Fly-fishing and Photography

Brad: beautiful photos!! Great idea there.

And to everybody else...a warning. Do NOT go to Orvis to look around!
My buddy came up from south Geirgis to get some flies and such. I was gifted an early birthday present, a 2wt. Flyrod!:eek:

Speechless and my birthday is still 2 months away... now I have to commit to a fishing trip in Palatka for a couple of days. No idea how that will happen!
 
My next fishing will be SEMI-fly fishing. Lake Oswego, Oregon; I will be using a jig fly on a plastic bubble to catch crappies. I'll send images if I catch anything as it will be from my friends dock.
 
charjohncarter said:
My next fishing will be SEMI-fly fishing. Lake Oswego, Oregon; I will be using a jig fly on a plastic bubble to catch crappies. I'll send images if I catch anything as it will be from my friends dock.
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Oh, man, that sounds like fun! I love doing that. In fact I will be up at our neighborhood lake in the morning sittin' on the dock with a cup of coffee and the flyrod in hand...Cogitatin' as we say here in the Deep South. Then the fun begins.

By the way, John, I absolutely love that photo in post #8! What year was that?:)
 
If I'm thinking of the right photo, it was 1966-7. My buddy Roger and I were streamer fly fishing on a coastal Oregon river. But in a few weeks it is crappies on Lake Oswego.
 
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If I'm thinking of the right photo, it was 1966-7. My buddy Roger and I were streamer fly fishing on a coastal Oregon river. But in a few weeks it is crappies on Lake Oswego.
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Thanks, John, I wish I had a photo like that! Is that a 1951 Pontiac in that photo? Mustang on the left?:cool:
 
pyeh said:
Chris,
Mitchell reels of the 70s were the most elegant, and some of the smallest, reels around for still water fishing. I covet my brother's one, which he still has.
Thanks for the photo of your grandfather. it brings back my own memories.
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Just triggered a memory of my dad driving me to some sporting goods store in LA (probably 1965 or so) to buy me my first rod and reel. Can't remember what the rod was, but the reel was a Mitchel 300. Good times chucking little spinning lures for trout in Sierra lakes and streams with that rig.
 
Never say Never Flyfishing and Photography!

Never say Never Flyfishing and Photography!

I will never go fly-fishing in late July in the heat of the day!:rolleyes:

I will never go fly-fishing and use the Iphone for a photograph.:rolleyes:

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I suppose an iphone is handy when I want to send my fishing buddy a fish while he is on the water himself...nothing like a challenge throwdown!:D

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Stay tuned, there will be real photographs soon.;)
 

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From Sunday morning, we were able to spend some time fishing off the dock at our lake. It is really hard to carry a camera while fishing, at least, it is without a waterproof camera so I waited until I could use the Nikon F6 and Acros 100 to see what my flyrod looks like in black and white.:D

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Here are a few shots from the driftless area in SW Wisconsin. These were taken near Veroqua, Westby and Coon Valley earlier this week. One of my favorite places on the planet. Small spring creeks and streams, plenty of trout. Tried a few underwater shots. Not easy!


Typical stream access. by Tom Hart, on Flickr


West Fork of the Kickapoo by Tom Hart, on Flickr


Ruland Creek by Tom Hart, on Flickr


Brown trout on a prince below a hopper. by Tom Hart, on Flickr


Driftless area brown trout. SW Wisconsin. by Tom Hart, on Flickr
 
Living where I do, these little fellows are get the most use out my 4wt cane rod.

dave lackey said:
I suppose an iphone is handy when I want to send my fishing buddy a fish while he is on the water himself...nothing like a challenge throwdown!:D

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Stay tuned, there will be real photographs soon.;)
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Looks like the hot weather is going to hang around for awhile. Soooooo, I guess I will mosey over to the lake and catch some more sunfish on the 2wt rod in the morning.

I just got plans set on a trip to the Smoky Mtns. in October. :D

Maybe I can get in a little cool water fishing around Helen before then! Anybody wanting to mix photography and fly-fishing is welcome for a meet-up!
 
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Tom, how did you manage that underwater shot???
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Hello Dave. Fuji XP80 shock proof/water proof. Fish was hooked and in close and I held the camera with my other hand. The day before I dropped my Sony RX100 in the water (!!!) while trying for a fish shot. Ruined of course. Picked up the XP80 at Walmart. Here are another couple underwater shots:


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Brook Trout by Tom Hart, on Flickr
 
Fly-fishing is long overdue for this Leica man! Errr... Nikon... Uh, well you know what I mean. I will be using the F6 for this trip.

I have my fly-rod and fishing gear in one saddlebag of my buddy's mc. Road Gear in the other. He gave me his old sissy-bar bag which we used for weeks on the road years before so I know it holds a ton of stuff.

If I can arrange a caregiver stand-in and afford two rooms, I will try to head to the mountains of North Carolina or Tennessee for a little adventure whilst the ladies do their own thing in the town nearby. At least that is the dream but it is going to take a minor miracle to make it happen.

Anyone up for a meet-up soon?
 
What a great thread. I'm not much of a fisherman, mostly bait casting, and always wanted to learn fly fishing. Tried one of those cheap starter kits once, didn't like that much.

Then, I got turned on the something a bit unusual. Have any of you heard of Tenkara? It's a Japanese style of fly fishing. It uses a long rod, with no reel. Rod is 13 foot on average, with about 13 foot of level line, and five feet of tippet, and a fly of course. It's starting to get a good size following in the US, Great Britain, and a few places in Europe. I've hardly had any chance to use it yet, but I have a nice setup, if I do say so myself.

Oh, and I live near a very good trout stream. Beaver Creek, in MD.
 
What a great thread! I fly-fish, but also like fishing from the kayak - for pike. This is Llangorse - a smallish natural lake in Mid-Wales.
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Salmon fly-fishing school on the River Wye, Wales. These are the typical double-handed rods we use in the UK for salmon. usually 13/15' long. We often fine down to a single-hander rod in the summer. There is always the chance of a 40-pounder in the Wye, but generally the fish are 10-20+ pounds. It's a good trout river too, and grayling, which will take a dry fly in mid-winter. Our trout season ends end of September and begins 7th March. Grayling are in season from 16th June to 15th March so we can fly-fish year-round.

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A decent pike on the knee. I fish catch and release, but to prove you have the fish you have to net it and unhook it on your lap whilst simultaneously taking a photograph! This one towed the kayak around for a good while.

I use old tackle, including those Mitchell 301's, and silk fly line sometimes. I use "modern" (by my standards) tackle as well, but most of it is 20+ years old :D .
 
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