North American Fishing Club Fly Fishing

Not a clue

capnklumpp — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:51:44 GMT

My wife and I have discussed learning to fly fish, and I haven't got a clue where to start! We will most likely try to catch a few bluegill from their beds this Spring on some of the inland lakes near our home and if it works out well I would consider a trip to Montana this summer to fish with my cousin on the Yellowstone for some trout. He has a drift boat and thinks he could teach us enough in a couple days to have some success, but I'd like to have some experience before we go.

I live about 30 minutes from Cabela's in Dundee, and about 1 hour from Jann's Netcraft. I know they have seminars that could probably get me started, and I know there is unlimited info on the web, but is there a "Bible" of flyfishing - much like the Chapman Piloting and Seamanship is to boating?

Thanks,

Bill

Metal rod

T-bone1989 — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:40:35 GMT

I recently found a round telescoping metal fishing rod. It has three eyes one for each section. No markings whatsoever on it anybody got any ideas?

Pyramid Lake, Nevada... Trophy sized Lahontan Cutt's

kstearman — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:50:00 GMT

Pyramid Lake ... the Lahontan's are making their comeback into trophy monster status. So far this season I have seen

reports and pictures of 20+# fish coming in. My personal Best so fart is just under 9 lbs... maybe 2013 will get me into one of the 20 lbs brutes.

Life Member since 95

FLYSWAP 2013

Ol J.W. — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:43:45 GMT

FLYSWAP 2013

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finding good fly rod case

500fishing — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:35:54 GMT

looking for a good case to protect a 2 piece fly rod 60 inch.with reel..can't seem to find under 200...but guess that's what it takes for our treasures..

Well what do we have here?

skewl — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:11:38 GMT

So I bought one of those grab bags from Orvis last year and I'm still trying to find uses for some of the stuff I got it in (gold foam, purple quills, among other things) but I'm still trying to figure out what one item is used for, because I've been drawing a complete blank. It's a thick, very soft, felt-like substance that gets progressively more orange as you look more directly at it and more yellow as you tilt it towards the horizontal. It's really bizarre stuff. Best way I can describe it would be if someone made a sheet of chenille. Can anyone tell me possibly what this stuff is and what's it's practical application at the tying bench?

Need fly rod for panfish

mathewsj — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:01:23 GMT

I am a novice fly fisherman who loves to go after gills'. My rod was damaged and need a replacement. I have a reel and line, etc. Just need an inexpensive rod. Just looking for suggestions for something to do the job.

saltwater flyfishing

LIyakker2012 — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:27:32 GMT

I sometimes pickup flies at local shops and use them as teasers while throwing bucktails, and sometimes get some fish on the flies. Was wonderring what type of gear to use to fish the flies on their own for stripedbass or shad and weakfish.

New to Fly-Fishing NEED HELP FROM MANY PEOPLE!Please Read

MoFishing — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:32:05 GMT

I am brand new to Fly-Fishing I Bought a $90 Fly Rod and Reel already pre-spooled with i guess 2 LB Line as a leader where you tie the fly on i guess and some green line i guess that floats in the water its 8 Feet 5" DogWood Rod looks nice..But Please i need help not just with picking flys but how to use it and really just how to begin my fly-fishing expierence..I need help with everything about fly-fishing even things i didnt list..I would Fish more for trout so anyone out there that fly fishes please any sort of help would be nice!

Info on fly reel needed.

scasteel — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:45:07 GMT

Hopefully someone who fly fishes in the NAFC can ID a nice near mint fly reel I got recently.

It is a beautiful aluminum cased fly reel,.. capable of being left or right hand retrieve. The aluminum spool has a single wooden handle. On the reel foot is a paper tag saying.. AF 3400. Reel foot is attached to casing by 2 gold plated screws.

I have taken the reel apart. and there is no wear or use indicated, very clean. Back of reel has an adjustment knob for the drag setting. + and -

As the model number is AF 3400... Could it have been made by Shimano? Bean?.. Maybe Martin? Scientific Anglers? Ocean City? Shakespeare? Berkley? St Croix?

Would like to know who made it, and apparent value new.

Conehead Question

skewl — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:28:23 GMT

So I got some coneheads yesterday at another fantastic Fly Fishing Show (my 3rd year now) and when I went home to put them on a size 6 streamer hook it couldn't make the bend to get onto the shank. Is the hook too big or the conehead too small or vice versa or what? Is there anything I can do to use these heads? The package says they're 1/4''.

Setting the bar high with PB rainbow

Troutinator — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:26:14 GMT

Wow, what a way to start the new year. My wife and I picked up a friend and his wife and headed to the local river for an afternoon of fly fishing. I have a new 10' 4wt Czech nymphing rod that I was just dying to try out. Everybody rigged up and we stepped down to the river. Air temp was about 55 with sunny skies. Water temp, a lot colder (I don't check the water temps). Anyways, I rigged up with a size 24 zebra midge and a size 16 gold beaded hare's ear nymph (we tie our own flies). My wife's set-up was about identical as these are our go-to rigs for winter fishing these large rainbows. Now, an average catch will be around 14" to 16". Some go smaller and some go up to 20" and even 22". But, imagine my surprise when I hook into this 24" torpedo on my second cast. My wife caught a glimpse of a large rainbow rolling and pointed at it and I told her I was already hooked up to it. I fought it hard and it fought valiantly with my wife standing at the ready with her net. I didn't realize my biddy was standing up on shore (he and his wife took a little longer getting set-up back at the van) video taping the battle on his I-phone (which he later posted to You-Tube). Once it hit the net, the barbless midge easily popped off its gums. We quickly taped it at 24" and took a couple of quick pics before releasing it back to fight another day. This ties the largest trout I ever caught on a fly rod from last Super Bowl Sunday and now it will be a small goal to try and best it throughout the year. Maybe on our Alaska trip in July???

Anybody in for the FLYSWAP 2013?

Ol J.W. — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:16:18 GMT

Looking to see if there's 12 tyers that what to put in for what is our yearly FLYSWAP.Same as before Open to all tyers an all types of flies.?

Let me know, PM or E-mail(inetfish@hotmail.com

Ol J.W.

Sign up by 1-31-2013
Flies Due by 3-1-2013
Flies out by Ice Out?

Bob Clouser's Deep Minnow

Peter E. — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:03:52 GMT

This a classic pattern that is undoubtedly the most effective pattern for warm water or salt water and there are countless variations on this fly. Bob Clouser was really one of the great pioneers in tying for warm water species.

Like all of my flies there are some changes made to the pattern that have found that have made the fly perform better for me. So try this pattern and see what you can come up with for your area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRMTu5_IGlA&list=UU4vswOaYRBGNBRwJeS-lk4w&index=1&feature=plcp

Local fishing hot w/BIG trout!

Troutinator — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:15:21 GMT

My wife and I got some time yesterday to hit the local river. Weather was upper 60's, lower 70's, sunny skies. Spent about 4 hours on the river, mostly Czech nymphing with my favorite go to fly, size 24 zebra and/or tiger midges. On top, we had prince nymphs, size 18. I also brought along an 8wt with some sinking line that I usually use on the coast. I wanted to strip buggers, as I'm not that confident in buggers. WOW! My attitude changed yesterday. To start off, my finger is still healing from surgery two weeks ago and the first cast sent pain shooting up my arm. I quickly realized I can cast left handed, more or less. Then I switch out and start stripping. Long story short, my wife caught her PB trout, about 20", while I caught two back to back biggies stripping a black bugger, size 12. We managed to C&R a couple of others, but these were our best for the day. BTW, my wife isn't use to trout this big and lost a really big one at the net (wouldn't wait until I reached her to help) as it snapped her 4X tippet. Later, she had another one snap her line, just after she landed her PB. All in all, a great day. We got out to the river around 10:30 and left around 3:00. Mid-day fishing, gotta love it.

Tying the Hairy Fodder

Peter E. — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:50:18 GMT

Now that fall fishing has really kicked in I like to use a pattern that really lets me slow down and to bounce the bottom for less active fish. The hairy fodder is a great pattern for doing just that. You can tie this pattern in a wide range of sizes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNEFMBsNzoE&list=UU4vswOaYRBGNBRwJeS-lk4w&index=1&feature=plcp

Tying the nail knot

Peter E. — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:53:02 GMT

I have heard that a ton of people have trouble with this knot and its easy to see why. But hopefully this will help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWOAa65GnFE&list=UU4vswOaYRBGNBRwJeS-lk4w&index=1&feature=plcp

Funniest Thing You've Ever Seen!

Captain Quantum — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:36:35 GMT

Watch this and prepare to laugh!! It really gets funny at 1:58!

fly tying

bpetersen — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:54:02 GMT

well today I start my fly tying journey. the wife signed me up for classes for the next 6 weeks. if you had seen my recent ties you would know why she signed me up for classes. I hope to have some decent pictures to share soon. here is a list of things I hope to get better at.

1: learn how to use a whip finishing tool, I do it by hand now.

2: learn all about hackle and how to wrap and tie it better.

3: tie parachute fly's.

4: tie a nice BWO.

Brian

APPROPRIATE TROUT SET UP FOR BEGINNER?

troutmasta — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:34:10 GMT

I have been a artificial bait (power bait, spinners, ect.) but am very interested in learning to fly fish. In my area the streams are not very open so casting needs to be simple and tight. In my researching i am comming to the conclusion that a 8-8.5 ft 4 or 5 wt rod w/ wt forward line is a good set up.....am i close? suggestions welcome!