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4 hours ago, rachunter said:

Quick question is it better to wait for the sun to warm things up like bass or makes not difference. I itching to go today.


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Even a single degree can make a huge difference, if I were to go any day this week Id wait until afternoon

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Almost got crushed by a rock slide few feet to the left. Apparently this is where that halloween flood was last October. I know it looked different.
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Anyway I had one fish come up to the fly(olive caddis)but didn’t take it. Saw a few breaking water but the where to far away.
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Other then the rock slide it was a fun afternoon.
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I tried the ripples on both side in front and back. The fish came up by the bridge piling.
Not sure I’m going back there, but I remembered a spot around the block from my house going there tomorrow.


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Anyone bass fish with flies? Another guy to told me there’s mostly bass in the river and streams around. So I figured I’d give it a shot. All I have is these they came in a kit.

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On 5/5/2020 at 7:08 PM, rachunter said:

Almost got crushed by a rock slide few feet to the left. Apparently this is where that halloween flood was last October. I know it looked different.
2de8423127e5b847a1ae3baf4b692077.jpg
Anyway I had one fish come up to the fly(olive caddis)but didn’t take it. Saw a few breaking water but the where to far away.
b579419dda2ba248a142825cb32cccfa.jpg
Other then the rock slide it was a fun afternoon.
2f672fb93e91fb360d4b3021d3e5fc76.jpg
I tried the ripples on both side in front and back. The fish came up by the bridge piling.
Not sure I’m going back there, but I remembered a spot around the block from my house going there tomorrow.


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You were in my neighborhood right there........ enjoy the area...

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2 hours ago, rachunter said:

Anyone bass fish with flies? Another guy to told me there’s mostly bass in the river and streams around. So I figured I’d give it a shot. All I have is these they came in a kit.

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i actually preferred fly fishing for bass more than trout.   Most of the streams for trout i always fished were so brushy that fly fishing was just too tough.  But Smallies on a flyrod is a damn fine time.  

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You were in my neighborhood right there........ enjoy the area...

It’s definitely a beautiful area. I’m not giving up on it. If they weren’t doing construction on the bridge I would’ve went to the other side and worked it down stream, but I wasn’t messing with those rock slides. Going up stream got a little funky with all the brush,but looked like a good place to fish.


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Tried the sacandaga River again with no luck. I’m going to plan a trip up in June and give it another shot. That’s a beautiful river I can’t believe there’s no trout in it. Weather looks crummy the next few days.
Thanks for all the help guys.
To be continued.......


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Went down to a local pond to practice casting.When I got there fish where slurping some kinda fly off the top a few jumped out of the water.I still didn't get my dry flies yet.so I tried a nymph it took awhile but one finally grabbed it.I had him on for about three seconds then it spit the hook. Tried for another two hours then I had to leave.I'm heading back this evening. It was frustratingly fun.

Do you guys use those indictors? the guy Tom R. from orvils seems to use them in a few videos. I have to admit I liked being caught off guard. 

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If fish are rising to something on the surface, you could try using an unweighted nymph as an emerger.  Cast is out, let it sink a bit, and then bring it up toward the surface.  They might hit it on the way toward the surface.

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If fish are rising to something on the surface, you could try using an unweighted nymph as an emerger.  Cast is out, let it sink a bit, and then bring it up toward the surface.  They might hit it on the way toward the surface.

That’s exactly how it happened. I’ll probably never learn the names of flies, but this is the one I got the strike on.
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That’s exactly how it happened. I’ll probably never learn the names of flies, but this is the one I got the strike on.
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Looks like a pheasant tail nymph to me...love that fly and the bead head hares ear


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On 5/7/2020 at 3:15 PM, Robhuntandfish said:

i actually preferred fly fishing for bass more than trout.   Most of the streams for trout i always fished were so brushy that fly fishing was just too tough.  But Smallies on a flyrod is a damn fine time.  

Your not fly fishing unless you and everything on you is at some point in the day stuck in some brush. You have a had a real good day if you walk away bleeding from a thorn bush. 

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2 hours ago, crappyice said:


Looks like a pheasant tail nymph to me...love that fly and the bead head hares ear


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Add the prince to those and you have the flies that I do 90% of my nymphing with....

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3 hours ago, rachunter said:


That’s exactly how it happened. I’ll probably never learn the names of flies, but this is the one I got the strike on.
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Said just about every fly fishing newbie... I thought every decent fly fisherman had to have a PhD in entomology.  Some actually do  .. 2 books that helped me along were  Art Flicks Stream side  Guide  and Hatches by  Caucci and Nastasi.

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I went back around 4:30pm they where still swirling around,but it got to crowded for me. I did catch my first fish a sunny. I wanted it to be a trout so bad I named it “sun trout”

 

 

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