The fishing thread

[Benicio El Toro]

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Any tenkara enjoyers here?  I've been fishing since I was a small child and fly fishing for 15ish years, but got into tenkara in the last 5 years as something to carry easily on bike trips.  It's been perfect for bluelining and serves as a great excuse to get out of the house and explore new to me forest roads.

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I looked them up and I'm very intrigued. Looks like a blast.

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It's a glorified cane pole like grandpa had, but pretty fun.  Different casting and handling means different fly behaviors means new tactics for approaching waters.

I bought my truck from an old fisherman (03 f150 single cab with a camper shell) ((the truck not the fisherman)) and he gave me this glorified can pole looking thing. Never seen one before or sense. I'll post pics when I get home.

His setup in the back was epic. Two poles laying on the edge of the shell...like off the ground above the wheel well, a stained piece of carpet and a surplus cot. Rocked the cot when I went solo up to Montana for a month. It sucked. Haha.

[DirtCat]

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Any tenkara enjoyers here?  I've been fishing since I was a small child and fly fishing for 15ish years, but got into tenkara in the last 5 years as something to carry easily on bike trips.  It's been perfect for bluelining and serves as a great excuse to get out of the house and explore new to me forest roads.

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I looked them up and I'm very intrigued. Looks like a blast.

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It's a glorified cane pole like grandpa had, but pretty fun.  Different casting and handling means different fly behaviors means new tactics for approaching waters.

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I bought my truck from an old fisherman (03 f150 single cab with a camper shell) ((the truck not the fisherman)) and he gave me this glorified can pole looking thing. Never seen one before or sense. I'll post pics when I get home.

His setup in the back was epic. Two poles laying on the edge of the shell...like off the ground above the wheel well, a stained piece of carpet and a surplus cot. Rocked the cot when I went solo up to Montana for a month. It sucked. Haha.

God that sounds awesome

[Counts as a Land]

Love this thread. 
I do a year long fishing tournament with my buddies I grew up with.  $50 each in the pot and largest bass (largemouth, smallmouth or spotted) at the end of the year wins it all.  It’s fun and makes me fish more than normal.  I’m currently in the lead:)

[Benicio El Toro]

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Any tenkara enjoyers here?  I've been fishing since I was a small child and fly fishing for 15ish years, but got into tenkara in the last 5 years as something to carry easily on bike trips.  It's been perfect for bluelining and serves as a great excuse to get out of the house and explore new to me forest roads.

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I looked them up and I'm very intrigued. Looks like a blast.

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It's a glorified cane pole like grandpa had, but pretty fun.  Different casting and handling means different fly behaviors means new tactics for approaching waters.

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I bought my truck from an old fisherman (03 f150 single cab with a camper shell) ((the truck not the fisherman)) and he gave me this glorified can pole looking thing. Never seen one before or sense. I'll post pics when I get home.

His setup in the back was epic. Two poles laying on the edge of the shell...like off the ground above the wheel well, a stained piece of carpet and a surplus cot. Rocked the cot when I went solo up to Montana for a month. It sucked. Haha.

[Shapelessness]

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Whoa. never seen one of those before. rad!

[DirtCat]

That's awesome.  Looks like B&M still exists and is still making something similar!

https://www.bnmpoles.com/collections/crappie/products/fpc

[EXTRA SPICY]

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Any tenkara enjoyers here?  I've been fishing since I was a small child and fly fishing for 15ish years, but got into tenkara in the last 5 years as something to carry easily on bike trips.  It's been perfect for bluelining and serves as a great excuse to get out of the house and explore new to me forest roads.

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I looked them up and I'm very intrigued. Looks like a blast.

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It's a glorified cane pole like grandpa had, but pretty fun.  Different casting and handling means different fly behaviors means new tactics for approaching waters.

Guilty party here too. Got into Tenkara (and fishing for that matter) two years ago as a way to interlace and slow down long distance backpacking. It’s rad. I now also get down with western fly fishing.

It feels like skating, but hits the primal pursuit trigger. Tweaking out on flies, reading spots, and learning casting tricks, it’s the same stoke. Definitely would recommend. Aventik makes some decent budget kits under 100$ usd.

[JoseCansnake0]

Tenkara rods are the best! Easy to pack in carry on luggage to anywhere! Just got back from Playa Del Carmen and spent an early Sunday morning casting for an hour and got nothing on MN flies (weird right). Couldn't have been happier.


Aside from the obvious regular fishing here, does anyone spear fish (dark house)? I've been invited twice, got skunked year one (longest day of my life), and slayed pike this year. It's more of a "drop" then throw, unless the fish is at a weird angle in the hole.

[DirtCat]

Hell yeah dudes!

It feels like skating, but hits the primal pursuit trigger. Tweaking out on flies, reading spots, and learning casting tricks, it’s the same stoke.

I like this idea

[Nom De Plume]

It feels like skating, but hits the primal pursuit trigger. Tweaking out on flies, reading spots, and learning casting tricks, it’s the same stoke.

Say word. Clients and I would talk about how the stoke is on like a cellular level and ingrained in everyone. 1st time anglers would get so excited when they get that fish on, you can tell their heart is pounding. Just the biggest smiles. Sometimes you have to grab their waders so they wouldn't fall in. Some weren't even interested in fishing, were just tagging along.

Cool to see so many disciplines in here. Thread could use some pics, let's see 'em! Might recognize the last lady, she sure can sing and play guitar. All trips were catch and release, hopefully these fishies lived long lives.

Edit: Going on wax that I look like a giant douche here. Was all high and for some reason didn't want to post a name. That's Britney from Alabama Shakes. She's a really nice person and loves to fish. Her first fish on a dry fly, she named him Samson.

[c. 1995]

Waiting for the albies to show. The albies did not show.

[DirtCat]

Man I mish fishing the shallows.  My dad and I would always try to make a yearly run down to the gulf for reds and I loved fishing that warm water way out and not even waist deep.

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Any tenkara enjoyers here?  I've been fishing since I was a small child and fly fishing for 15ish years, but got into tenkara in the last 5 years as something to carry easily on bike trips.  It's been perfect for bluelining and serves as a great excuse to get out of the house and explore new to me forest roads.

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I looked them up and I'm very intrigued. Looks like a blast.

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It's a glorified cane pole like grandpa had, but pretty fun.  Different casting and handling means different fly behaviors means new tactics for approaching waters.

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Guilty party here too. Got into Tenkara (and fishing for that matter) two years ago as a way to interlace and slow down long distance backpacking. It’s rad. I now also get down with western fly fishing.

It feels like skating, but hits the primal pursuit trigger. Tweaking out on flies, reading spots, and learning casting tricks, it’s the same stoke. Definitely would recommend. Aventik makes some decent budget kits under 100$ usd.

You guys would probably like BFS fishing as well, if you don’t already do that.  That would be my choice if I was biking hiking or the like, very versatile and light but still the chance at larger fish as well.

[DirtCat]

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Any tenkara enjoyers here?  I've been fishing since I was a small child and fly fishing for 15ish years, but got into tenkara in the last 5 years as something to carry easily on bike trips.  It's been perfect for bluelining and serves as a great excuse to get out of the house and explore new to me forest roads.

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I looked them up and I'm very intrigued. Looks like a blast.

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It's a glorified cane pole like grandpa had, but pretty fun.  Different casting and handling means different fly behaviors means new tactics for approaching waters.

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Guilty party here too. Got into Tenkara (and fishing for that matter) two years ago as a way to interlace and slow down long distance backpacking. It’s rad. I now also get down with western fly fishing.

It feels like skating, but hits the primal pursuit trigger. Tweaking out on flies, reading spots, and learning casting tricks, it’s the same stoke. Definitely would recommend. Aventik makes some decent budget kits under 100$ usd.

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You guys would probably like BFS fishing as well, if you don’t already do that.  That would be my choice if I was biking hiking or the like, very versatile and light but still the chance at larger fish as well.

I've never been very good at baitcasting, shamefully.  I've only had one set up I could really cast well with, that was a fancy Abu Garcia reel I got used and a medium rod that should have been underweight for the reel but worked well enough for launching frogs at bass spots.  Finesse and baitcast together is intimidating lol.

[Nom De Plume]

Waiting for the albies to show. The albies did not show.

That's the stuff! Dig your minimalist setup, is that no pack and a stripping basket? Where's that at? Rod weight?

Same story here, walking flats, was barely seeing fish before the cold snap. Possible die off conditions in southern FL. Sharks mostly ignoring the fly. Had a shot at a 3.5-4 foot barracuda, at least got a big follow but no eat. Good thing this isn't the catching thread. Wocka wocka wocka.

[matt_2993]

Can't wait to get back to Lake of the Woods this summer. Pig heaven.

[c. 1995]

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Waiting for the albies to show. The albies did not show.

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That's the stuff! Dig your minimalist setup, is that no pack and a stripping basket? Where's that at? Rod weight?

Same story here, walking flats, was barely seeing fish before the cold snap. Possible die off conditions in southern FL. Sharks mostly ignoring the fly. Had a shot at a 3.5-4 foot barracuda, at least got a big follow but no eat. Good thing this isn't the catching thread. Wocka wocka wocka.

The false albacore run here in the northeast has been almost nonexistent the last couple years. Last year better but it seemed they didn't spread out much. There's always the possibility of them showing up out of nowhere and it's lights out, so we're out there on the prowl as silly as it can get at times. That's my homie I took a pic of - basket yes, and small sling pack on the beach. Think it was a 9 weight or maybe a 10.

[Shapelessness]

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It feels like skating, but hits the primal pursuit trigger. Tweaking out on flies, reading spots, and learning casting tricks, it’s the same stoke.

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Say word. Clients and I would talk about how the stoke is on like a cellular level and ingrained in everyone. 1st time anglers would get so excited when they get that fish on, you can tell their heart is pounding. Just the biggest smiles. Sometimes you have to grab their waders so they wouldn't fall in. Some weren't even interested in fishing, were just tagging along.

Cool to see so many disciplines in here. Thread could use some pics, let's see 'em! Might recognize the last lady, she sure can sing and play guitar. All trips were catch and release, hopefully these fishies lived long lives.

Edit: Going on wax that I look like a giant douche here. Was all high and for some reason didn't want to post a name. That's Britney from Alabama Shakes. She's a really nice person and loves to fish. Her first fish on a dry fly, she named him Samson.

Britney Howard!! thats cool as shit, man.

[Shapelessness]

So I just got back today from fishing lake Sam Rayburn, did not know it was the largest lake in Texas. It was an insane body of water, but also insanely low right now. Some say its the data centers that they have setup near by, i have not fact checked that. But it was still going to be fished someway or another since we didn't have a boat. It was still beautiful. Fished for two days, caught 6 bass in total. Btw, not tournament size fish by any means, but fun nonetheless. Here are some pics.
My dad caught most on a purple worm.
I caught mine on a small blue and white crank-bait.
My brother caught his on some perch colored top-water.
If you get a chance to go, I highly recommend. I think we will be back next year.
And, oh yeah, we spotted a gator near this one site called Twin Dikes. We were actually going to walk down to where it was but decided it was just way to slippery and muddy, so stayed back. When we got back up, we noticed it sunbathing.

[JoseCansnake0]

Big bump. I've got two young boys (young enough to not fish yet), and an old, but good homie reached out about getting out fishing. We planned for a Friday on a Thursday AM, then the forecast turned on us. Woke up Friday morning to 80% chance of rain. I told him I was gonna give it a crack, and he obliged quickly via text that he's meet me at the launch.

We each caught 14/15 fish each in 2 hours. Large mouthbass, pike, crappie and bluegill/sunnies. No rain, pure vibes, catch and release all day.

Go fishing!

[Mr. Pickles]

I’m waiting for the water to warm up so the halibut come into our little bay. My dad and I have been trying to catch one of these fuckers for 2 years now and we just get skunked every time we go out. Threshers and rays galore but not a single butt… this is gonna be the year.