Fly Fishing

kranefly · Posted: Thu 05/19/05 12:54 pm Post subject: Top Five

Hey all,

When I was in R.I. last weekend for the striper bonanza with Jeremy, Whippa, Headrush, and others, we were talking about, what else, fish, and fly fishing. Anyway, it got me thinking about all the different species that we stalk with a fly rod, and I was curious to see what different folks would lke to cast for. For instance, Whippa and I get to fish for Great Lakes Steelhead all the time, and, in a sense, we kinda take it for granted. Fishing for stripers opened my eyes to that because it really affected me (or infected me Laughing

). So there it is. What are your Top Five species that you would like to fish to in you lifetime? Location can, of course, be taken into consideration. Here's my initial list in no particular order

1. Tarpon (even more so after watching that video by joe-m)
2. B.C. Steelhead
3. Bonefish
4. Altantic Salmon
5. False Albacore

Nate

jeremy · Location: Portland, Maine

1. Atlantic Salmon - On streamer/dry fly without weight
2. Blue Fin Tuna - In Maine On Fly
3. Roosterfish - Anywhere
4. Tarpon - In Everglades
5. Bull Trout - Anywhere

ChrisR · Location: Southeast Massachusetts

1) Brook Trout-My favorite
2) Golden Trout-Just made a post about this one actually
3) Artic Char-Would love to give them a try in Labrador sometime
4) Artic Grayling
5) Cutthroat Trout

Pete · Location: New York, NY

This is more of a wish list, but hopefully I've got another 50 years or so to complete it:

1. Pacific Sailfish
2. Barramundi in Australia
3. Peacock Bass in the Amazon
4. Roosterfish in Mexico
5. Permit any time, anywhere

Fish_King_7 · Posted: Thu 05/19/05 3:05 pm Post subject:

I would have to go with My newly introduced likings

Saltwater:
1.Bonito-anywhere
2.Tarpon-everglades
3.Bonefish-belize
4.Permit-anywhere
5.Peacock Bass-amazon

Freshwater:
1.Cuthroats-anywhere
2.Bull Trout-anywhere
3.King Salmon-alaska/B.C.
4.Sockeye Salmon-alaska
5.Koho Salmon-alaska/B.C.

....man, even when I split it into two different categories, I still have like 20 more species I want to fish for REALLY BAD!

Caleb

jeremy · Location: Portland, Maine

hey chris-r ----- if the brook trout is really top on your list...than i will gladly take you fly fishing in maine and help you cross that one off...i would love to be the one to help you catch one of your most saught after species...

PS - This is really gonna get alot of people, (including me) jealous. Jason-C is in Mexico as we speak - 6 days of chasing rooster fish on the fly....lucky dog.

KodiakCommando · Location: Kodiak, Alaska

Saltwater
1. Tarpon anywhere
2. Bonefish Anywhere
3. Stripers in maine
4. Permit anywhere
5. Shark anywhere

Freshwater
1. Taimen in Mongolia
2. Sea run brown trout in Argentina
3. Golden trout in California
4. Landlocked salmon in maine
5. Tiger trout in Utah

ChrisR · Location: Southeast Massachusetts

Jeremy I have to be honest and say I have caught a few nice Brookies before. They just always end right back up at the top of the list to catch though. But I have yet to catch one in Maine. The rest I'd like to catch and haven't as of yet. Caught a cuttbow on the Yellowstone though. So it's halfway to the cutthroat. The wife was the lucky one on that trip and landed a nice 16" cutthroat. Looking forward to the fishing when I'm up there.

hedrush999 · Posted: Fri 05/20/05 11:13 am Post subject: top 5 never casted to

I would like to give these a try before it's too late:

-taimen
-atlantic salmon
-milkfish
-pacific steelhead
-golden dorado

kranefly · Posted: Fri 05/20/05 1:02 pm Post subject:

Headrush, that is very ominouse..."before it's too late:" You got something on the horizon that you want to share??

Also, what is a milkfish?

Looking back I may have to add taimen on to my list. Hard to pick just 5.

Austin · Posted: Fri 05/20/05 3:05 pm Post subject:

Howdy!
Here goes nothing
SALTWATER:
1) Tarpon in Everglades
2) Bonefish in Beliz or Keys
3) Bonito
4) Shark
5) Barracuda
FRESHWATER:
1) Steelhead in NY
2) 25" brown on dry fly, wild
3) 6 pound Maine salmo, spring time in the lakes
4) Labrador Brookies
5) Atlantic salmon
Tight lines

Austin

hedrush999 · Posted: Sat 05/21/05 8:29 am Post subject: milkfish

kranefly,

nothing on the horizon, but you knever know...he he

milkfish are a plankton eating fish that they just recently figured out how to catch in the seychelles in the indian ocean. Cross a bonefish and a big tarpon....well you can imagine!

waterwhippa · Location: Upstate, NY

Atlantic Salmon

Coaster Brook Trout

Pacific Steelhead

Kamloops Rainbow

Bonefish

Tarpon

Sorry guys, I had to sneak that sixth fish in there!!!

Keith · Posted: Thu 05/26/05 7:52 pm Post subject:

Ok, I know this thread is old but I just had to get it straight in my head. I recently saw a book "50 places to Fish Before You Die". So here are my top 10 to hit before I die. Five Freswater and Five Salt:

Freshwater
1.) Atlantic Salmon - Eastern Canada
2.) Stealhead - British Columbia
3.) Sea-Run Browns - South America
4.) Brown Trout - New Zealand
5.) King Salmon - Alaska

Saltwater
1.) Tarpon - Carribean
2.) Permit - Carribean - Got to do the Grand Slam
3.) Bonefish - Carribean
4.) False Albacore - Northeast
5.) Cobia - Gulf Coast

I know it's a tall order.