I remember taking my flyrod on a trip with the family to Tenn. and we stayed at this campground that had a trout pond that you paid for your catch. They would give you a cane pole and a cup of corn and anything you caught you had to pay X amount a LB.. I asked if it was OK to use my own pole and they said yes. So I my fly barbless and was able to reach out to were the big trout were. I play them to the shore and then give them slack to spit the hook. Well after about 5 fish spitting the hook at the shore and not making it to land they said I had to use their pole.I told them I was done fishing. 😆 😆 😆
I got a fly rod set up somewhere in the bowels of my garage. I bought it when I was 17, and used it a few times to fish some of the phosphate pits south of Lakeland and Bartow. Caught a few small bass, and I mean small - less than 8 inches. The biggest fish I caught with it was a shad that was about 12 inches!
When I was stationed out in Las Vegas, there was a county park with a small lake that they'd stock with trout. They'd put in the trout on the first Monday of each month, then close the lake for fishing for 2 weeks. Then they'd open it back up and let folks fish a couple of weeks before stocking it again. Some of the guys in my squadron asked me to go fishing with them on New Year's Day at the park, which I couldn't refuse. One guy had a new fly rod he'd gotten for Christmas, but had no idea how to use it, so I showed him the basic strip/cast and he struggled with it for about an hour. By then I'd caught my 6 trout limit (all about 10-11 inches) using some ultralight spinning tackle and Velveeta cheese! So I switched with him, changed the fly to a little foam spider and moved down to the other end of the lake. I caught 4 little bluegills over by a spillway, and they were the most fun I'd had all day. They were half the size of the trout, but on that fly rod they fought twice as hard!
I need to see if my outfit is still in useable condition, and maybe try it on the flats for some trout and reds come spring! Either that or go down to Alligator Alley and catch some oscars and pacus!
U have any shrimp or crab flies and I am looking for a shinney minnow type but not sure of the name.
sorry... been out of the net for a few days. I will look through what I have. I think most of it is fresh water though.
Fishing the lights at night for snook is the best way to catch them. We catch up to 30 a night. a 5 WT is perfect with a small white fly. Be carfull it's very adicting.
