What are you fishing this week?

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MGTom
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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Fished my Cortland 444 Ltd (Sharpes) today.

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With a cast of 3 flies, Hairwing Hare up top, Partridge and orange in the middle and a softhackle hares ear on point.


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Beautiful little SE Washington River


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Fished it with a matching 444 multiplier and Sylk line. Fish a lot of different rods but always special fishing boo.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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I took my Winston "Lettle Feller" 7 1/2' 3 oz 4 weight out to Crane creek today in SW Missouri. The trout were hitting size 16 sulphurs and BWOs all morning. The water is so clear you can watch them think about hitting your fly. More refusals than takes but it was an amazing day.

Rich


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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Fabulous posts, everyone. Keep 'em coming!

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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I am headed to the cabin tomorrow...lots and lots of stuff on the "Honey Do" list...but I will take some time to fish my newly refurbished Philipson Pacemaker. The Rio Grande is still running full and muddy, so it will be high mountain lakes.
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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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The Beaudex is a good match for that rod - best of luck breaking in the "new" rod!

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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" There's no such thing as a fly fisherman wholly satisfied with his casting performance. " ~ Jim Green (1971)
" Just once I wish a trout would wink at me. " ~ Brian Shaffer

Use the SEARCH for justification and reasoning.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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I was up on the Firehole last Wednesday and Thursday. Mostly fished my SweetGrass 3 wt which was too little rod for the wind.
Changed to my Orvis 7 1/2' 6 wt with a 406 DT5 fly line and did much better in the wind
Just very few fish landed in 2 days

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Had out a 50’s 9’ Heddon Black Beauty 2 1/2F saddled with a 3.5” Young 15A and lined in a Zia 6DT silk.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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I fished a CW Jenkins GA-70 today in the Driftless of Wisconsin. Caught small but beautiful brook trout.
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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Brian K. Shaffer wrote:Image
Wow Brian…

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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RichieT79 wrote:I took my Winston "Lettle Feller" 7 1/2' 3 oz 4 weight out to Crane creek today in SW Missouri. The trout were hitting size 16 sulphurs and BWOs all morning. The water is so clear you can watch them think about hitting your fly. More refusals than takes but it was an amazing day.

Rich


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That’s fantastic!
Love that LF

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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The line up for the Yakima and Naches rivers in central Washington. Lots of good water and plenty of fish with some excellent scenery just as an added bonus.
Shakespeare made 9.5’ 6 wt
Granger DS8642 5 wt
Chubb 8.5’ 3 wt
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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Salmo Nella wrote:
06/06/23 08:13
The line up for the Yakima and Naches rivers in central Washington. Lots of good water and plenty of fish with some excellent scenery just as an added bonus.
Shakespeare made 9.5’ 6 wt
Granger DS8642 5 wt
Chubb 8.5’ 3 wt
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8.5' 3 wt. That Chubb must be fun.
I want to be buried with my favorite rod.
I hear the Styx River has Fish.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Winston BIIX 5 weight.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Gallas Baetis 7’9” 4 wt 3/2. Blackburn same configuration. Both with Featherweight multiplier and Sylk DT-4. #16 light Hendrickson comparadun.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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red 1 wrote:
06/06/23 20:29
8.5' 3 wt. That Chubb must be fun.
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Ton of fun. Very easy and smooth. It got me started on slippery bamboo slope.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Post thunderstorm. Purple sky over a Hardy Marvel, CFO II, and a 3wt SA line.
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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Peales, Great images. Which Hardy rod model is shown?

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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This week a Burkheimer graphite rod. Last week a Summers 856.

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Re: What are you fishing this week?

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Grouse,
The rod is a Hardy Marvel. 7~1/2ft, 3~pc, 3~4wt. Fourties’ vintage. The reel is a CFO~II.

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