Gearing for Stripers!
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After living in the Columbia, SC area for nine years, I’ve finally decided to stop taking day long road trips to North Carolina to chase trout and stick closer to home. I guess having a 3 1/2 year old little girl and a little boy arriving in May puts that into perspective a little bit as well.
Nice shadows on the first shot and I love the long highlight on the second.
The light tent is good.. 😉
You do seem to have a very slight color cast – maybe a bit green ?
Not using auto white balance are you ?
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Good luck, I fished the Saluda between Greenwood and Murray some last summer. Saw a lot of big stripes but nothing landed. Did have fun with some gar though. Have you fished around the bridges in the city? My dad has some good stories of catching stripers while he was in school.
Living on the Saluda and deciding to try striper fishing:) That’s like living on the Madison or the Blackfoot and finally deciding to try trout fishing. I’ve been dreaming of getting over there–one of the few places in the entire world where impoundment stripers breed successfully in an entirely fresh water system. I bet the fish are there now. The run may not be heavy yet, but the fish are moving.
I personally like 2-5″ long gray/white clousers in synthetic materials (polar fiber or neer hair) with lavender krystal flash and a little pink at the throat. 2 1/2″ on a #2 is about standard. I’ll often make a little epoxy head along the shank to help prevent the material from fouling. I generally like smaller flies, especially during broad day. I’ll switch over to bigger flies with darker backs (eg. olive) near dusk. If your fish are eating mostly big baits like big gizzards or stocked rainbow trout, you may have to size up. Around here, the idea that big flies=big stripers is not strictly true at this time of year, except where trout are stocked. I’ve seen a real pretty EP trout pattern, but never tied it.
Show us some Saluda stripers.
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Hey Cameron,
I used to catch an awful lot of Stripers on the Santee-Cooper waters from my little boat but they were always small .. maybe 14 inch range. Never could figure out how to get to the larger fish … guys with more experience always said the little fish stayed nearer the top while the big guys lurked below them…. the little guys would grab whatever you were throwing before it could get down to the big guys … the little guys traveled in huge schools.
KenI’ve had all these fisheries around me and take trips away instead of fishing what is here.
You should see the lake at his back door!
would like to try some rainbow trout patterns since they snack on the stockers like fish sticks all summer.
The T&A Bunker is a GREAT rainbow pattern that I use for trout and bass fishing. I’ll try to throw some pictures up if I get a chance, but this week is crazy for me so no guarantees, sorry. For now, here’s a link to a picture of it on Galloup’s website: http://www.slideinn.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=32
You might give a Swimmin Jimmy a try too. I have never personally fished one but have heard great things.
Cameron, I want to see a picture of your daughter holding up that monster two handed rod for size comparison.
Cameron, I want to see a picture of your daughter holding up that monster two handed rod for size comparison. That setup might tip her over.
Neal…it might tip me over too!
Cameron,
I took the liberty of playing around with your photos. Changed the white balance and hue/saturation and then decided these pictures were just too cool to stand alone. I have the originals if you want a clean copy for your blog.
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