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Go about 10 more miles down (north)from the campgrounds and you will start to hit some decent waters for Fly flinging.
Smallmouth, Largemouth, Crappie, Rainbow, and Hybrid Goldens are the treat over there.
Here are a few pics from about 3 years ago.
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That is off of the north fork of the Kern. It is very close to Roads End.
If you wanted to try an area of the South fork then you can take the 178 about 3 miles S/Sw of Miracle Hot Springs. Make sure that you are on the Kern River Cyn Rd side of it.
That section is a FF paradise zone.[cool]
I will look back in my log book and let you know the patterns that I was using.
Since I only tie Bass Flies for fresh and all the rest are for Salt, I purchased some of these special fies from Brocks when I was in Bishop.
They are a true lesson in Entomology. You might learn a thing or 2 about insects too.[laugh]
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I got a picture of the local bug action. If you can tie some patterns like this, I will buy them from you.
I have been buying similar patterns at Brocks because they work well in a special section for Browns up there that only the locals and I know about.
These are the bugs. When you don't have the right fly, you can always put one of these on a #18 Owner Mosquito hook and go for a fun ride.[cool]
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That looks like the ones from Brocks. I have used them at Bishop and caught some decent Trout too.[cool]
I had one batch that was flies only and most of the Trout were about 3 beer cans in length. I forgot my tape measure so I needed some kind of measure that others can relate to.
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cool looking fly there DR.. and if bro tn2 says they will work.. Id tie up a bunch if you get a chance to go up to that area.. course.. we'd want to see lot of pics of the results.. [cool]....
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swiss straw.. I had no idea that the swiss had any straw over there... I thought it was all chocolate...hehehhe
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There is always something going on somewhere and a straw could come in handy......................Whoa! You are thinking the wrong thing now bro.
A single piece of straw can be used as a strike indicator (small piece)
A single piece of straw can be pushed through the body of a lizzard to hold it while roasting.
A piece of drinking straw can be used as a bobber when you tie off the ends.
Just think of all the uses that you can come up with. If you can do all that with a straw at Kernville, then just imagine how well it will work wonders in other areas of the country.[cool]
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..with all those uses..dont ya wish you were the inventor of the straw?? [laugh]
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That must be a huge straw when it is in it's natural form. It should be big enough to shoot a bing cherry through.
I was around a lot of straw on my Grandfathers farm. It was no where near as big as that.[shocked]
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