Fishin'

[bigbill]

If you whack the hook on a rock during the cast it will break. I fished for a good long time once missing strike after strike. When I finally took a look at the fly, the hook was gone. Just the fly and the eye of the hook left.

We use small flies so I have to be diligent about checking for bent hooks. I've lost a few nice fish before I realized the hook was open. My wife is the pro, fishing for her is like cycling for me. We might get Tenkara rods for next summer. One of the streams we fish can be straddled in spots.

[steve garro]

This winter after I'm retired again I plan to spend time sitting around tying knots. And then tugging on them to see if that's where the line snaps. I find it annoying to be fumbling around trying to change flies fast or tie on another lure to replace the lost one and taking forever. And then breaking off right at the knot on the next cast. Parallel to changing a flat much? Yes. But knots are something you gotta do almost by feel when it's dusk and browns the size of your leg are coming up everywhere around you.

Yeah, do that then try it with a drop of super glue and see the difference !

Also, wet your line when cinching down the knot, the friction produces super high temperatures when you pull it all together

- Garro.

[Paul Jacobs]

The River Seven is a little river in North Yorkshire, UK, which is about 15 miles long. It is not to be confused with the River Severn which flows through Wales and western England and is the longest and most voluminous river in Great Britain.

[htwoopup]

That is just beautiful.

[bigbill]

I found a picture from that trying day in the Second Meadow of Slough Creek (Yellowstone) when all kinds of things went wrong. It eventually worked out, a few fish and a spectacular day with a fourteen mile round trip hike. No bears but lots of signs and I was sporting my quick draw bear spray.

[TonyP]

This isn't a link to a fishing post I thought that it might appeal to the fishermen here.

https://www.instagram.com/martin_gerdin_glass/

[bigbill]

Since there's a winter revival of this thread, I'll share. The north entrance road to Yellowstone NP from Gardiner was wiped out in the flooding of June 2022. A new road was constructed on the old trail connecting Gardiner to Mammoth. Last summer, we stayed in Gardiner for a week and drove into the park to fish. What we couldn't do was fish the Gardiner River because it was not accessible. I recently emailed the Yellowstone office of the NPS asking about the Gardiner. So now, you can park near the entrance in Gardiner and walk down the old entrance road to fish the Gardiner. Unlike other rivers in the park, it hasn't been fished in a few years. We enjoyed fishing the Yellowstone near Roosevelt, but the NPS is building a new bridge, and you can't hike down from the road until that project is complete.

[steve garro]

Since there's a winter revival of this thread, .

Oh, I've been fishing.
Got this badass the other day

- Garro.

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[j44ke]

A sucker born every day!

[steve garro]

A sucker born every day!

Let's hope so, hardly a finer fish to catch !!!
- Garro.