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It's funny you should post because I just returned from a trip to Asheville this past weekend. The two most obvious places to go are number one, the Davidson River and number two the North Mills Rive ...

I had trouble at first as well. There are lots of factors that go into good nymphing but I'll share a couple that really changed the game for me. The first is to master high sticking. Casting nymph ...

I share some opinions with Jeremy. When I was 17 and 18 I spent a lot of time "hard balling" the outdoors and its elements. Before college, I spent two and half months on the Appalachain T ...

A couple of months ago, I read an article in FlyFisherman about the web wing caddis pattern. I ordered some from feather-craft and tied a half a dozen or so. I used it on one of the more milder days ...

It is cool to see this thread pop back up because my wife and I found out that we are going to have a boy! Good stuff. I will have a girl and two boys when the third is born. It is important to me ...

My entire Christmas, as usual will circle around gear of some sort.
1. New tying desk- I'm tired of the messes and lack of organization. My wife's uncle hand makes them and from what he tells me, ...

My usual tactic with big spooky trout is to tie on a big black wooly bugger and dance it right in front of his nose, then jig it back to the bank cross current. The next step is a small bugger with q ...

Marcel, I always enjoy your posts whether you catch the big ones or not. Top notch photos and journal work.

When I walked to the end of a long jetty (was a pain getting out there, no asphalt top) and saw a couple of small ones pushing the bait in. I'm not sure about the species, I don't know them well eno ...

This time is truly a shock to both of us. There are failure rates that you hear about and play the odds anyway! We're happy and freaked out. You're right about the woman's desire for children. My ...

Just wanted to share with my buddies over at flies and fins that my wife and I found out that we will be having another fish to add to our school of Underwoods. This will be our third. Not expected ...

Thanks for the info. I just returned from my trip at the begining of last week. You're right about fresh water fishing. I was way too early. I was there for a wedding so the timing wasn't really m ...

I'll be out there next week and was curious to know if I should hit the coast or the river. Anyone out there know this area well?

I am headed to the coast this weekend and because of time restraints and location, I will be somewhat footbound. From what I understand, there are some places that I can get to in some back channels ...

Yo Fatz- If you or Natural Fly have a moment, tell the guys on this site about your recent experience with the nets. I just read about it on NCCW. I'm curious to hear what some of these northern gu ...

And I will catch a 20+ rainbow for you. I'm taking the camera this time. I have made my checklist, already checked it twice, and am ready to go. Maybe busting my balls will eventually get me down t ...

One word: aweful

Fat- I just saw the pictures of your new addition. You must be proud.

NF- I've tried to get up with you guys a couple of times over the spring and summer. Schedules have not been on our side. ...

Glad to see you aren't dead. Quit traveling so we can get up and hit some water. I'm hitting a nice secret spot in the mountains on Saturday if you're up for it. In other words, I'll show you mine ...

I've got enough friends, lets see some fish pictures! I'm kidding. There are a few North Kakalakers on here. Good people (just sometimes slow to respond, not everyone can get away with looking at fi ...

I had plenty of gear with me, just not the other 50% of the equasion. I had been tying and preparing my boxes the night before. When I was putting up my fly tying materials, I stuck my fly boxes rig ...

I woke up and drove almost two hours to a stream. I arrived, marked out a nice hole with some large fish, put on my gear, strung my rod, attatched leader and tippet, looked down, no flies. I left th ...

Nice report, but common, you did that damage to the fly with YOUR teeth didn't you? Nice photo of those sharks too.

Check your PM's. I'll be in Raleigh next week. Let's get together.

I also just recently starting tying and using the parasols. I used them on the Davison a couple of weeks ago and there were a few times that it was the ONLY thing I could get them to hit. If you add ...

Amy and the kids are gone the week of the 23rd. Let's go to the coast one or two of those days. We'll miss the prime time tide but I'm sure we can still find some fish! As far as the pictures, I do ...

Sorry, did my pictures incorrectly. Use the link without the img text in the address.

Flyfish77 and I went up to the Davidson River for the weekend. At the end of our trip, we stopped in at the Hatchery. Pretty awesome facility. There were thousands of fish all separated by species ...

I have read that the quality of the Olympus was no where near the Sony. Though I have not seen it personally, the housing for the Sony looks a little big and bulky but seems to still be the way to go ...

I have been looking at purchasing the Cybershot DSC N2 or the Olympus 770 SW. The Olympus is basically bomb proof while the Cybershot is not. Is the sacrifice for quality worth the built in waterpro ...

These picutre are in my email, NCW, and now FF. They are starting to haunt my subconcious. Sort of like Paris? I get it, man. Big fish! Real nice work. I also like to the "fry-in-training&q ...

It's time to replace my sinking line. I've had an older version of Orvis' wonderline and was curious if someone had a different suggestion. As far as sinking lines, this is the only one I've had exp ...

One thing that I have learned to appreciate is a net. I tend to be somewhat of a minimalist when it comes to gear on the water so I am very guilty of neglecting to carry one. I have however, found t ...

I like the TLS. I have a 7 foot 4 weight and a 9 ft. 9 weight. I guess I will share my Orvis story since it is relevant to the topic. I recently took the TLS 4 weight on a small stream and was dead ...

I just had a really cool experience with Orvis. Its a little long of a story for the post so pm if you want to hear about it. I can't say enough about the Clearwater series. I have a 8'6" 4 we ...

Nice. He was trying to pull you under the boat with him wasn't he?

Sometimes it doesn't matter what you throw and they'll bite. Sometimes it doesn't matter what you throw because they won't. Every now and then I'll have to resort to size 26 flies and 8x tippet. Yo ...

Nice fish. My wife always laughs at my pictures I take after I let the fish go. One day I said to her "here's one I had just caught". She doesn't let it go either. All my pictures are no ...

You got a good deal. I started with a Clearwater and still use it. Because of all the overhang, I primarily use a shorter rod now but the Clearwater still gets used. I think it is one of the best & ...

Looks like a nice day, nice water, and awesome fish. Nice work.

Nice fish. Now I want to see pictures of the 30"er you were telling me about. Nice creek too.

Bring a whole box of buggers with you. Not because you need a huge variety in sizes and colors but because small creek overhang is a bitch. I must have lost half a dozen this weekend. What was work ...

Thanks to Whippa putting me in the right direction, I've got a few to share now. This guy was in a wild section of a state park. I think he's a stocker that was smart enough to swim away from the de ...

Nice Jeremy, that helps. Somehow, I've managed to not only coerced my parents into taking my two kids this weekend but also talked my wife into doing a little backpacking to hit some way "off th ...

With trout season in full swing (at least it is down here), I've been able to get out on the water a lot already but am still finding myself sitting at work, looking out the window, wishing I was on a ...

I'm hoping to catch plenty of those this weekend. To get where I want to go, I'm going to have to batt my eyes a lot. It won't be at females though. It will be at toothless, one eyed, backwoods red ...

Hey man, I know there are some good rivers but I personally can tell you more of what to fish than where to fish. I have a few buddies I'll ask and get back to you on the river locations. In north w ...

Went to the mountains yesterday to do some trout fishing. After lethargic, bottom lying, only biting size 30 midge trout fishing all winter, it was nice to see the fish taking top water flies. The w ...

I use lead sometimes but mostly tungston putty. I bounce the egg right on the bottom. Sometimes split shot gets caught up and causes me to lose flies. That's why I like the putty. On light tippet, ...

I have a trip to the coast planned for the first week in April and am STOKED about chasing some reds around some grass. A little early but reports are that they are already biting in pretty good numb ...