part of me was thinking the parents would be less than thrilled to gut out the fish...

I went out again today to try for some more trout, I had good action all morning again. After my first spots I ran into a couple young boys fishing with bobbers and nightcrawlers not having any luck. They insisted I fish with them, so i wade across and fished next to where they were. I had a...

Took advantage of some low water and a late start to work and did some exploring. I fished about a 1/2 mile stretch of river that I have never fished before. Did pretty well, caught 2 big cutties and 3 nice bows, one fatty, and lots of average sized cutthroat and bows. It was great...

This is pretty simple for me, I personally would never drive to wikiup for bass fishing. I can fish a freeway pond, or any of the lakes in the valley (fern,fall creek, dorena, cg, dexter, lookout etc) for bass. So why would I drive Clear to a lake in the mountains? Doesn't make sense...

There are a butt load of strays in the grove, and they are successfully reproducing regardless of what odfw says. Sounds like a cool sight to behold, you are lucky to have seen that!

The coast fork is still pretty cool in june guys, sure the lower 3 miles is all frog water, but from saginaw upstream is cool enough for them. I expect this fishery to be primarily near the dams. I relish the idea of catching springers in skiny water sounds cool to me. Of course the fish...

this is interesting, there are some stray chinook up near the dam from time to time. Not sure how this creates a "fishery" though. The fish will kegged up below the dam like chord wood! Can you say snaggers?

What a fish! Thats a fish of a lifetime!!! I love how everyone chimes in about what you caught! How bout we get pics of all the other 23" cutthroat that people on here have caught and compare? LOL It does seem like the bigger a cutthroat gets, the more its colors differ from that of a...

I use to have that same net, but I left it on the river one day. Good net for large fish! Now I just use a medium size frabil that I can keep the fish in the water while I fiddle with my camera. I just d ring it or use a quick release attached to my wading jacket or vest. It used to have a...

Id rather you buy me dinner first if your going to talk about my hole! Playin! You can fish almost the entire valley all winter! That's the beauty of it!