Len Fishing With Buddies Thread

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Scott LaRochelle Flew In From Virginia

Scott a good buddy from Wisconsin moved out East last year following his fiance "Carol" out east. Scott attempted to get a teaching position out their but they were slim pickings. Scott is currently employed by an Orvis shop where he lives.

We hit the water at 6:15am. Scott scored a brook/brown/bow trifecta. He landed approximately 25 trout and I landed 15. Scott caught trout of the day around 16 inches. Buggers were his choice today in size 8 and 10.

I discovered a red winged black bird nest with a couple eggs in it. The mother bird gave it up at the last second as I walked by. I thought it was already past time to have baby birds. Maybe they decided to have a second batch

We ended the day locally. It was pretty obvious the stocking trout had dropped off brooder rainbows. We had no hook ups but we saw a pod of 50 trout and there were 20 bows in there over 20 inches and a couple were pushing 25 inches.

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i went with my friend's daughter on Saturday fishing.

she is really good at 13 as an angler.

She won the Trout Derby at the Coon Valley Trout Festival.

Her name is Eva Lee and they just did bank improvement on their family farm this spring.

Her dad insisted upon leaving many trees on the stream.

Bravo Eva Lee and her dad Jon.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[R. Miller]

Great pics.

[the man]

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Great pics.

thank you

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We caught about 2 dozen between the two of us.

Mike was using size 10 bloody buggers I gave him to use and was I flinging size 6 panther martins.

When Mike gets home he is going to send me some more photos of the outing.

[itchmesir]

what size fly rod do you use to fling panther martins? what type of retrieve is best suited for a pm on a fly rod?

[CraftyTurtle]

Welcome back Len I am newer to the forum but I hope you bring alot of goodness to this forum.

[hookncook]

I've used PM's on a fly rod. It's pretty fun actually. I used the super small ones. At that point in life, a fly rod was a utility to help get over the grass on narrow creeks.

You do a short roll cast and let the current drift the small spinner, then gently pull the spinner back against the current. if you feel the vibrations of the spinner cease, then you need to pull a tad faster.

I've also done the same with 1/8 oz spoons.

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pms on a fly rod is a waste of time. the lures are too heavy to be retrieved properly. you can't get the proper distance with a fly rod in tight quarters with a pm.

Fly rods with worms downstream can be a killer bait.

[hookncook]

The number 1 and 2 are perfect for short cast and drift fishing. They are only 1/16 and 1/32 oz. Let the drift down and take a slow drag against the current. Trout go CRAzy over them!

[Scudly]

CRA can you post that big drum you caught on your PK with the fly rod? I like that one. You are the only guy I know who fly fishes with spoons but heck I think you are on to something.

[hookncook]

Think outside the box for just a second matt. A 1/8 oz pk spoon isn't much larger than a pencil eraser in size. I had a debate some time ago with a friend at a TU dinner about this very topic, when I dug out of my box of useless trivia about an article I read somewhere of people making spoons out of Epoxy in the 70's. They would make their mold out of silly puddy and inject epoxy and then place the hook while it dries.

Another thought that came across the dinner table that night is how much does a weighed clouser or even a wet streamer weigh.

[hookncook]

brought back from the archives due to popular demand. Caught this girl on a 1/8 oz spoon and a flyrod. Took forever to get in!

[ted4887]

That's a mighty big drum! Nice catch

I won't comment on the use of fly rod and spinner though!

[Scudly]

It's awesome. My favorite CRA photo. Thanks for posting again and great catch dood!

[hookncook]

I won't comment on the use of fly rod and spinner though.

it's all right Ted. I know I push the buck a little too much. I have to ask, what are your thoughts on those flies with the little spinner blades on them?

[ted4887]

It's all personal choice as far as I'm concerned. I know a guy that has slayed fish with those spinner things on flies before. I don't plan on using them though. Then again, there are plenty of things that really "push the envelope" as far as what a true fly is concerned.

It could be worse... You could have admitted to using bait on a fly rod. At least you kept it artificial.

[hookncook]

You could have admitted to using bait on a fly rod

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I made friends with Brian on a hunting HSOforum.

We fished yesterday. Brian brought along his wife Diana.

"She had never trout fished before"

The morning started on brown trout water at about 8am in Crawford County.

Diana caught 5 browns to Brian's 1 brown.

The open faced spinning rod was a mystery to Diana at first but she became quite good with it by the end of the day. We used panther martins for the browns.

We chased brookies after lunch with night crawlers. Diana and Brian caught the same amount of brookies.

They took home 6 trout to grill.

We stopped at the apple orchard in Gays Mills.

They took home 2 big bags of apples and some apple donuts to their three kids at home.

Honey Crisps and Macintoshs.

"The three kids checked in on the anglers via cellphone a couple times"

I have never seen a husband and wife team enjoy fishing so much together.

Husbands and wives that fish together are a rare occurrence indeed.