[/IMG] Originally Posted by Dylar After a week of great trout fishing with my UK-based buddy Matt, it was time for him to get ready for his return journey. First though, he wanted to swing through Raleigh and spend some time with a mutual friend of ours (who went to high school with Matt in South Africa). We got Matt packed up and ready and rolled into town late Saturday afternoon, but we kept the rods rigged up. You know, just in case. When we pulled in, the ...
Originally Posted by sekod The brown/orange dragonflies have been driving the bass here at Badin crazy... I've seen several bass lately jumping clear of the water chasing them, so the dragonflies have been driving ME crazy as well...so... 3 treatments (this is a fly in progress). The one in the middle I tied first in a failed attempt to duplicate a Spanish tyers version (had to brush up on my rudimentary Spanish to watch the video; ...
Originally Posted by Kev2380 Took a day off yesterday and headed to the mountains with friends. Kind of surprised at how many people we saw on the river. Guess I shouldn't have with it being spring break and all. Fishing was great in places and dead in the places in between. Fish are still seem to be stuck in their runs where they were stocked. It was a great day with great weather. Fish were very cooperative and I was able to land a nice bow. ...
Originally Posted by rmhpmi I have heard that big fish like cold weather. Exhibit A attached for consideration. Helton Creek, November 19, snow flurries and light freezing rain with heavy overcast. 4 WT rod, self-tied egg pattern (don't hate). Apologies for the Cheshire Cat grin, but after what seemed like a 45 minute fight I was a little excited. FISH ON!
Originally Posted by sekod Another fabulous Memorial Day week trip to WNC to camp and fish. New personal best trout of any kind...and a NC trophy...wild brown on an orange egg. Can't wait until next year!