just a bit of fly fishing...

mmaria · Feb 12, 2014

I really didn't know where to post this, so please move it if it's not the right place

I went for a walk and met with my husband...
He was, of course, fly fishing...

I would like to know how many of fly fishers are here on TPF?

AlanO · Feb 12, 2014

Nice shots, enjoyed the blog write up ... I don't miss an opportunity to fly fish. :thumbup:

Flurries by Nokinrocks, on Flickr

EIngerson · Feb 12, 2014

First off, God I miss fly fishing!!!!!! Lol. Really like the first one. Looks like a good day to be out. Then again, what day isn't? Sorry for the useless reply, but I'm on my cell phone.

RichieT · Feb 12, 2014

It's 10 degrees here and we're bracing for another snow and ice storm. Your pictures are killing me. Great shots BTW. I fly fish, tie my own flies, and I'm a fly fishing merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts.

mmaria · Feb 12, 2014

AlanO said:
Nice shots, enjoyed the blog write up ... I don't miss an opportunity to fly fish. :thumbup:

Flurries by Nokinrocks, on Flickr

What wouldn't you do just to fly fish! Oh boys, boys! Take care over there!

And thanks for the blog write up, I know it's just a girl's point of view, but I guess it's ok for the first time and that little time available, and don't I forget the rain

mmaria · Feb 12, 2014

EIngerson said:
First off, God I miss fly fishing!!!!!! Lol. Really like the first one. Looks like a good day to be out. Then again, what day isn't? Sorry for the useless reply, but I'm on my cell phone.

Exactly the words my husband use. I even know what are really bad conditions for fly fishing, because he's home then lol

RichieT said:
It's 10 degrees here and we're bracing for another snow and ice storm. Your pictures are killing me. Great shots BTW. I fly fish, tie my own flies, and I'm a fly fishing merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts.

And I here want some snow

He fly fish, ties his own flies, and apparently he's good in both of those. He grew up next to two rivers (he just need to step out of our backyard and there's the first river, few steps more and there's the second river) and has been fishing since he was 6 years old.

mmaria · Feb 12, 2014

I thought that there are more fly fishers here on TPF

runnah · Feb 12, 2014

mmaria said:
I thought that there are more fly fishers here on TPF

I can only have one technical and expensive hobby at a time.

I do regular lure and bait fishing. Mostly because I can sit in a boat and drink beer.

Derrel · Feb 12, 2014

I used to fly fish as a kid, but then my attention turned to casting weighted spinners for steelhead and salmon. Haven't picked up a fly rod in years now, all pretty much spinning and some baitcasting. Over the last decade, I've done more float and jig fishing than before, but still prefer spinning lures that I make.Here's a half-dozen matte silver-plated size 4 French blade spinners I made. iPhone snap on the paper plate on which I was building them.

runnah · Feb 12, 2014

I love jig fishing. Having great success with a wacky jig for largemouth. Smallmouths love the spinners.

I do put on a jitterbug from time to time at dusk.

The_Traveler · Feb 12, 2014

mmaria said:
And I here want some snow
He fly fish, ties his own flies, and apparently he's good in both of those. He grew up next to two rivers (he just need to step out of our backyard and there's the first river, few steps more and there's the second river) and has been fishing since he was 6 years old.

Maria is too modest to say but her husband is on their national fly fishing team, which gives you some idea of just how good he really is.

pixmedic · Feb 12, 2014

what does he do with the flies once hes caught them?

EIngerson · Feb 12, 2014

pixmedic said:
what does he do with the flies once hes caught them?

She said in a previous post that he's good at tying them. I wonder how he gets them to sit still while he does it?

Josh_Houchin · Feb 12, 2014

I started fly fishing shortly after I was stationed at Fort Carson. Learning to fly fish has been a life changing event for me, the stress of the work week disappears the very second I step into a cold stream.

mmaria · Feb 13, 2014

I knew there must be more of you....

runnah said:
I can only have one technical and expensive hobby at a time.

I hear you.
Our money goes to fly fishing and photography, but mostly to fly fishing, since he is more serious in ff then me in photography.

I like the fact that he's into ff, as Josh said about the stress. Every fly fisher I met and talked to, mentioned that fly fishing is a great way of dealing with stress. I envy them.

My hb was into a few kinds of fishing over the years. Good is that now he has his own fishing related space in the house. Rods, reels, other gear, waders, materials, feathers, furs... you name it.

Derrel and runnah, we don't have salmon here. We have trout and grayling. Most of people that come here seem to have some kind of respect to grayling. And I had to ask my hb what does that words you and runnah mentioned mean: lure, jig

Lew, it really didn't cross my mind even once while I was writing this, to mention that. If someone asked me how good he is, I would tell, but as I remember I mentioned that once some time ago.