re: The Fly Fishing Thread: Questions, pics, discussion all here

The big girls are certainly moving in, we saw some pigs last time out.


Never really messed with 7wt's too much. I'm probably missing out but I've always gone for a super fast 5's and 6's over a 7wt's. No particular reason. The three rods that never leave my boat are an 8wt 1 piece H2, Solar 8wt, and an H2 6wt

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You normally fish the west side of the river, right?

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Yes. For the most part anyway. I don't mind doing the Hopedale shuffle. Especially not this time of year.

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if you had to compare that Journeyman to a rod I may have thrown, what would you compare it to?

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That's a tough one. I'd have to say Recon or maybe the Xi2? At least with the 8wt line I like to use. You might could get something like a bonefish line if you wanted it to feel a little faster.

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Side Note - Will be handing over my money some time this fall for a Journeyman

I just like it. I think I've fished every major line brand except Cortland and it's my favorite floating line. It loads really well but carries far when needed. Super versatile. It's also a really smooth line and hardly ever knots. I've caught a pretty solid variety of different fighting and different size fish with it, and it's handled all of them fine.

There are other lines just as good I'm sure, but like I said, I just like it. I'm also really used to the taper and cast it better than most other lines, but I spend the most time fishing with it.

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I want either a 7 or another 8wt before I go back to the Bahamas next month

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Bones? You could probably get away with something a little slower like the journeyman in October. I wouldn't be afraid to throw a 6 wt glass rod in my gear bag. October is a relatively calm month

A little historical data for kicks

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Cat Island

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Robinson Crusoe up in this bitch

Those are from weather spark. I think George town is going to be the closest area to draw historical data.

https://weatherspark.com/history/32698/2012/George-Town-Great-Exuma-Island-The-Bahamas

I like to use Magic Seaweed

Went to the Smokies this weekend to test out my new Echo Glass 3wt and to try to get my girlfriend her first fish on a fly. The rod was a ton of fun to cast and she got a wild rainbow as her first on a fly. The weather and scenery were both amazing. Conditions for teaching someone to fly fish weren't . The rhododendron, close quarters, and spooky wild fish made it far from easy fishing. Still we had plenty of strikes and managed to land a handful of fish. I'd forgotten how pretty that area is.


The Little River. It was pretty low from what I could tell, even for this time of year.


The trails along the river were very nice and made it easy to walk the bank and pick out some good holes.


This was one of the more open holes that we fished.


My first Brookie in a long time


Her first trout on a fly


Went to a bar in Gatlinburg to watch the game. As terrible as it was, I found solace in the fact that at least I'm not a Bama fan.


This little guy smashed a size 20 Parachute Adams just a few hundred feet below the Appalachian Trail.


This is the hole the above fish came out of. It was one of the bigger spots on the creek and was still maybe the size of a bathtub.


Stopped by Cades Cove on the way home.

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LSUtiger17

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That's awesome. Thanks for sharing the pics. It's many many many years since I've been to the Smokies, did y'all camp out there?