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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Mar 17, 2016 - 10:39pm PT
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Caught this monster channel catfish fly fishing at Lake Perris, CA today. Put up quite a fight! 23 pounds.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Mar 17, 2016 - 11:00pm PT
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Very Nice !!!!!!! Dry fly or???
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Jun 12, 2016 - 11:39am PT
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Nice fish BG!
Regarding your Chetco steelhead from back in February, what's your fly setup for Chetco steelhead. Swinging? Nymphs?
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jun 20, 2016 - 10:50am PT
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Regarding your Chetco steelhead from back in February, what's your fly setup for Chetco steelhead. Swinging? Nymphs?
In Feb. 2016 I caught 'em mainly on Glo Bugs I tied with yarn, fished from a drift boat using floating line under an indicator with some split shot to get them down near the bottom.
In Dec. 2013 I had 21 hookups in 3 days on the Chetco using both Glo Bugs and more traditional trout nymphs (like stonefly nymphs) both under an indicator and using a swinging fly technique.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Jun 24, 2016 - 05:14pm PT
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Cool thanks!
Man 21 hook ups! That's an insane 3 days of steel heading. I never seem to quite hit it at the right time.
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Jun 24, 2016 - 07:06pm PT
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Dammmm! Don't you ever climb BG?
Those are beast's! What size rod you using on the lakes, compared to what your using in the drift boat? i never seen anybody flyfish on a lake besides myself and my little 8-6-6, or 7-6-4. lol. i need to step it up for the big boys. That big cat i bet was a hoot:D
That' a nice fat toad up at the top of the page too:)
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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I usually climb a few days a week, and fish a few days a week.
I normally go with a 6, 7 or 8 weight for fishing from my float tube. I use my 6 weight for trout, although I caught my biggest carp (26 pounds) fishing my 6 weight! When I go for big bass or carp, I go up to the 8 weight. Had a great time last week sight fishing for monster size carp at Bridgeport Reservoir in the Eastern Sierra, wading the shallows with my 8 weight.
Tags= Bob Gaines fly fishing for carp
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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^^^^
Lol, BG! I can remember my first visit to the East Walker below Bridgeport Reservoir. There are some large pools down there and we saw these huge fish lurking around. Omg, they must be those huge Browns we heard about! Not. After a few hours of tossing everything we had at them we kinda realized they weren't trout. Yeah, we were dumb, but there were some nice trout around those parts.
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Scott07
Sport climber
SugarPine
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Jul 20, 2016 - 04:34pm PT
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 20, 2016 - 05:33pm PT
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Pretty good for "First Fish"
I like the fish on a stick, deal.... reminds me of my youth.
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Jul 20, 2016 - 05:56pm PT
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good job Gaines.
i'm stoked you make time for the important things in life! (that's what i meant, btw)
hopefully to your delight, i followed your lead and actually youtubed "big carp on a fly" and was euphorically surprised! up so that i ordered up a 9ft, 1 piece, 8wt. soon as it shows i'm psyched to hit bigbear and sleigh!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 25, 2016 - 10:36am PT
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Little fish from little water.
I have been trying this fly fishing thing for the last three years... had some help from Gonome and The Chief.... yesterday I had a really good day on a small creek... This is not as easy as Bob Gaines makes it appear to be. After nothing for 3 hours.... I watched some yellow winged insect almost fall out of the moss on the side of the creek into the water, only to be gobbled up by a Golden who jumped out of the water to eat it! I looked at the fly selection I have and yes I do have a yellow winged one..... tied it on and Bam I got one on the first cast!
They were going after my Fly like it was crack cocaine!
Just as long as I got the fly on the water - not all that easy on a windy day- they were fighting over it.
I had to stop fishing because I had to meet my ride back to LA.
I stopped taking pictures after the 3rd one because it was cutting into the scare time I had left, I lost track of how many after 12 or so.
I'm now hooked.
No fish were harmed.... catch and release fishing is the best.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 25, 2016 - 12:24pm PT
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Next time you go fishing try walking up to the bank shaking some bushes and or picking up a rock in the creek and or river to see what's crawling around on it and then match the bugs you see fly away or crawling on the rock. Size and color matter FYI, and this should help you avoid a few hours of casting practice and get you a few more hours of catching practice.
WTF.... Thanks for the advise... Thats what Gome and The Chief showed me.
That baby was out of the water for maybe 30 seconds,pulled it up by the line, flopping all the time....
put it back in the water with the line... the hook came right out... it took off.
I don't think I killed it.
I hope not.
So you say they die if handled by hand?
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labrat
Trad climber
Erik O. Auburn, CA
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Jul 25, 2016 - 12:41pm PT
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Stolen from http://www.hatchmag.com/blog/catch-release-fishing-10-tips-successful-release/771637
Following are 10 tips for insuring that your catch makes it back into the water for another angler to pursue. While these guidelines are written from the perspective of the trout and salmon fisherman, virtually all of these guidelines apply to other species as well.
USE CRIMPED OR BARBLESS HOOKS
This is the obvious one, so let's get it out of the way first. Use hooks with no barb whatsoever, or use your pliers or hemostats to press down the barb on your hook before fishing it. Barbless hooks are almost always removable with ease. Barbed hooks can often cause serious damage to your catch and probably aren't increasing your landing rate as much as you think.
YOU'RE NO SURGEON
Well, at least we're assuming you're not. Even if you are a surgeon, don't try to perform surgery streamside on an un-sedated subject. If your fish takes a hook deep and it can't easily be removed, just cut the leader/tippet as close as you safely can and leave the hook in. The fish will eventually shed the hook on its own, the hook will corrode, or new tissue will surround the hook and the fish will go on about its business of being a fish. The alternative, attempting to dig out a deep hook, almost invariably results in a mortally wounded fish. In fact, one study by the PFBC (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission) showed that 66 percent of deeply hooked fish that were released with the hook still in place survived. Their counterparts that had the hook dug out? They survived only 11 percent of the time.
HORSE IT IN
Ditch the 8x tippet and fight your fish in with authority. Apply pressure properly from the side and don't over play the fish. Playing a fish for 10 minutes (that's intended as a gross exaggeration, it can take much less time than that to excessively exhaust a trout, for example) on tippet that's too light for the fight is likely to exhaust a fish past a point from which it can recover. Chances are you don't need that ultrafine tippet anyway.
USE A RUBBER NET
Landing nets provide one of the few reliable ways to release a fish without handling the fish at all and also allow you to land a fish more quickly. Try to use a net whenever possible and use a good quality catch and release net like the rubber mesh variety that are increasingly common and increasingly affordable these days. Stay away from nylon nets.
GET WET
When it comes time to handle the fish, always get your hands wet. Dry hands are much more likely to remove a fish's layer of slime which protects the fish from fungus, bacteria and parasites.
TAKE CARE OF THE HEAD AND EYES
Like you, the fish at the end of your line relies on its head and eyes to get by. Unlike you, however, a fish doesn't have a head designed to take the occasional whack or two. A fish's head is fragile and needs to be protected. In fact, head injuries are the leading cause of fish mortality after release.
AVOID THE SHORE
Never land your catch by dragging it onto the rocks, beach or even grass along the shoreline. These places are no place for a fish. Putting a fish on the shore virtually guarantees you're committing all kinds of no-nos: disturbing the fish's protective slime, keeping the fish out of the water too long, encouraging head and eye injuries and more. Keep your catch in the water where it belongs if you're hoping to release it unharmed.
5 SECOND RULE
This isn't the same 5 second rule that applies to dropping french fries or funnel cake at the ballpark. This version, much more well-rooted in science than the aforementioned version, requires that you strictly limit the time your fish spends out of water. This doesn't mean you've lost all hope of getting that grip-and-grin shot, it just means you need to do it properly. Prepare for your photo with your fish safely under the surface. When you lift the fish out of the water, do it for 5 second intervals or less. Feel free to keep on trying (within reason) until you get the shot, but return your fish to the water for a rest between attempts.
REVIVE IT PROPERLY
Face your fish upstream (or whichever direction faces into the current), not down, and let it breathe normally. If you've been taught by someone in the past to drag your catch back and forth in the water in order to help it revive, stop. This sort of action actually impedes the fish's ability to move water through the mouth and across the gills to obtain oxygen. Also take care not to revive your fish in sediment-filled water. If you've disturbed the stream bed, move into clean, clear water with a moderate flow and revive the fish there. Be patient and let the fish tell you when it is ready to swim away. Returned vigor and stability of the fish will be the first signs that it is nearing the time for release.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 25, 2016 - 01:14pm PT
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WTF and Labrat..... thanks for the information, we will take it to heart.
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labrat
Trad climber
Erik O. Auburn, CA
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Jul 25, 2016 - 01:27pm PT
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Don't let us damp your enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing your fishing day. I've never caught a Golden.
I feel a bit guilty about the fish I abused for years. Worst ones now are the small ones I accidentally fling into the bushes behind me when I strike and they come off the hook ;-(( Sometimes I cannot find them.....
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jul 25, 2016 - 03:20pm PT
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Largest trout I missed was in the McCloud, a brown that must have been 20 pounds. This giant hooked jaw came out and sucked my October caddis in. I didn't wait long enough for that giant mouth to close and pulled it right on out. Such as sad thing to watch.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 25, 2016 - 05:31pm PT
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WTF - Labrat ..... Thank you for the insight, I do appreciate the words of wisdom.
Gnome..... got photo?? Prove it or it didn't happen - sounds like a fish story to me. :>)
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