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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Xgolfman on February 26, 2006, 07:25:13 PM
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Well the curse of the new year is over...hoooray!!! i FINALLY caught something and it was on the fly, my first..(2) today..
After spending monday and weds. on the Vedder and getting two decent hook ups but break offs i was more discouraged then ever...(Weds. i even took an un-wanted bath in the river to boot)..i stopped by reaction fly on whatcom road and picked up some new wading boots to make sure the bath was only when i chose next time and gabbed again with the guys there. We talked at length about the Nooksack and ways to fish it successfully, So seeing as it's closing on Tuesday i decided i would hit it again today and try my new learned strategy....
My buddy and i got there around 10-10:30 and it was not a bad day, warmer then we expected but still with a bite to the air, not much wind to speak of either...i started my day with a single egg pattern, two tungsten weights and a small drift float and started working the run...about a half hour in...down goes the tiny float and i set the hook on my first ever fish on a fly rod....It put up a decent little fight and then suddenly gave up and came in to the shore...My buddy is not the fastest animal on two legs and while waiting for him to get up to me and get a picture i bent down and made sure the Dolly was still in good shape, she was and i tried to hold her in one hand which i did and popped the hook out....Dollys are kind of slimy compared to salmon and when she felt nothing pricking her in the mouth, she gave me a nod and flipped out of my hand and swam away....Well, i was glad she wasn't hurt but my feelings were as i didn't get a chance to take a picture of my first fishie this way....old man christmas wandered up and started giving me the gears about letting the fish go but what could i say....
Back at it we went...i switched over to another single egg pattern with a little white polar bear on it too and fished that from the top of the run down...I was chatting with my buddy who was having a smoke up on a log above me and i was in nearly the same spot when again i felt a fish smack my fly....this one put up a much more spirited fight...i thought i might have a small steelhead on as i saw one caught here last sunday as well and saw the silver flash immediately on the take...This time my buddy is scrambling down to get the camera from me and shouting.."Don't let it go"..."Don't let it go".....after a nice fight it too came to shore pretty quickly...( It's like when you hook um they fight like hell for 20- 30 seconds...head shakes and rolls, the whole deal..then they figure OK I'm caught and nearly swim to your feet)....I'm landing the fish, trying to hand off the camera and keep the thing in the water and happy at the same time..i turned and fell on my a$$ while this is all happening BUT did manage to keep the rod out, line tight and fish on...so here's a pic. Horrible yes, but what can you expect from a couple old guys flogging air?
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/golfman65/IMG_1391.jpg)
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Congrats on your first of many to come. Keep up the hard work and you'll get steel.
Btw thats the best way to hold a rod in a photo op. ;D
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Finally! Congratulations Golfman. ;D
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Good one!!!
About time, now for steelhead. Congrats on your first!
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Congrats!!!!!
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Yaa,great job!
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Good one! Now that you know what works and what doesn't, they will come to faster and easier.
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Congrats Golfman, great job!! ;D
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Yeehaw! Congrat Golfman, you finally did it. Way to go. Nice fish. Enjoy your post. By the way, how do you cast holding the rod in your mouth.... ;D
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(http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/4.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/fish/20.gif)(http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/4.gif)
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congrats...nice pic ;D
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Score! I've been reading about your trials and tribulations on the river. Great to hear about your success.
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Way to go! The first of many for you i hope!!
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Congrat to you golfman65,nice picture,next one will come easy ;)
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many thanks guys...one thing i did learn...don't pose with your rod in your mouth...it doesn't taste good and it looks cool only when other people do it...and of course the obvious reason your "friends" are quick to point out :o
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Good going ;)
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Nice one! I will never forget my first fish on the fly (only this fall!). By the time I hit chum season on the squamish i was starting to feel like a real fly man. Well, reality quickly brought my ego back down to size as salmon season passed and I look at my 0 for 10 stats since. ??? ??? ??? Apparently my rookie status was conceled by hundreds of aggressive dogs flooding the systems.
Alas I keep plugging away in hopes of that first steelie on the fly........
Did you catch it on one of your custom flys???
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Nice one! I will never forget my first fish on the fly (only this fall!). By the time I hit chum season on the squamish i was starting to feel like a real fly man. Well, reality quickly brought my ego back down to size as salmon season passed and I look at my 0 for 10 stats since. ??? ??? ??? Apparently my rookie status was conceled by hundreds of aggressive dogs flooding the systems.
Alas I keep plugging away in hopes of that first steelie on the fly........
Did you catch it on one of your custom flys???
the first one was with an egg pattern the guys at Reaction Fly gave me...then i thought about it and put one of mine on for the second one and the one in the picture..Don't feel bad about the steelies, i'm 0 for a bunch too...i'm trying to come up with some patterns that will work for them...i'm convinced you need to use a stinger to make sure you get one when it does hit so i'm doing a lot of tieing with that..
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many thanks guys...one thing i did learn...don't pose with your rod in your mouth...it doesn't taste good and it looks cool only when other people do it...and of course the obvious reason your "friends" are quick to point out :o
Screw it!!!! i think it looks good.
Me:
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/IH8XC/fbf0ddf1.jpg)
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/IH8XC/IMG_0997.jpg)
Aaron:
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/IH8XC/IMG_0981.jpg)
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Dion, have you two ever wondered why girls don't want to kiss you? ;)
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There goes good cork. ;)
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:D :D Ok, like i said, he looks cool when other guys do it..im too ugly for it :'(