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1st blood on the new flyrod
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 11:59 am
by birddog
With all this peer pressure and flyfishing, I bought a flyrod a couple a months ago. I got an Orvis Zero Gravity 8wt. and a large arbor Battenkill reel. I've been practicing in the yard for a while now. This morning I went over to the bass pond to see how the rod felt in the water.
Tied on a small Chart./white clouser and after just a couple of casts this little fellow decided he wanted to chew on it.
I have a long way to go yet, but the journey has begun.
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 12:10 pm
by Reel Slow
Atta way BD
Damn nice rod too
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 12:34 pm
by Tom Keels
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 12:51 pm
by birddog
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 1:07 pm
by Chalk
Fishing over corn
It's all downhill from here ;-p
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 1:33 pm
by Eerman
Alright, I gotta try to catch something other than the neighbors cat...she pulls good though
Way to go BD.
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 1:39 pm
by RodBow
BD, When you get ready to let your conventional gear go, just let me know - I'll take it off your hands.
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 1:52 pm
by What a mess
In a technical way it is not cheating the fly didn't look the floating fish food.
I bet you could kill them with a little brown wad of yarn!
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 2:17 pm
by Reel Cowboy
WTG Birddog
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 2:53 pm
by Barhopr
nice going BD, even though you were useing chum.
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 5:18 pm
by noleflyfisher
Very cool BD.
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 6:55 pm
by yellow dog
glad u r figuring it out so i can stop by one afternoon and u can show me how to use mine all i am catching is lab puppies
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 7:08 pm
by tin can
So, are ya gonna mount a feeder on your boat?
Congrats on drawing first blood.
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 8:43 pm
by What a mess
tin can wrote:So, are ya gonna mount a feeder on your boat?
Congrats on drawing first blood.
Dang the weather ain't the only thing getting cold around here.
Cold but funny, how you gonna build the mount?
Posted: December 15th, 2007, 11:55 pm
by Reel Cowboy
What a mess wrote:tin can wrote:So, are ya gonna mount a feeder on your boat?
Congrats on drawing first blood.
Dang the weather ain't the only thing getting cold around here.
Cold but funny, how you gonna build the mount?
You could always put either it on a casting platform up front or on the poling platform.
Seriously, congrats BD. As soon as I figure out how to catch fish with conventional gear, fly rodding it maybe next.
