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The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-20-2008 I decided to take a break from the hard deck and try a little icy fly fishing. It was the best choice i have made in a while.[ ![]() I got to the weber about 2:30 and rigged my sons new christmas present fly rod([angelic]), a cute little youth 7' 6" 4/5 wt. I tied on a #14 hares ear and a #20 zebra midge. I also tied a small rapala on my spinning rod. I threw the rap for about 10 minutes and decided to bag it and concentrate on the fly rod. I walked down river to one of my favorite holes and made about 40 casts without a hit. I know this hole is full of fish but couldn't figure this one out. I kept at it for another few minutes and somebody finally flipped the switch! Fish on for the next hour.[ ![]() First cast i caught a very nice rainbow. Second cast i caught a 19" cutt. 3rd cast yielded another cutt! I caught fish after fish in this hole and had 3 fish straighten the hook on the zebra midge.[shocked] I ended up catching 11 fish out of that hole. All but 1 were trout. 4 cutts, 1 bow, 1 whitefish, and 5 browns. The river is in beautiful condition and the fish are hungry. I must have missed 20 strikes and lost 10 fish in the second hole. I will be back up there again soon.[cool] Here are the pics i got before my camera died. Not the best but i was alone and had no net. [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - Schlitz - 02-20-2008 Nice job. Only fished the Weeb once and didn't do well. Need to get back up there one of these days.If you are ever up for a tag along let me know. What size was the zebra midge and hares ear? What number of fish did you catch on each? Schlitz- [signature] Re: [Schlitz] The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-20-2008 [size 1]"rod([angelic]), a cute little youth 7' 6" 4/5 wt. I tied on a #14 hares ear and a #20 zebra midge. I also"[/size] [size 1][/size] [size 1]I caught 2 whities on the hares ear and the rest on the zebra midge.[/size] I will probably fish it again one evening this week. Let me know when you can get out. [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - Schlitz - 02-20-2008 Thanks for the info and the invite. I'm free most evenings but live down in Provo so I would need to take off from work a few hours early. Let me know when you are planning on heading out again and I can make arrangements. Schlitz- [signature] Re: [Schlitz] The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-21-2008 I fished it again today and caught 23 fish! 1 cutt, 1 brown and the rest whitefish. Let's do something next week one day.[ ![]() [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - Schlitz - 02-21-2008 Very nice. How does next Wednesday after-noonish sound? Schlitz- [signature] Re: [Schlitz] The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-21-2008 Should be good.[cool] [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - DKStroutfitter - 02-21-2008 LH2 I like your style. One of my favorite fly rods is a Saint Croix that I bought for my wife![ ![]() She has even used it once or twice. [signature] Re: [DKStroutfitter] The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-22-2008 Gage is only 4 but you saw him the other day trying to fly fish. He has a quiet obsession with it. Hopefully i can teach him without giving him my bad habits.[cool] P.s. Had a blast tonight with my fly rod.[ ![]() [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - riverdog - 02-22-2008 I taught my son to flyfish when he was 5 yo with a 7ft 2wt rod. He was a natural at casting telling me he didn't need any more help with the technique after a couple minutes. He was right but unfortunately he's not interested in tying his own knot now 5 years later. By the way I most frequently used a 7'6" 3 wt on the Weber until I broke it last fall by falling on it. Worked great for Utah's mostly small waters. [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - Xmlfish - 02-22-2008 I need to hit the weber up. What time of day were most of the fish hiting? [signature] Re: [Xmlfish] The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-22-2008 Late afternoon both days. [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - Schlitz - 02-22-2008 I sent you my phone #. Give me a call and we can get something going for next week. Schlitz- [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - Xmlfish - 02-22-2008 Alright thanks [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - BigSlimmy - 02-28-2008 Did your kid take the pictures??? Sounds like agreat day of fishing,how did your son do?? [signature] Re: [BigSlimmy] The magic stick! - lunkerhunter2 - 02-28-2008 He doesn't fish the rivers yet, he is too small. Next year, i am going to have a custom set of waders mad for him and no i took the pics with one hand.[ ![]() [signature] Re: [lunkerhunter2] The magic stick! - riverdog - 02-28-2008 Cabelas does sell youth waders down to size 3. My son who is fairly big for his age wore a pair with his shoes on from age 5-7, then without shoes until last year. The old waders are still in good condition and if you (or anybody else close to SLC) wants them for future use send me a pm, you can have them free. I think they are the 3 forks uninsulated with felt soles in size 3 if I recall correctly. ![]() [signature] |