 Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
Posted by greg on December 13, 2007
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Fly fishing for and catching Brown Trout in Maine during the winter season is great fun, if you know where they are. Historically, year after year it seems that the last fish I catch in Maine is a Brown Trout during the month of December. The weather was typical for winter Brown Trout and Sea Run Brown Trout fly fishing, it was cold. Two good friends and myself ventured into a stream just to fish. The goal was just to get outside and make a few casts, have a few cups of coffee and take a break from tying flies and being indoors. We had no idea we would all catch fish, we just wanted to fish, feel a tug! We started with nymphs and worked our way up to big yellow bodied Bugmeisters. We caught four or five Brown Trout each. As we approach Christmas my thoughts move South, to warmer waters and Sun. Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit etc.. I am waiting for Christmas but unlike the children, I am waiting for it to be over so I once again can head South with my shorts and Tevas and fly rod. Why mention this in a Brown Trout article, because it is what has historically followed my last Trout of any year. I typically hang up the 5 weight rod and trout flies and string up my 9 weight rod and put together fly boxes full of crab flies, bonefish sliders and tarpon flies. The goal is pretty simple really; get out of the cold and get some sun. Sure, I love catching fish and always do; whether it be Barracuda, Jacks, Snook etc... But what
I like most about heading down south is just walking the flats and being outside and fly fishing for saltwater fish. And, what's the worst thing that could happen? A cold front comes through? I will take a tropical cold front in January over a Maine cold front in Janyuary any day. So, now that my last trout of the season has been caught and released my mind is wondering to places like Mexico and Florida.
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Re: Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
by MarshallD on December 13, 2007 http://www.flyanglersguide.com | Will keep the sunscreen tube handy for you, greg. Have as good a Holiday season as you can....See you down here later.
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Re: Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
by waterwhippa on December 13, 2007 | | Good plan Greg, My thoughts are also drifting to Big Pine Key, Anne's Beach etc... For now we will have to play the hand we are dealt, hunker down and ride out the incoming Noreaster this weekend. Baaahhhummmbbbugg. |
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Re: Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
by jeremy on December 13, 2007 http://www.fliesandfins.com | you kill me man .. this is classic ... "I am waiting for Christmas but unlike the children, I am waiting for it to be over " ... i hear ya .. and the only thing that gets me through the all out marketing assault we now call christmas, is thoughts of a january trip to somewhere warm .... far far away from internet christmas pop up ads, tv christmas ads, direct mail christmas ads, christmas sales, the sale before christmas sales, the sale after christmas sales, getting gifts that i'll just throw away, small talk about things i don't care about with people i won't see till next christmas, and spending tons of cash on people i barely know ........... merry christmas everyone! .. i'm with you greg ... just put me somewhere warm with a fly rod .. no gifts, no jingle bells, no snow, no nothing ... just silence, sun and fish ...
ps... i know i am twisted ... but, someone asked me the other day, "hey what do you want for christmas" .. ya know what i said, "i want nothing .. infact, the best gift would be if someone came and took stuff from me ... i got too much stuff ... a real nice gift this year would be if people stopped by and instead of giving me something they took something from me" ... now that, would be sweet ..... i like things simple, to much stuff is too complicated ... |
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Re: Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
by fishgolf on December 13, 2007 | Greg I see coal will be under your pillow rather than a new billypate!!!
Mickey |
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Re: Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
by Shaq on December 14, 2007 http://www.theanglersnet.com | Now that's a great week long grand slam. brown brookie bow snook permit tarpon bone.
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Re: Winter Fly Fishing: Last Trout, I'm Going South
by Gander on December 14, 2007 | | Sounds like a great Day... I must say I (we) are quite jealous over here in New Brunswick, our trout season has been done since the middle of September. I have been dreaming of casting over browns and brookies since! |
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