The Epical 2025 Fishing Yarns and Photo Thread

[plugboots]

I’m kidding about the cheating

[Rasputin]

Heh, heh, fishermen are easier to get to rise than fish. Sorry, plugboots slow day for me.

We've had a cold front and rain the past few days, and water levels in the big rivers have dropped a few inches over the past forty-two hours. I think I'll try fishing at the mouth of a local creek tomorrow and see what the Almighty will do to help me catch something.

[teleee]

Some other stoke from a week in the salt.










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[plugboots]

Did the guide kill that tarpon with those gloves?

[teleee]

Did the guide kill that tarpon with those gloves?

Never touched it - grabbed the fly and quick release. Not a guide - I don’t fish with guides.

Edited to say sorry I missed the point of your comment, I agree with everything you wrote below.
My TRG sacasta-meter is rusty after the long layoff.

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[Phall]

Deleted due to no go

[Rasputin]

I may be mistaken, but I'd guess plugboots was being ironical about the gloves, since he was accused of killing trout by handling them wearing gloves some time back.

[plugboots]

Yup.
I’ll take this moment to explain that wearing gloves does not kill fish, nets do not kill fish, dragging them on the bank does not kill fish, etc. it’s not black and white. In almost all the New Zealand vids I watch they use those knotted nets or get the fish in the shallows, and coral them on the rocks.
These are typically old ginormous trout. They’ve been caught before.
But guess what? It’s a blood sport and a lot of times they die anyway.

[Rasputin]

Well I went to the place I like to ironically call the super secret spot, at the mouth of a tributary creek. It is in full view of a hotel overlooking the river as well as a bridge featuring a lower level for bike and pedestrians, the shore is a popular spot for sunbathers on hot days. Often there will be several fishermen fishing about seventy five yards of river downstream of the confluence. There is likely no better known fishing spot in Missoula. However, this afternoon, inexplicably, I was the only one there fishing. The tributary creek is in full runoff, however the water is cold and clear and creates good visibility for a ways downstream from where it enters. Because it is so popular I have not been going there this spring, but the fishing there can be pretty good, and this was very much the case today.

I caught a dozen trout, both rainbows and cutt-bows, and three whitefish as well. I caught a couple skinny 17 inch males, and a couple plump 16 inch females, and all within three hours time.The big fish of the day took an olive Pat's rubberlegs, but deposited a chewed up night crawler in my net. A hot head worm caught most of the fish, but the Pat's got three of them. A great afternoon on the river!


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[jpcm]

Great to see the forum back up and some activity in here, hope your all having a good spring . I sure have a soft spot for this old relic of the internet.

Tele, nice perm! I put 60hrs on the bow this year and still sitting at 0. I’d happily take the bycatch suicidal fish and count it as #1 all day! Hopefully the beginning of a hot streak for you.

Nice weather in central WY. first weekend not in waders or muck boots. Felt good to get feet in the river.


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Mrs with a real pretty one


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[romeo tango]

back from 5 days on the Deschutes. Golden stones and salmon flies are emerging, but, cool weather is delaying the hatch a bit
small fish are falling for the dupe, big fish ain't. A great time on the river, other than the ticks, poison oak and buzzworms .....
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[Phall]

Cheeky Schoolie Tournament was so much fun.
Fishing was really, really tough. We scratched. Talked to a LOT of folks having a tough go of it. Out of 250 teams, 44 put up measurable fish (20+") and only 28 teams caught more than one over 20. Will be back for redemption.
No photos to show, even if i had some the forum wouldn't allow me to post!

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poison oak

can confirm

i went prior to the cool week & did pretty well w/ leggy versions of stimulators & clark stones (no action on chubbies)

Hoping to see temps perk up here again

[plugboots]

Bump for more fish pics, but also to brag about probably the best nail knot I’ve tied with 60 pound butt section to my 10 weight line:

[Rasputin]

Ooh, sexy nail knot!

Myself I went out to big cutthroat creek today. The water was the highest I have been there to see, but as usual, crystal clear. I managed to catch my first fish on a dry fly this year, a small cutthroat on a #12 parachute Adams, but had only one other rise all day.

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The day ended when the felt sole came off of my left boot. I have been intending to replace the felt with lug soles anyway, and this is the push I needed, I guess.

I scouted up the West fork of the creek, which I have intended to do, but never got around to before. I found what I was hoping for and more, though the water is currently too high and fast to ford the creek, in a month there is a section of it that looks like it will be awesome, a great alternative to the familiar, and increasingly popular, places I fish downstream.

[jpcm]

Extended the holiday weekend by a few days. Plan is for a solo road trip through WY, ID, MT, meeting up with buddies at couple spots along the way. Cold nights are holding off the imminent runoff, and every river I’ve driven over looks to be in pretty fishy shape.

First up was a 9 hour haul to crash Swimmy’s fish camp for a couple days of Striker floats with Kirby the res dog.










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[lifelinksplit]

Saturday on a holiday weekend and never saw another boat. Couple moose, some baldys, and a bunch of whiteys. Guess the crowds will show when the big bugs show up.

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[The Reverend Floater]

Grace caught her first brown today. Such a blast. Her stoke was immeasurable.

[The Reverend Floater]

Nice! Good to see things up and running. Made my annual tarpon run. Managed a couple silver kings and my first ever permit on the fly. Crazy catch, out night fishing for feeding tarpon and threw a popper into a school of feeding tarpon and I will be dammed if a permit didn’t come out of nowhere to eat it. Still in shock.
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[teleee]

Grace caught her first brown today. Such a blast. Her stoke was immeasurable.

I love this so much! The smile on a kid with a fish is priceless- nice work dad.


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[yeahman]

Awesome Rev!

[Phall]

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[tgapp]

oh man jpcm and others these are some great shots

ok let's see where to start:

- went bonefishing for the first time. hooked up once, the fish took me to my backing, I broke him off on his second run
- lots of dad fishing on the local water (1-2hrs during a nap, emergers have been crushing it, dries are picking up)
- got out carping with SFB and got into some walleye as well as some carp, pretty cool to see these guys on the fly

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[Phall]

Ok, finally downloaded tapatalk. For only being 38 I’m sure an old guy with tech sometimes. Catching up on all my f’d up posts.
PB brownie caddis eater on the Henry’s




Smith worm eater


PB striper from shore:


More striper action:




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