Fishing with Fiberglass Fly Rods

Who's fished Beavers Bend in OK?

feeds@kickapps.com (Raybow) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:33:03 PST

Thinking about going up there and trying it out. Was curious if the fihsng below the damm for trout was or would be a good place to catch a few without having to go to the rockies? It'd be about a 6 hour drive for me. And would this time of year be good?
Is this a rainbow stocker type of place for the bait dunkers or can a flyfisher find some quit and serene areas with some natural breeding browns.
Thanx for the help fellers.........................Ray...............

Telluride Trouting

feeds@kickapps.com (campesino) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:51:10 PST

We just returned from a week fishing in the Telluride, Colorado area. The trip got off to a bad start when the "cabin on the stream" turned out to be a trailer in the woods, but we were able to scramble and find vacancies in Mountain Village, just over the mountain from Telluride at a great rate. Although not the back to nature experience we wanted, there were compensations-- easy access to some great dining in Telluride by the free gondola into town, and a central location from which to explore the surrounding mountains.

The important thing was that we were close to many beautiful small mountain streams, where we focused our attention. What a great chance to get out the Steffen Bros 3/4 and the Scott Fibertouch 3 weights. The first day I fished Fish Creek, a small tributary of the West Fork of the Dolores, and never saw a...

14 Days of Straight Ahead Fishing on Montana Waters

feeds@kickapps.com (tabornatives) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:46:44 PST

Over 250 trout landed and released. Cuts, Rainbows, Browns and Brookies. All on Steffens. All on dry flies. All wading. Dumped my camera on day 2. I dried it out and miraculously it worked. After the third dumping it was down for good, but was able to secure a few photos on the memory card.

Big Fat Bow

Self watching for rises

The Mid-day Hatches

Beautiful Cut...

I love these kinds of dilemas...

feeds@kickapps.com (majicwrench) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:10:02 PST

Meeting a friend for some carp fishing Wed and Thur, first carp outing of the year! Now the big question, which rod to take?? My Parametric 8.5 7wts sees a lot of carp use. Have a Hardy Jet 7wt too. And some classic Heddons. FR2000 are wonderful, and my 8.5 6/7 has seen it's share of carp already.Have a Lamiglas LTD 7wt just itching to go fishing. Of course the FF857 want to get wet too.
Jeesh, might take me days to decide!
Keith

Taylor River outing with Scott F-75 & Lyons

feeds@kickapps.com (docbluedevil) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:20:53 PST

Just got back from a 5 day family reunion here in Colorado. My wife's family have been fly fisherman for generations, so they chose a place called Harmel's Ranch in Almont, CO that happens to be right on banks of the Taylor River. Lucky me!

Almont is a tiny town that's about one thing: fishing for trout.

And then telling fish stories on the "liar's bench."

I inaugurated the Scott F-75 on this trip on Spring Creek, a small creek loaded with pocket water, that holds lots of small brown trout willing to take a dry fly. I even hooked up with a very large 'bow on this tiny creek, about 20", and started to worry about this vintage Scott's...

Family Vacation Recon Mission

feeds@kickapps.com (Spencer DT) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:45:22 PST

The story goes that this is a family vacation... I did manage to sneak away one evening for a few hours on a small creek.

Click first pic for a short video... The fish were in a small pond at the resort we stayed at, no fishing here allowed but very tempting. Ha. We were throwing cheerios in the water in this video.

The rod, a Cortland FR-2000 7.5' 5/6 this rod continues to impress me, I still have to try it with a 4 weight line, it is definitely a soft 5 weight.

The creek... A little churned up (brown) and a little over fished in this stretch near a public conservation club with access even provided for those that are...

Broke My FF605

feeds@kickapps.com (caveman2533) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:15:29 PST

This rod was broken before it was given to me over 30 years ago. The then owner broke it by slamming the car trunk on it. He repaired it by sliding a piece of spring wire inside the tube and epoxying it in place, it made a stiffer spot in the bend but I fished many times with it and it didn't seem to affect the casting or the action much. Well, this July 4th weekend while I was fishing the Pine Creek in Potter county I broke it again, while trying to wiggle a fly loose from a tree. It broke just above the wire insert that it was repaired with many years ago. Dumb action on my part.
Any way after looking at it and thinking about it I decided to fix it the same way it was originally fixed. Hopefully it will last another 25 or 30 years. Here are a couple pics of the repair job. Its not probably the best way to fix it but I think it will work.

The break, and the...

fly lines for a parametric

feeds@kickapps.com (Stonefly) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:33:25 PST

I wonder if anyone could give me some advice on fly lines for a Parametric 8 1/2 ft. 7wt.I tried an Air Cel 7-8 bass taper that wasn't too bad.I think I'll have to play around with the tippet.I also tried a WF7 Ultra 3 that I didn't like at all.Tried the rod out for the first time this week after having it for almost a year.This one is definitely a keeper.I was thinking about trying a double taper 7.Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

been awhile, creek fishing this weekend

feeds@kickapps.com (borumas) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:34:46 PST

Hello all, it's been awhile since I've posted here. With all the needed rain we have gotten I hadn't done much fishing until a few months ago and haven't lurked here in awhile. This Sunday I went down to Cibolo Creek to try a hand at some Guadalupe bass, didn't have any luck with them but caught some perch using a hopper and a foam spider pattern. It was nice taking out the South Fork #5 rod as those perch put a nice bend in it and fought nicely.
I've recently started updating my blog as well after a fair time of neglect: http://saladocreekfisherman.blogspot.com/

It's good to get back to fishing.

South Fork Rod Company "Classic" First Time Out ...

feeds@kickapps.com (JDPoulsen) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:33:32 PST

a creek near our home on the outskirts of Fort Worth, TX. My 21 year old son fished for about thirty minutes and managed to catch three sunfish on his new 7.5' 4 weight. The honey colored lamiglas blank is beautiful. Rod was custom ordered with an all aluminum reel seat and red wraps with black borders. I think my son has a new favorite fly rod.

Leiderman/Steffen on the Madison

feeds@kickapps.com (Duff) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:26:46 PST

I have been fishing the Madison River in Montana for the past five days with my Leiderman 8' 5/6. Actually it's the first time I haven't taken a graphite rod west and I was a little concerned that I might be somewhat under-gunned with the fiberglass 8' #5 ... nope. That rod is just unbelievable and coupled with a 5X flurocarbon leader was unstoppable. On it's maiden voyage it landed two browns, two rainbows and unfortunately, uncountable whitefish. The bend the 17" rainbow put in it was fantastic. I was using a Hardy LRH filled with a DT5 with the Leiderman, a reel which I have fished the same spot on the river for nearly 30 years. The Hardy really liked its new fishing partner and I think was surprised when I wasn't breaking off fish.

I was fishing a spot that has special meaning to me since I once found a watch there which I gave to my dad and he wore for many years. It...

Line recommendation for 7 ft 3 wt Lamiglas honey blank

feeds@kickapps.com (paveglass) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:09:11 PST

Friends,

Just picked up a 7 ft 3 wt Lamiglass 6 pc and would like to know if any of you fish this rod and with what line? Thanks to all!

Donny

Quick Montana report

feeds@kickapps.com (PeteStiles) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:46:04 PST

I just returned from a nice family trip to Montana. The fishing highlight was a day spent on the Upper Beaverhead River, near Dillon. While many of the rivers were still quite high (and muddy), the section just below the dam was fishing very well. Its reputation for big, powerful fish is well deserved, too. These first two took at least 20 minutes to land each. The McFarland 8' 5wt was doubled over and the fish still wouldn't budge. It was amazing.
The first was this brown, that went airborne several times before tearing down stream and taking me into the backing, the LRH singing. I chased it down stream as far as I could before I would start to interfere with other fishermen, then, it was just a battle until the fish would finally come to the net:

The second bruiser, a hefty rainbow, was an even longer battle. After I finally turned it upstream and recovered most of my line, it...

fly-fishin the salt

feeds@kickapps.com (halfhitch) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:19:16 PST

Took the ol' FF909 down to Corson's Inlet this past Thursday for an evening's fishing. Caught 3 flounder on a 2/0 red and white clouser. The last time I fishing the salt (about a week ago) I also caught flounder. I'm noticing an absence of weakfish and blues. I was wondering about the experiences of other folks who fly fish the salt. Have you noticed an absence of these fish? I beginning to think that flounder are the only show in town. Not that there is anything wrong with catching flounder. It's just that I have always caught weakies in the evening and it seemed like you could always count on a bluefish or two pretty much anytime. What are your experience's?...

Winston glass - line recommendation

feeds@kickapps.com (zimfly) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:55:47 PST

Greetings,

Looking for a line recommendation for my Winston glass 8' 5wt. Will be fishing dries (16 -20) on small to medium streams, with casts generally under 40'.

Thanks,

Al

Brookie Chasing in the Shenandoah Valley

feeds@kickapps.com (corlay) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:30:59 PST

On vacation this week in VA, with the family and was able to sneak away one morning at dawn,
to try some brookie fishing. Knowing that featherlight was very familiar with these waters,
from his awesome and beautiful posts over the past year, I contacted him prior to leaving
to ask if he would point me in the right direction - and boy did he.

What a beautiful and picturesque place!

I lucked out with some much needed rains two days in a row,
which resulted in nice summertime flows, and active and hungry fish.

A new experience for me, these are easily the smallest waters that I've ever fished,
but also the physical realization of what I envision when I consider the archetypal "mountain brook".
Cascading pools, moss-covered boulders, downed trees, and a healthy population of small, wild brook trout.

On this trip, my buddy Gene tagged along to shoot some photographs.
This was fun, as he was impressed that these gorgeous little fish were...

Effect of rod taper on distance casting

feeds@kickapps.com (Flywalker) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:54:36 PST

Given similar rod material, what type of taper do you find work the best for distance casting, in your hands?

I usually see people recommend fast-action (tip bending) rods for saltwater fishing or other situations requiring distance casting, claiming it's easier to throw a narrow loop with a fast-action rod.

On the other hand, it seems that a parabolic action (which I understand as a flexible butt section that loads before the stiffer tip section) would allow one to load the butt section and utilize the rod's leverage better.

These type of thought experiments are what happens when I go for too long without actually going fishing.... Still, at the risk of starting a ruckus, I'd be interested in hearing others opinions or experiences.

Level line vs tapered etc..

feeds@kickapps.com (caveman2533) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:22:33 PST

What are the advantages of a level line over a tapered line or vice versa. I just received the FF806 that Richard Moore had for sale and I loaded a Heddon 320 with a L-6-F on it and it shoots it like a dream. Almost like it had a split shot on the end of it. really nice. Could someone describe the differnces in line types. WF, DT, Level and I am sure there are others I missed.
Steve

Best entry rod for glass

feeds@kickapps.com (dmilush) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:34:32 PST

Hi guys,

I am Dimiter from Belgium and I never fished glass before.

I would like to get a decent fiberglass rod, but am having a hard time figuring out which one.

Any suggestions? Please keep in mind that I want to stay in the 100, max 150 price segment, but want to get a decent rod.

Something like the FF705 or FF755 (difficult to find and getting expensive).

What are my other options?

What do you think about Eagle Claw Featherweight?

Thanks for looking and your advice!

STRIPERS!

feeds@kickapps.com (fingernail) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:53:18 PST

I've never really fished for them, so what would I need? I like to push the envelope so what would you consider the lightest line weight you would use?