Best Fly-Fishing Cities?

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Randyflycaster		#21	[url]	[-]
Posts: 108 08/28/2009 11:08	It's hard to have a car in Manhattan, so for me make a trip up to the Beaverkill and stay over becomes expensive. To take public transportation up to the WB of the Croton is two hours door to door. Northern Westchester has great trout streams but real estate is a fortune up there. Besides, I'm looking to sell my co-op, buy something a lot cheaper and then semi-retire. Yes, we have striper and blues fishing, but access is limited unless you fish the many piers during the week when they're not crowded. (Which I often do.) But it is trout fishing that I love most. Thanks for all the suggestions, Randy www.flyandspincasting.com
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DT4F	Interest in Cane rods?	#22	[url]	[-]
Posts: 32 08/28/2009 11:28	I would add also, that there is a great deal of interest in fishing, and building bamboo rods in the this Front Range of Colorado. Lyons is located between Boulder and Loveland, is where the Colorado Cane Conclave is held, and is the home of John Gierach, and Mike Clark. http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/topic/26627
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aquabonito		#23	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1031 08/29/2009 21:43 Angry Andy	In thinking it over, its gotta be Sacramento, Decent year round weather, close to hundreds of salmonoid waters. A nice place to live...too bad its in California. "You can't make new old friends" Andy Last Edited By: aquabonito 08/30/2009 12:41. Edited 1 time.
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gmflyfish	Bozeman	#24	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1209 08/30/2009 10:02	Since I live there - I place my vote on Bozeman - actually I live thirty miles west of Bozeman in Three Forks - where the Missouri starts and I am two hours to most famous waters other than the Big Hole Gregg
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DukeAlum	Cities	#25	[url]	[-]
Posts: 47 08/30/2009 14:34	I agree with Boulder, Loveland and also Bozeman. How bout Denver as a central point out there. I also used to fish, and pack St Marys Glacier out there. A big secret most people from Colorado have never heard of.Great winter packing place. The lake out there is the most pristine I have every seen. Even when I was in the Alps! My vote for Best location, ALBANY, NY! You have the Battenkill 45 minutes from you. Lake George an hour north. Kinderhook, Poestenkill, Normanskill all in the area.Little secrets.All within a 20-30 minute drive Saranac Lake and Lake Placid a 2 hour drive.I plan a trip to the Ausable. West from here is another dreamers paradise. Central NY . And towards Cortland my friends. And, I leave the Catskill alone to the NYC types trying to invade my fishing! Also, Ashville, NC. Great location. West ending at Fontana lake. Also Bryson City. Deep creek is a great stream.Everywhere out here is a stream my friends.A lot of falls as well. Nice day gents Enjoy
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docbluedevil		#26	[url]	[-]
Posts: 114 08/30/2009 16:47	I love the fact that so many mention the front range of Colorado (e.g. Boulder); it keeps the rest of the state relatively unspoiled with crowds.
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cutthroattroutnm	All within a 40 mile radius in Colorado	#27	[url]	[-]
Posts: 90 08/30/2009 22:22	Basalt, Colorado - the Frying Pan and the Roaring Fork Rivers. Gunnison, Colorado - all of the Gunnison River headwaters and the Gunnison itself. Outstanding fishing, particularly dry fly fishing, spectacular scenery, exceptional dining.
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crcaddis		#28	[url]	[-]
Posts: 338 08/31/2009 10:42	Do you want year round fishing? The Rockies are great for a couple months a year, but you can fish year round in lots of places. Mountain Home Arkansas has some great tailwater fishing, but its hard to find many of the amusements and creature comforts that you would find in a big city..Redding California has some great year round fishing and decent amenities, and Napa wine country isnt far away. It would be my choice I ever moved out of St. Louis...I have just about everything I want in town, plus thousands of miles of smallmouth water within a couple hours. Decent trout fishing in 2 hours, Arkansas in 4-5 hours, and I can always hop on a plane. Cheers.
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Gnome		#29	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2246 09/01/2009 07:19 King of the Gnomes	crcaddis, The western slope of Colorado and the tail water fisheries it contains are some of the finest mid-winter fishing there is. (The Southwestern part of Colorado is High desert and can be very mild, mid-winter) The lower Gunnison depending on flow rates can be some of the best midge fishing you will ever encounter. And the BWO's are pretty spectacular and on a mild winter it is not uncommon to see temperatures in the low to mid 40's and an occasional 50 degrees. My first two years on the Gunnison where very special as I caught fish on dry fly's every month for that two year run. Not bad for a place where you say; "The Rockies are great for a couple months a year" But do not spread this around ;-) Jeff Last Edited By: Gnome 09/01/2009 07:22. Edited 1 time.
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rlnunleycom		#30	[url]	[-]
Posts: 542 09/01/2009 08:40	I love the Rockies, esp the west slope, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah... All great places to fly fish! On the other side, I love the Catskills. Wonderful waters, some with no pressure and every little stream has brookies and a few browns in it. BUT, if I were to be given a choice to live anywhere I wanted to live and Flyfishing was my main concern (which I had that choice and that was my main priority) I would be exactly where I am right now, Mountain Home, AR. Here's why. 1. I can fly fish here ALL YEAR. no season, it's rare that it's too cold to be on the river, etc. 2. I can catch 40 to 50 fish per day on a good day... a bad day is a dozen fish, or a few more. 3. Yeah, it's a tailwater, but within a 90 minute drive are some great headwater's... North Fork of the White, Crane Creek (wonderful spring fed with the ONLY pure strain of McCloud Rainbows left in the world) and many more. 4. If I get bored with trout, I am still within 30 minutes of fishing for Largemouth, Smallmouth, Sunfishes of all sorts (over 20 species), Walleye, Stripers, White Bass, etc. 5. Well, there's always that chance that you'll land the world record brown on a fly rod. The last 3 world record brown trout came out of Arkansas, two of them from within 15 miles of my house. I've landed numerous browns over 25 inches in the past two years, and lost at least 2 fish that would go over 25 POUNDS (saw 'em, and in front of 20 witnesses actually had a net on one of them for a couple of milliseconds). 6. Area is flyfisher friendly. We have a great FFF Club here a good TU chapter. It's rare that you'll fish a stretch of river and not pass across another flyfisher... but generally, they have some manners. They won't crowd your space or jump in on top of you when you land a nice fish. Some will, but hey, there's not accounting for idiots, regardless of whether it's in Arkansas, Colorado, California or New York. We all have our share of morons. Now, keep in mind, you can fish all of this, year around. There are lakes, rivers, streams EVERYWHERE! The White and North Fork combine for over 40 miles of fishable stream, much of it can be waded year 'round. Also, I'm trying to speak as the voice of experience, somewhat. I've lived in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, very shortly in Montana, which I dearly love to visit and fish. What do those places have that Arkansas does not????? Hmmmmm.... Oh, YEAH!! SIX FOOT SNOW DRIFTS!!! I don't know a soul in Arkansas that owns a Snowmobile! Hell, most don't even know what one looks like!!! Later, Bob RL "Bob" Nunley, Rodmaker Ozark Rodmaking School My Book, The Snake Rod
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slate river		#31	[url]	[-]
Posts: 124 09/01/2009 22:12	Gunnison County, Colorado. Great trout fishing for wild fish, incredible scenery, miles of back country and public land. Good winter fishing, college town and great skiing. Only 15,000 year round residents and daily direct 30 minute flights from Denver. Bob
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DukeAlum	Fly fish Bill	#32	[url]	[-]
Posts: 51 09/02/2009 05:12	My friend I will keep that part of NY quiet as well. I have been that way in my past, met many anglers who have been there. Couple fly tyers too. One who is very known in the business. Heck I am sharing areas you and I know. The Ausable, Kinderhook etc. There are a thousand such places, that know one knows about. Heck, a place I fish local has never been stocked! The trout here, never have seen an artificial lure! Now that is an unknown stream. Nice day my friend
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wb4tjh		#33	[url]	[-]
Posts: 542 09/16/2009 12:18	I'll second Bob Nunley's recommendation on northern Arkansas! I spent most of my adult life fishing that part of Arkansas until I moved to south Florida 6 and 1/2 years ago. But the Lord moves in mysterious ways.... and in the next few weeks, I'm moving to SW Missouri....thank Heaven my wife accepted a job promotion there...so I am going to be within easy driving range of my old haunts in northern Arkansas and in southern Missouri again! Bob....I plan to look you up after I get settled and get a chance to visit Mountain Home again. Bill Anderson, SW Missouri
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Bullwinkle		#34	[url]	[-]
Posts: 37 09/16/2009 13:48	Red Lodge, MT or Durango, CO
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seattlesetters		#35	[url]	[-]
Posts: 695 09/16/2009 17:12	I gotta side with Bozeman, Montana. I could also handle Missoula and Redding. One that hasn't been mentioned is Bend, Oregon. Great weather and great trout/steelhead streams nearby.
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Dread Pirate Robert.fiberglassflyro...		#36	[url]	[-]
Posts: 17 09/16/2009 17:38	I saw Spokane, WA on the list ~~ let me suggest across the state line into Idaho. Couer d'Alene is my favorite place to get away to. And they love New Yorkers in North Idaho ~~ really, they do ~~
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Horace Benbow		#37	[url]	[-]
Posts: 10 09/16/2009 17:45	Dread Pirate Robert wrote: And they love New Yorkers in North Idaho I'll take your word for it. By the way, you don't have a bridge for sale, do you? I have no doubt I'm being guilty of the same fallacy as people who assume all of New York state looks like the South Bronx, but I admit when I think of Idaho, all that comes to mind is some sort of Aryan Nations militia compound. Another vote for Bend or the Durango area. First choice for the fishing coupled with tolerable amenities/people would have been Missoula or Bozeman, but a bit brisk for these old bones during the (long) winter. Last Edited By: Horace Benbow 09/16/2009 17:50. Edited 1 time.
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