Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
08-22-2012, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 2
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SW Colorado SEP 2012
Heading for SW CO mid SEP, and after a three day float thru the Black Canyon of the Gunnison will be staying in Pagaso Springs for the rest of the week. Taking the Gang of Five, and am looking for...
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Forum: Smoky Mountain Fishing
07-30-2012, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,695
Colorado
Have fished a lot of So. Colo, Gunnison one of my all time favorites. Grand Mesa is also a hoot; Butz Lake one of the best, but hard on flies as no room to cast and you lose a lot. Am going to...
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Forum: Smoky Mountain Fishing
06-11-2012, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 2
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13-14 jun 2012
Wife and I are heading for a wedding in Asheville 16 JUN, and will get a night in Townsend WED 13th. Will get to fish a few hours WED, and plan to drive thru GSMNP and out at Cherokee THU and fish as...
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Forum: Tennessee Trout Streams and Tailwaters
02-01-2012, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 839
Everything useful I know I learned in Ranger...
Everything useful I know I learned in Ranger School. Best idea is to use "dummy" cords on all gear that can get away; including fly boxes and especially cameras. I left one on the Gros Vent in WY a...
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Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
05-05-2011, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,628
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Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
08-01-2010, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 827
Pinedale, Wyoming
Heading to the headwaters of the Green River in West Central Wyoming for a week of pursuit of the wily trout in an annual western expedition. Does anyone have any information about the waters in this...
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Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
07-26-2010, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,377
Vail
Have also hit this area in the fall, and anytime after 1 SEP you are prone to serious snow. Water levels should be OK for Roaring Fork, Frying Pan, Crystal, and maybe as far south as Gunnison, as it...
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Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
06-24-2010, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 941
North Georgia Trip
First, thanks to all who responded to my request for information on N GA. Made the trip 1-6 JUN, and fished 2-5 JUN. Camped at Toccoa Valley Campground and started to fish a-noon of WED 2 JUN. Water...
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Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
05-13-2010, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 941
North Georgia Trout
Am heading to Dahlonega, GA in early JUN to meet up with some 509th ABN buddies, and am looking to camp for a few days middle of the week and do some fishing in the area. What I have seen so far...
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Forum: Tennessee Trout Streams and Tailwaters
04-19-2010, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,149
One for the Fire
Best is the one you take for breakfast and it is in the pan w/in no more than 2 min. Watson
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Forum: Smoky Mountain Fishing
04-19-2010, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 591
Back Yard Trout
Barbara: Everything you said was absolutely right, but what a way to go. Skip
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Forum: In The Backcountry
04-03-2010, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,039
Hazel Creek
Bone Valley is my favorite because of the short hike to Cold Spring and Bone V. Ck itself is right there. Trail is old RR bed, and up to Sugar Fork is as good and flat as they come, last stretch to...
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Forum: In The Backcountry
03-24-2010, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,416
Back country
Trick is picking a campsite that allows you to stay in place for a few days and still walk to different places to fish. Bone Valley, #83, fits the bill exactly. Start on Hazel Creek and fish up; up...
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Forum: Saltwater Fly Fishing
01-31-2010, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 538
Tampa/Clearwater
Get to C/Water once in a while, and wonder just where you fishing? Have been to a state park on the Gulf, and is user friendly for flyfishing, but nothing like you described. Skip W.
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Forum: Saltwater Fly Fishing
01-31-2010, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 752
St. Aug
W-borne: Flat is right, mostly, abt the muck. Was awful in the St. ? behind the condo, but not in the Park and in Salt Run. Wading and catching there is not easy, but was able to hook a few, which...
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Forum: Saltwater Fly Fishing
01-20-2010, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 752
St. Augustine
Spent the week before T-Giving in St Aug and fished the area around there. Best fishing was in a backwater in a State Park that was very user friendly. Fly fishing was OK, and people I was with threw...
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Forum: Smoky Mountain Fishing
01-08-2010, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,400
Blue Jay
Once at dusk caught a Blue Jay on a backcast; was he upset. Took a while to untangle leader without hooking myself or bird. Stayed around to yell at me for a while after release. Caught sea turtle...
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Forum: Smoky Mountain Fishing
01-08-2010, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,711
Wilt vs. Kilt
From central Kentucky, edge of the mountains, Montgomery County, and it was always "wilted." Seems the further from the mountains, more likely "wilt" vs. "kilt." Mom from upstate NY, and she took to...
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Forum: Fisheries Management & Biology
10-13-2009, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 10
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Beavers
Seem to remember some beavers and dams on upper reaches of Bone Valley Creek. It does flatten there before the cabin. Did make a big wetland; do not remember catching a fish there or seeing a beaver....
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Forum: Saltwater Fly Fishing
10-13-2009, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 1
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Obx 15-22 nov 09
Am heading to OBX 15 NOV for up to a week, WX dependant, and did not do so well with a fly rod last year. Trip then was first week of DEC, and not only cold but also wet and windy. Mostly hit the...
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Forum: In The Backcountry
09-29-2009, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,848
Hazel Creek
Any time after the bugs are gone, mostly, in the fall is great. Take your smallest rod up Bone Valley; are many trout there. Saw the biggest brown trout in my GSMNP experience, and he wore a #14...
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Forum: In The Backcountry
09-29-2009, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,025
Rucksack Packing
I too spent some time under a rucksack, IN in earlier years, SF in later. Army LBE not the same as civilian packs; if in jungle never sticks out above your shoulders. Also, had to get it on upside...
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Forum: In The Backcountry
09-03-2009, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 998
Hazel Creek
Have posted many times: Hazel is magical. Orange and yellow stimmies all you need. If camp at Bone, fish Bone upstream, small but packed with trout. Cold Spring is next campsite/stream uphill, only...
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Forum: Smoky Mountain Fishing
08-05-2009, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,329
Sep/oct
Have been to Hazel Ck in SEP/OCT and highly recommend it. Are some college studets there from Appy State in Large campsite short of Bone, but never have seen them camp at Bone. Orange and yellow...
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Forum: Fly Fishing for Trout in Other States
08-05-2009, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 494
Thanks
...To all who responded. I got one day on Mill Creek and caught native brookies on dry flies. Will tryto get back there when water bigger, but had a good day of a dozen before and after lunch. ...
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