It's time I learned how to fish.

[Dr_Fwd]

I wanna go.

Sturving: a filet knife is where its at.

Maybe we should try and get a shooting fishing trip together for this summer. would be fun.

We should definitely do it!
I'd love to learn a proper way to fish!

[TriggerHappy]

Fishing the Big Horn a few years back:



Quite a while back, like 12 years, Lake Trout from Alaska:



I will try and find some more.

[TriggerHappy]

When I first came back to CO in 2002, I got back into fly fishing... Deep. I did a few exibitions on fly tying and rod building for the shop I frequented weekly, Alpine Anglers in Aurora. It's closed down now sadly. Living in Castle Rock, I would go up to Deckers and Cheeseman Canyon regularly fishing. I also fished Spinny Mile (the Dream Stream) and Eleven Mile a lot. Grew up in Ft collins and Greeley, so I would take a trip or two up to the Big Tom every summer too. Went a few other places along the way too, but I fished the South Platte hard. I had a lot of 50+ fish days, all catch-and-release. Taught more than a few along the way. I taught my step-daughter how to fly fish when she was 10.

If you are fishing moving water here in CO for trout, there is only one way to do it right IMO, fly fishing nymph patterns. Top water and streamers will work sometimes if the conditions are right, but here in CO the bugs are small and plentiful. Nymphing is an art and once you get it down, you won't want to see a lake ever again.

I got to fish Troublesome Creek that first time fishing here in CO. Its an expensive members only Orvis endorsed pond and creek. Lets just say it kind of spoiled in for me. I would be into some deckers fly fishing, if anyone wants to go.

[Dr_Fwd]

Fishing the Big Horn a few years back:



Quite a while back, like 12 years, Lake Trout from Alaska:



I will try and find some more.

Nice!!

[Irving]

That is a big trout Trigger.

The last time I caught a fish was when someone set up the rod for me at the private lake above Georgetown almost 10 years ago. Actually now that I think about it, I was just there, I wasn't even holding the rod. The last time must have been when I was in Georgia at a stocked pond (maybe 1.5 acres?) on private property. They even fed the fish and it wasn't even fair. It was almost literally catching fish in a barrel.

[TriggerHappy]

I have seen and caught bigger. While growing up in AK my family had property on a semi private lake. Fishing was very hot and cold, but if you were patient you could catch some really BIG fish. Like 18-35" rainbows. We called them football and baseball bat fish. One being long and skinny and the other being nice and fat. We found that trolling with "cowbells" and worms were the most reliable.

[Irving]

Oh yeah, you reminded me. The fish were jumping out of the water all around me (giving me the finger) and I wasn't getting any bites. So I called my uncle and he suggested using a bobber with a night crawler. I just happened to have both, and within a few minutes (under 5) I was getting my first bites. This was after hours of just sitting there with a trout rig floating off the bottom. I had just picked up my phone to text my wife about how horrible of a fisherman I am when I got the first nibble.

In between the trout rig and the worm rig, I spent a bit casting with some lures. I don't really know how to reel back lures and wasn't sure if I was reeling too fast or too slow, or if the fish just weren't interested.

Also, I am now using the 10lb braided line that I talked about in my BOB thread (did we lose that?) and I had a difficult time with it. Braided line really likes to snag and knot itself while casting. I must have taken 20-30 yards of line off the rod from clearing some really nasty knots. The good part is that by the end of the night, I was getting pretty good at tying a fisherman's knot.

Finally, I guess they kick you out at dark, but I was trying to milk it and got caught trying to clean up in the dark with a small flash light. The guy was nice enough to wait for me and I was the last one out. It helped that I was carrying my small light in my mouth or he would have left and locked me in. I caught a toad on my way out and brought it home for my daughter. The fish tasted pretty good by the way.

[Dr_Fwd]

Hey Irving, I found this link pretty helpful http://fishing.forumsmotions.com/t20...ng-rigs-images because they have buncha pics...
If you have any good source, please share.

[xjtwo]

If you guys ever get a chance to fish Lake Powell take it! Fishing a Striper boil is insane......they have an awesome fight an taste good. No limit on them either, in fact they advise people to keep all Striper.

[xjtwo]

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