SHNF 16-17 BS thread ( Banter session)

[buckshadow]

Thanks for the input SR it's my day off rain won't let me do regular chores so tie off it is

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[buckshadow]

Hey Buckshadow, welcome aboard, glad to see another Pasadena guy. I've always had an evil plan to take over this thread as a fishing thread but didn't realize it would be the fly guys doing it, haha.

Greetings are mutual, I will help where I can. I must say I don't catch a lot of fish and in four years I've harvested 1 doe and a small piglet about 45lbs. But I really enjoy just getting out of the city weather it's out in the water or the woodline.

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[hot_rod_eddie]

Greetings are mutual, I will help where I can. I must say I don't catch a lot of fish and in four years I've harvested 1 doe and a small piglet about 45lbs. But I really enjoy just getting out of the city weather it's out in the water or the woodline.

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That is the point. If I relied on my hunting skills in the SAM to feed my family, I wouldn't have this nice 'shed'

[SwampRabbit]

There are a couple of lakes, ponds, streams within the boundaries of the Sam... I'd say fishing is "on topic"

Unfortunately I lost a bunch of my fly pictures. They are not spectacular, but they catch fish around here.

I just poked around, and I might have to pick up an inexpensive 7.5' 4pc 4wt rod. But I am on the fence. It would be the exact same model as the one I have. While I am happy with it, I am not sure I want the same thing in a different size...

[SwampRabbit]

Thanks for the input SR it's my day off rain won't let me do regular chores so tie off it is

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Check out this thread:

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465591

It has a ton of pictures that I took the first year I started fly fishing and tying flies. (which was like 2 years ago.)

Post 220 has a picture of a box of flies I tied for a guy on the forum. There are a lot of good pictures in there... I tend to write a lot, you can scroll through all the babble, but the pictures will give you an idea of what fly fishing for me is all about.

[SwampRabbit]

For those that don't want to weed through the thread I posted. I don't use the wolly buggers much (in fact, I didn't tie those, I was giving them away because maybe they work for where they were at.)

Those things that I have labeled as not remembering, are like "bullet head something rather." I will tie the silly legs in two different ways. one way is streaming back like those were. In other cases I put a knot in them and tie them to look more like cricket legs. I just call them deer hair crickets... but I don't know the official name of the fly they are modeled from.

And you can see that my "Caddis fly" is very very basic. A rabbit hair or other synthetic dubbing body with some deer hair for the top. Nothing fancy. I can usually just cast this over where I know the gills are. It just sits on top of the water for a few seconds and BAM!!!! I very rarely have to give it action other than stripping it a few times to get it into position where the fish are.

[cmh2007]

Probably smells like feathers and fur

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[cmh2007]

Nice tying SR. All my stuff now days is salt water

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[SwampRabbit]

I'd love to fly for reds... but that would be another box of hooks, material, and rod/reel. Plus the time and paddling to find em.

[cmh2007]

I like Jacks more. 2/0 and v bigger hooks and big rods

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[Buck-Chaser]

I'd love to fly for reds... but that would be another box of hooks, material, and rod/reel. Plus the time and paddling to find em.

I love casting Flys on tailing reds.I got rid of my fly rod, kayak and all the Flys last year.

[huntinfool]

I too tie for catching fish...not fishermen.
I use the wolly bugger a lot and have great success with them. However I will say a bead head wolly bugger is far more effective than without. I also tie a few versions of a bead head peacock Herl that is very effective too.

My "go to" bass fly is one I call a cactus bunny.
Krystal channel body with a rabbit fur strip for a "wing" with a feather tail. Bead head/bead eyes/ glass eyes/ or the like.
I even caught a giant grass carp on one.



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[TMiddleton]

I bet that grass carp was a heck of a battle!

[huntinfool]

I bet that grass carp was a heck of a battle!

Yes sir, 45 minutes. He could pull hard.

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[huntinfool]

We hired a new guy today.

Skinny, pimple faced redneck. I swear it's Daniels son! I'm going to call him, Dmack JR.

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