Recent content by hawgin

I am gonna stick with my current set up for time being

It don't matter if its okuma or Lami you just gotta feel it...I would go with shimano for reels tho! I have caught more fish on my lamiglas tho?

YES! they are!

It is

No worries

Oh another question, is a spey rod the only fly rod type that can land a stealhead reason I ask I know absolutely nothing about fly fishing the fly rod I acquired is a wet noodle my buddy said it would land a bigger fish and another buddy said it was mainly for trout??? I could take a picture...

post 44, well put! lets play nice! I look forward to catching my first fish on a fly rod. I have been talking with some people and looking through posts here, and it does seem quite involved but rewarding at the same time! I don't have a spey rod but the rod I have, I was told is very nice its...

Hiked around for a good couple hours yesterday got back in the car and headed down to wagon wheel around 4ish managed to not get skunked with a 10 inch trout or baby steelhead it had pretty big eyes but hey it was something right...

Well maybe I'll have to give fly fishing a shot? Some good replies here, some worth about 2 cents...

I went out around 5 tonight...nothing I am gonna actually finally throw my waders on and head up river from meadow brook tomorrow

I recently acquired a fly rod and was curious if I fished with it, I would somehow never fish with my other rods lol. I know it doesn't take a fly rod to find oneself on the river? Hooking into a steelhead either style is difficult I am sure. I have caught only two this year one on the sandy the...

I went there as a kid and it is one of my fondest memories! me and my best friend in his dads boat with jigs, needle nose pliers and a five gallon bucket each that we would fill up quickly! I remember it was July

Me and a buddy stopped by Friday after work. I skunked and he caught what must of been an old summer cause he was pretty haggard looking and had some big eyes.

Okay from what I've gathered do some fly fisherman only fish with fly rod? I see a lot of different posts from fly fisherman that claim they haven't caught a steelhead or salmon in years? Does this mean you haven't tried or given up other styles like drift fishing? I know not everybody is the...

or there lol