Fly Fishing

KodiakCommando · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: Trip plans for 07

Man I got cabin fever bad Exclamation

One of the things that keeps me going is planning excursions for next year.

My first trip is really work but it's fun to me and that would be guiding. Last year I had a blast and this year i'm switching lodges. The reason is that the lodge i will be working for is a fly fishing only lodge for trout and char. I love salmon but two of my least favorite part of last year was cleaning tons of salmon and trolling. Trolling is actually easier physically but not as much fun as guiding fly fisherman.

The second trip i'm planning on is a steelhead trip in October. Gonna go to the Karluk river on kodiak. It's the larget river on kodiak and gets the state's second largest steelhead run.

Who else has some trip plans this year and what are they?

jeremy · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:45 am Post subject: this year

well - last year i had a great year for firsts ... especially in the tuna family .. got my first bluefin tuna on the fly, first albie on fly and foot and first bonito on fly and foot ... so, for me, it would be cool if every year i could focus some of my "bigger' trips to target fish that are on my life list .. with that said ... 2007 ... i am planning a couple trips that include ..

1. atlantic salmon - canada
2. mako shark - maine and rhode island
4. sea run brown trout - canada or maine
5. skipjack tuna - rhode island
6. tarpon - florida
7. bonefish - florida/bahamas

and then ... for some more localized trips .. i plan on doing alot of what i did last year .. and that is exploring more of my own state ... maine has soooooooo much water both fresh and salt .... and the possibilities are truly endless .... it can become easy to fall into a rut and keep fly fishing the waters that are so familiar year after year .. but last year, i really enjoyed fishing waters that i had never fished before both fresh and salt ..... so, i have my topo map all marked up and there are some pretty exciting new water to explore ... both in the mountains and on the coast ... some, close to home and some far from home ...

Shaq · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

I'll be in Montana the third week of July then I will be bumming around NY for the rest of the year

waterwhippa · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: twenty o7

Albacore / Bluefin / Stripers, ME & RI
Wild Rainbow / LL Salmon / Mako Shark, ME
Sawtooth Range, ID
Lake Run Brook Trout, Upper Great Lakes
Skamania on a Bomber, Salmon River, NY
Bonefish/Tarpon/Jacks, Keys

including extended weekend jaunts to the Upper Delaware System. Can't wait!!!!!

HauntedbyWater · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

This next season I plan on spending alot more time in the Mid-Atlantic (PA, WV, VA, MD). Then next fall I hope to target steelhead in MI and OH. That will be a new species for me. I live in Indianapolis so the fishing is slow here in the winter but I plan on getting at the steelhead this spring and the Skamania Steelhead this summer in MI.

Any suggestions for the Mid-Atlantic region would be appreciated. I really want to go for stripers out in VA and MD.

wrh · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

I will likely do all of my fishing in NY with some trips to VT and maybe CT

Dry fly fishing on the big D
More exploration of local water that has wild trout including some nice fish
Smallmouth mania
More Carpin
Stipers on the Hudson
Getting and then learning how to properly use a SPEY rod.

bigtroutak · Newbie Joined: Jan 31, 2007 Posts: 4

Kasilof River for spring steelhead (first time)
Anchor River
Deep Creek
Stariski Creek
(first year chasing steelies)

And my annual favorites !!!!!
Willow Creek
Kenai River
Quartz Creek
Clear Creek
Russian River
and Campbell Creek
(All for 'bows and dollies )

twocan · Newbie Joined: Dec 03, 2006 Posts: 17

Central/Nortern PA Trout
MD Striper
Big D Trout
ME LL Salmon\SM bass...I hope to get a float with boz

bonefisher · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject:

Feb - First Steelhead Trip
March - Islamorada Grand Slam on fly
April - Bonita Beach Beach fishing for jacks, snook, whatever will take a fly
June- Canada Northern, Walleye (bringing more flies this time =))
June-August = michigan bass, brooke trout
August- Bahamas BONEFISH august is the worst time, buts no one is there and the Bonies are still all over the place
Oct-Jan- more steelies hopefully

i really hope this all works out.. its really up to my dad (redhawker on flies and fins)

AvidDavid · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject:

I plan to travel down to Long Island Sound (about a mile or two from my home on Long Island). I need to make an appointment to see some stripers. So my plans are to do my homework and then hit the beach as often as possible! I've got a couple of bets on the outcome and... I only win the bets if I don't catch fish (hmmmm...). I guess it's kind of a win-win situation? (No, Jeremy and Marcel, I haven't forgotten!)

Dave

jstroke · Newbie Joined: Jan 02, 2007 Posts: 3

Gonna be In Victoria B.C. next week for work but packin for fishing,hopeing to find some island chrome.The river here's just about frozen over so when I get back from out west the only fishin I'll have will be through a ten inch hole in the ice for whities and lakers.Come early spring though I'll be puttin some miles on the mule in search of chrome all over Ontario and by the looks of things a trip to the Salmon in N.Y. and points unknown in Maine,from what I've seen here things look awsome there.
p.s. you guys got any open water there around the salmon?
James

colehatch · Newbie Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 32

My father and I are planning a trip to Canada for pike and specks. We haven't pulled it together yet but we're thinking late spring. I had a business trip to CO planned for then end of Feb that I was hoping to piggy back a San Juan trip but that got canned. Other than that I'm like Jeremy in that I really need to explore more of my own state. The fishing isn't half bad here in NW MI and it's easy to fish the same water all the time. The UP has a million options and I think I'm like others in that you get honed into fishing the same areas alot. Time to break out and explore more.

flymank · Newbie Joined: Dec 11, 2006 Posts: 1

:Dflymank here,this is my 2007 plan
a)spring chrome on the salmon/tribs,good friday weekend
b)every weekend in april,may,1st 2 weekends in june on the delaware
c)3rd weekend in june-R.I for stripers and blues
d)my first trip out west(1st 2 weeks of august)streams we'll fish-the green in utah,the south fork@ henry's fork in Id. and the madison@big horn in montana-I'm drooling already
e)early sept.salmon for early kings
f)sept and early oct. on the delaware
g)late sept-R.I for albies,blues,stripers
h)early nov-the catt,18 mile.and other tribs for lake erie chrome
I)thanksgiving weekend @ the salmon for more chrome
Its going to be a hell of a year folks and I can't wait Cool

flymank out

chromefinder · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:

Looking to enjoy the followng in 2007:

1st pike on a fly
1st tarpon on a fly
spring susquehanna flats trophy striper season
spring great lakes steelhead
central PA streams
Upper Delaware System
western US trophy trout stillwaters
a Salmonfly hatch somewhere