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Spring fishing

New hatches are always coming off and sometimes it's not matching the hatch the counts so much as matching the size!
Start with what flys you know may work for your area but its time to lighten the tippit and size down the fly. Try using anywhere between 18-26!

Topics: Fly, size
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Lighten your fly rod

There is a new product coming available to help reduce the weight of your flyrod by allowing you to remove the reel and reattach it to a harness on your chest giving you a lighter weight and better feel of your rod. It also allows you to quickly attach your rod to your chest so that you can have both hands free while handling fish and anything else you may need two hands for such as tying on a new fly. A simple way of testing out the product is to simply let as much line off the reel as you would need and simply take the reel off and put it in your pocket to give you the feel of a reel-less rod.

Topics: Fly, rods
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Bass Fishing

When fishing Bass and you don't have any leaches and the Bass aren't hitting anything you throw at them. Remember to have some beef liver in the freezer. Thaw it out and cut it into strips. Use behind a spinner or just with a coloured floating jig. Bass like beef.

Topics: Liver, instead, of, leaches
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Always be prepared

Went fishing this week and my truck had broke down in the middle of nowhere without cell phone service. Sun was going down and very few people were seen all day. Luckily my buddy and I had warm clothes, an extra blanket I use for the dog, some water, and some food. Best thing to do...Stay with the truck. With the cold coming, we just hung out, and put all our gear on. Luckily one more truck came off the mountain to give us a ride to town, but without a few basic extras, that 2 hour long wait could have been a lot worse being cold or could have been a 12-15 hour wait had we not been picked up.

Topics: prepare
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Winter fishing safety

Always fish with a buddy. Whether your on ice or fishing a cold snowy bank or wading the rivers, a quick slip on the ice or dip in the water can be dangerous. From head injury to hypothermia or slipping into a deep pool in your waders, there are dangers of serious injury or death if you lose consciousness or drown. A buddy may not be able to give help immediately in all cases but can call for more help if necessary. And it's just more fun!

Topics: Safety
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Jigging Tip 2

If you've caught your first fish of the day and plan on using your fish for cut bait or keeping it for later, an old man showed me a trick for the best piece of cut bait from any fish. He called it the "tongue" of the fish. Beneath the lower jaw of the fish is a white fleshy piece of meat, and if you tear it off with pliers, it has a triangular shape. Hook the thickest tip. When jigging, this piece, it tends to "flutter" and not fall straight down but side to side.

Topics: Jigging
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Jigging Tip

While Ice fishing the other day, 2 old men walked up to talk and offered me a tip. He saw me jigging and asked what I was using, and I told him cut bait. He took a look and saw I still had the skin on the meat on said the fish shy away from that, and so i did it his way by just using all meet and saw an increase in bites.

Topics: Jigging
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Ice fishing safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysnKtuUTt8k

You may have to cut and paste. Well worth the watch especially before heading out as a good reminder.

Topics: Safety
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Winter Trout

Winter fishing is almost exclusively a nymphing game, with a light leader under an indicator. Don't worry about matching specific patterns, instead go with generalist nymphs, such as a Hare’s Ear, Copper John, Scud, or Pheasant Tail. And because fish aren’t willing to move very far to eat your offering, fish a two-fly tandem rig. Two patterns in the water means a better chance of bumping a fish in the nose with one of them. Winter trout usually hold in slower water—deep pools, long runs, and at the base of waterfalls—so you’ll want to focus on these areas. Work slowly, making a lot of drifts through each piece water.

Topics: Winter, trout
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Approaching the water

Fish face upstream. If you approach from behind them, you can catch them directly in front of you off guard cause If you can see to the bottom of the creek, they can see you coming from any way but directly behind. Approaching a creek or stream from the bank often spooks fish. It is much easier to cast to a pocket, pool or small riffle from the center of a stream and maintain a slow retrieve. Best of all you are in an ideal position to cast effectively towards either bank.

Topics: Presentation
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Add a dropper

Winter fishing can be slow so give yourself the best chance possible. Give yourself the advantage by adding a second hook with bait or fly of a different presentation to find the fish faster by getting their attention or changing flys faster by changing one or two at a time till you find what they may be biting on.

Topics: Dropper
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SPINNING FISHING

FOR SPINNING FISHING I PREFER RAPALA MAX RAP

Topics: LURES
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SPINNING FISHING

FOR SPINNING FISHING I PREFER RAPALA MAX RAP

Topics: LURES
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Golden Trout vs. Golden Rainbow Trout...

Golden Rainbow Trout-
Oncorhynchus mykiss-

The golden rainbow trout is a gold-orange rainbow trout raised under artificial fish culture conditions and stocked as a novelty for angling sport. The golden rainbow was developed from one fish, a single female trout with a genetic mutation that gave her a mixed golden and normal rainbow trout coloration. She was found in the West Virginia hatchery system in 1954. Through selective breeding with regularly marked rainbow trout, an all-gold, golden rainbow trout was developed. In 1963, this fish strain was popularized as the “West Virginia Centennial Golden Trout.” Pennsylvania and other states hybridized the pure strain of West Virginia golden trout with normal rainbows and produced palomino trout, which were true genetic palominos. Palomino trout were first stocked in Pennsylvania in 1967. Since then, the genetic strain in Pennsylvania has weakened, but in recent years the hybrid was selectively bred back closer to the stronger, better-colored golden rainbow trout. Although palominos were stocked as both average-sized and large trout, today’s golden rainbow is raised only to trophy size for anglers and stocked throughout the state.

The golden rainbow trout is a different species than the golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) of some California streams. In fish hatcheries, the rainbow trout has occasionally produced other unusual genetic mutations, such as the blue rainbow trout, whose body color is sky-blue.

The gold color mutation of the Rainbow trout, is also known as a Palomino, Banana Trout, or Yellow Rainbow. There is also a true albino Rainbow that is stocked frequently in Utah. They have the red eyes and are easy to distinguish.

Using the term "Golden Rainbow", even though it is correct, is confusing because it is too close to the name of the California Goldens which is a separate species.

Topics: Golden
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Nov. 10th Full Moon

5 fish day, with the full moon and fall weather. Good For Fishing and Hunting.

Topics: Full Moon, Hunt and Fish
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Fall Fishing is here

Fall is here, it is getting cold, and its a good time to fish. The ice is already starting to build on the ponds and shorelines. A lot of people already have brought there boats out of the water. But if you have a small boat I recommend trolling along the shoreline for muskies, jigging for walleyes, top lures through the weeds for Northern/Bass. The walleyes are in the cold shallow waters. Fall is my favorite time to fish, and usually one of the only times I fish off shore. Since the walleyes are in shallower waters, you can just cast off shore for the lunkers.......

Topics: Walleye, Muskies, Pike, Fall weather
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Get Bit Tip of the Day

Fishing during the Fall can be amazing. With the bait run in full swing along most coasts fish are feeding heavy and often not being picky. If you find yourself on the fish but unable to convince them to eat, try downsizing your leader and hook for a more natural presentation.
Get Outdoors & Get Bit!!

Topics: Fishing, Outdoors
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Canals Drying Up

It's that time of the year when the canals around here are gonna be drying up> To some people, this is an opportunity to fill the freezer. You won't have to look very far for some of the deeper pools with fish in them still. You may not even need your pole! Just a bucket and a net.

Topics: Canals
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Steelhead fishing is here

Steelhead fishing is new to me so I've been looking at tips and strategies. It seems the most basic and direct approach is best.
Here are 5 tips to get you started.

River-Level Check- Know what flows your going to encounter as to have the right equipment for the job. Flow and clarity of the water, based on recent conditions, will affect what and where you will fish.

Pre-tie your Leaders- The more you have your line in the water, the better your catch rates will be. Try and manage your leaders in a way that don't allow them to get tangled or you've wasted your time.

Don't be afraid to move- If your not finding fish in your hole, move on to another and check back. Don't wait for the fish to come to you. For all you know someone may have just pulled those fish just before you showed up and spooked 'em out. To make this easy on you, Bring what you need with and no more.

Change Bait- If your looking at fish or watching them be pulled out from under you and your not turning heads, don't be too lazy to change colors, bait, hook size, leader length, or presentation.

Follow the crowd- If your looking for a new whole, follow the crowds. Many people only fish a few hours or limit out right away. Some stay all day, but when those people leave and the fishing pressure turns off the bite may turn on! Even when the pressure is on, try fishing something different to turn the fish.

Topics: Steelhead
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Fishing the hump 2

Fishing underwater humps is fairly easy. There are four primary ways to fish them. 1) Parallel along the edges of the humps; 2) On the top flat part (shallower water); 3) From the top flat down the hump into deeper water and; 4) Casting into the deep water and bringing your lure up the hump into shallower water. These different presentations along with changing from lure to a worm harness or dragging and bouncing some bait as necessary will most definitely do the trick to landing some of the larger fish on average. Don't forget the deeper humps in the middle of the lakes as well. The fish don't just cruise the shores, the big ones will cruise the humps for bait fish and protection also.

Topics: Humps