Peter E.
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Looks like you gained five pounds on the trip. Two thumbs up on the grub. Brought back some good memories of fishing SF Bay with the fam this summer.
Bob, to be honest, I really like the way my camera angle is to. To be honest I really don’t like seeing a video when the tier is all fuzzy in the back ground.
Dave, so far so good, I have not impaled myself yet. To be honest when tightening the loop I will use whatever is handy. As to the blood knots I can’t see why someone might want to use a tool. Less is more to me.
Thanks guys for the honest feed back.
Thanks Joel, I’ll keep that in mind. I am going to experiment with different set ups till I find on that I’m happy with.
You know Zach it really wasn’t planned at all. I had a great job in Mobile with all the benefits that kept me up to my ears in wood work and off early enough to fish every afternoon.
But all good things must end and so did the work with the decline in housing finally hitting Mobile. I made up my mind that this would be last time I worked for anyone else and the best way to make a dollar was by turning what I loved into money. So far so good.
Also Zach, as soon as this next canoe is done we will up date the website to include order information and different layouts. I thought about taking pre-orders from the guys here on the IA. If thats cool with you.
Jack, it really isn’t hard it simply takes mountains of patience and persistence.
That whole interlude was a bit childish.
Great picts, cool fish, and no worries about fish origins so long as they are there. And honest questions never hurt.
Just my $0.02
what are you guys suing for underwater shots? And I don’t mean your point and shoots. Is a Ewa-Marine acceptable or are you using aquatech or ikelites?
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Geez people suing folks left and right nowadays.
This might be posted in the wrong category. You picked the right forum though. Start with a 9ft. 5wt. I would suggest a TFO or Reddington for a starter. Remember not to pay too much for your reel, its really just there to hold line, Ross Fly Start would be a good choice or Orivs Battenkill. I would also suggest a good weight forward floating line. I’m partial to Scientific Anglers or Royal Wulff.
Good luck and have fun!
no its thirty pound hard nylon. I tie the loop to the shank right in front of the eye and then make loops with thread under the nylon to make it stand up. It us the most dependable design I have come up with yet.
Peter, We have used Southeastern Pond Management out of Opelika, sounds like the same school of logic.
If I had to bet on it I would say that they also graduated from Auburn’s aquaculture program. If you want me to I can get you in touch with a couple of guys out there. But I would imagine that it isn’t needed.
I have always considered myself an astute student of warm water fisheries but I am learning loads from these guys. No doubt in my mind, when I dig a pond, these guys will be the first calls I make.
I remember talking to the guys at Umpqua this past year and they remarked about how nice their facilities were. Now I could be wrong but I believe we were discussing a set up in I think Thailand.
Truth is it is 25 pounds of fish (bass) per are per year that have to be removed in a farm pond if properly fertilized and half that if the water is clear.
As far as blue gill go, you almost can’t harvest enough.
This is based on info I have heard from some of the big wheels at Auburn University and they are the ones that would know.
Andrew, take it from me there are three flies to use for bass that will catch em’ anywhere, size 6 clouser (black and white or olive and orange), size 6 stealth bomber (chartreuse and green or black and red), and a size 6 hairy fodder (olive and rust or black and red) (weedless).
But keep this under your hat, I don’t want other folks knowing the secret formula of flies or that you should fish deep or shaded cover in the day and the flats in the evening/morning. This is between us.
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LMB have a great habit of staying in close to cover in the same general area, now I mean that they can go so far as to put up a house and live there until conditions change. Largemouth Bass are seasonal movers and generally will stay until water temps push them deeper or shallower(spawning). They will move shallow to feed at dawn and dusk but will generally return to the same holding structure.
But no unlike small mouth or spotted bass they aren’t river gypsies. Word to the wise, he is not likely to fall for that same spinner twice. But keep that general size in mind. I have been known to switch from size four flies down to size eight flies in the heat of summer.
The way you can look at it is this, if you are outside in the heat all day working, do you want a cheese burger? No, of course not. But if somebody offers you some trail mix, you are likely to eat a handful. So that same thought applies to bass, smaller bites are easier for them to digest in the heat.
Another thought is this during sunny days with high temps those fish are not coming out of the cooler deeper water until the surface temp of the water dips at dusk, dawn, or at night. This brings them up closer to you so you can up your odds at a bigger fish.
See if you an get permission to go back there at night and take an eight weight and a big black surface fly, might end up with the biggest bass of your life. Especially on a night with a full or nearly full moon.
To make life easier, take some bream flies out there and see what the bass are eating. In other words catch some of the bream and such and pattern some flies after it, or scoop up some minnows and do the same. Take advantage of the fact that you have a fly rod and can really learn about your fishes environment and what he eats, better than a gear chucker.
Good luck.
I thought you boys might like this. I know both the guys in the video and can say that they are great folks. If any of you guys are in the area and want to book a trip, you need to call my buddy Yano Serra.
http://videos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2011/06/fly-fishing_for_blackfish_near.html
