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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Feb 17, 2018 - 07:26pm PT
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Bri89,would like closer look at your 'Go To"
It's basically your standard issue bead head pheasant tail. For the thorax I just like to use peacock chenille instead of herl. Here's a generic picture of a bh pheasant tail that has peacock herl (not chenille). I'll try to take some close up pics of mine later.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Feb 18, 2018 - 06:03am PT
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^^ That's basically the way I tie them, but with goose biot for the tail.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Feb 19, 2018 - 06:05pm PT
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out on the lake again and saw some trout. Neither Isa or myself had ever driven on a frozen lake so we had to cross that one off the list.
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herm
Trad climber
Bishop
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Feb 25, 2018 - 08:37am PT
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Lots and lots of dead trout off 5 Bridges Road, I doubt if any survived at all.
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herm
Trad climber
Bishop
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Feb 25, 2018 - 10:30am PT
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Not sure, but there are lots and lots of dead fish in the slower pools. I guess the ash probably suffocated them? This was my favorite flyfishing venue.
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ruppell
climber
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Feb 25, 2018 - 10:51am PT
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Here's a quick read from a quick Google search about fish mortality caused by wildfires. The only form I could find it in was a downloadable PDF. Be warned if your one of the tinfoil hat types. Clicking this link will auto-download the PDF to your comp.
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150484
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 25, 2018 - 05:32pm PT
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Bob,
In June I love fishing a Brookes Headlight Sally on the East Walker. Assuming the water is clear enough that the fish can see up top. Caddis can work well too in the late spring, early summer. That river has been so screwed up the last few years I haven't been there in a while and often nymph it when I am there but if you want to catch big browns on dries there that is my recommendation.
I fished the San Joaquin and other freestone streams on the east side a lot the last couple years and used to mainly work parachute adams or size 16 or smaller elk hair but have found the size 18 Headlight Sally to fish better most of the time. It floats better and seems to just catch a lot of fish. Sometimes I will mark the bodies in brown instead of yellow but it doesn't seem to matter.
Jan McCollum
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Feb 25, 2018 - 07:16pm PT
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Those headlight sallys...question, do you tie them with a parachute or more as a stimulator style?
Just curious.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Feb 25, 2018 - 07:51pm PT
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Thanks Jan!!! I'm going up there for a week in June. I've always had good success nymphing there but not so much with dry flies. Thanks for the tip! I'll tie a few of those and give it a try.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 25, 2018 - 08:17pm PT
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Parachute with a red butt. Elk hair down wing, yellow or brown body and grizzly hackle. There is a stub of foam for the upright wing that the hackle is wrapped around and makes the fly really easy to see.
Here is the closest I can find a photo of.
My largest fish ever was a 25 or 26 inch brown out of Hot Creek with a size 18 one of these 1/2 inch from the far bank. Sadly those sorts of fish don't exist any longer in Hot Creek. Maybe in 4 or 5 years if we keep getting snow.
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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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Feb 26, 2018 - 08:24am PT
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Total bummer about the Owens fish kill...I've had some unbelievable evenings there. I don't recall the previous fire having this impact on the fishery.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 28, 2018 - 01:34pm PT
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G_Gome.... question.
What is the name of those flies you “stock up on” when we go to the fly shop in Mammoth?
The white ones?
Q for all.
So the latest fire burned up my 2nd favorite spot... darn, I was just figuring out the BWO hatch.
Tons of fish, above and below the fire. Trout do move around- looking for good habitat, right?
Do you think it will improve quickly?
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 28, 2018 - 02:20pm PT
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So the latest fire burned up my 2nd favorite spot... darn, I was just figuring out the BWO hatch.
Tons of fish, above and below the fire. Trout do move around- looking for good habitat, right?
Do you think it will improve quickly?
When the Rough Fire burned a huge portion of the Kings River drainage I went fishing soon after it ended in late fall. The river was tonally clogged with black silt from the ash and debris and I was worried and bummed out.
By the next Summer the fishing was the same as it had ever been, even with some remaining black sand. My brother and I read a lot of research about fire and stream diversity and the main takeaway (assuming the water itself didn't get extremely hot) was that the substrate change effect macroinvertebrates but fish populations themselves weren't drastically effected.
Long story short, we worried a lot but when we did the Tehipite to Yucca point trip one year after the Rough Fire ended the fishing was great and the same patterns as always worked.
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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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Feb 28, 2018 - 02:36pm PT
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Has anyone tried Tenkara. I am partial to my fly rod but a buddy just got one and loves it. Debating on trying one out.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 28, 2018 - 02:42pm PT
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Limping... good to know.
Is the Lower Kings still going off?
The reports I have looked at show Large Trout on nymphs.
Makes me want to see if I should learn how to do that. Stimbo posted some from the Upper O that we’re huge... but with 2 feet of snow on the ground.... I don’t know if I could handle that.
I know that Fresno never gets snow.
I 8 the cold, call me a wimp, if it gets down in the 40s my hands seize up.
Dreaming of late May Southern Sierra.
How was the Kern River????
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 28, 2018 - 04:54pm PT
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Has anyone tried Tenkara. I am partial to my fly rod but a buddy just got one and loves it. Debating on trying one out. I don't have experience myself but can't imagine that would be good for anything except small streams with small fish.
Is the Lower Kings still going off?
The reports I have looked at show Large Trout on nymphs. For some reason it's a lot slower this winter than last. Still big fish to be had, but instead of catching half a dozen in a morning I'll get one or two. My last one was 19.5" and super fat. They have been hitting dries more this year, but tiny dark nymphs are still the best bet.
How was the Kern River???? Didn't fish. Can't wait for fall to get back on it! Or spring in Manter Meadow :)
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Feb 28, 2018 - 09:02pm PT
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Guyman this was two saturdays ago on the lower Kings. Small size 20 flashback pheasant tail I believe.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Feb 28, 2018 - 09:10pm PT
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Had a really nice morning out on the lower Kings two weekends ago.
Went out there with a buddy who goes by the nickname "Hogman." Never go fishing with a buddy with a nickname like Hogman if you hope to catch anything. This guy is a true Jedi master and it was fun to learn from him. I learned a lot about true mending and presentation and just how active and intentional you have to be with the line that is out on the water if you want your nymphs to be down on the bottom, bumping along at a nice slow natural rate. Knowing your depth and knowing the general pace of the flow on the bottom in comparison to the fast water up on top and what it takes to keep that thing moving naturally along the bottom seemed to be super important. It was fun to watch a ninja apply his craft. I caught nothing. He did OK I guess.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Wtf.... thanks for the advice. Sounds technical but I think if I saw the different set ups it would be pretty simple.
Is the Pyramid Lake fishing better if one has a boat???
Standing on a ladder, in a snow storm, looks like a special sort of fun.
Limping... I know how you feel about Hogman... I go with G_Gome a lot and he kills it... I’m hooking the 8-10 inchers... and I hear him call my name. Looking over- he has a Trout that sticks 1/2 way out of his net!!
Last year was the first time dealing with big fast water.... he helped me a lot with mending and how to get a float. Thanks Jan!!
And I’m really ready to go back to Mather Meadows....I had a really fun day last June... about 2 weeks after you went, thinking about a trip to go down to the So Fork from Mather.
This Trout fishing is not as EZ as it looks.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Guy, the picture of the fly I posted for Bob is the one I have been using so much with such great success the last couple years.
I am Jonesing for some fishing but the weather looks pretty dismal for March. Come April though and I am gonna fish a bunch!
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