im suprising someone who loves to fish and when we come down to port aransas in June i want to take him on a fishing trip BUT i dont want to go on the BARF CAT or the DOLPHINE DOCKS! i dont want a million people to be right next to him. so if you have any info and you know some one who doesnt charge to much PLEASE tell ME!!!!!!
Thanks
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well here are 3 of them……….
In September my father-in-law and I are driving out to Boise, Idaho from Indiana. Since we may never be out West again we want to do some fly fishing at either the Provo or Green River in Utah. This is a one time shot, so any info on the pros and cons of each river would be greatly appreciated. Also we have never been fly fishing. So the second question is should we just pay for a guide or take some time to learn how to fly fish before we go out there and not worry about a guide?
Nice name! Heh heh.
First, I hope that once you get to Idaho and Utah, you’ll find that you need to make the trip more than a one-time shot. The fishing is great out here in the west, and fly fishing is addictive no matter where you do it.
Next, you realize that both of these rivers are like 6 hours from Boise, right? I’m not sure why you’d want to go all that way when there are MANY blue ribbon trout fisheries that are much closer. You’ve got the Boise River and the South Fork RIGHT THERE, which has some tremendous, wild sections of river for the taking, and you will be visiting during the most spectacular time of the year. Even Yellowstone is probably closer to Boise than Provo. There are two great rivers in Cache Valley, Utah, just a couple hours from Boise.
If you have to choose one, and you’ve never fly fished before, I recommend the Provo River. Fly fishing the Green is big-river business and you might not learn as much as you will on the Provo. You’d also want to think about a boat you’d almost surely want a guide for the Green if visiting for your first time. The Provo has some fairly large waters, but it is also fairly cozy in some parts, and in some sections it’s almost like fishing a small stream.
I would definitely learn everything you can about fly fishing before you set out. You’ll be completely lost if you have to figure EVERYthing out once you get there. You don’t necessarily take a class, but maybe if you have a friend who can get you started, maybe take you out somewhere to catch a few fish, you won’t be sorry. Fly fishing has a fairly steep learning curve — you don’t want to deal with that while you’re on vacation.
As to a guide, yeah, I would think about having a guide even if you learn a little about fly fishing beforehand. Without the guide, no matter where you go, you will need a few days to figure out where to go and how to fish. With the guide, you’ll be up and fishing and catching fish on the first day of the trip. You can always get the guide for a day trip and then fish on your own after that.
Good luck and have fun. Come back here with more questions.
Bassmaster993,
If you are out there, Pheasant Tail asked me to add this to my answer of your question about which line to use for bass fishing.
I was away from my computer fly fishing for Coho salmon at Tofino, British Columbia. Your question closed so I couldn’t add it to my answer.
I thought if you are reviewing these questions you may run into this one.
Hope you have a great bass fishing trip.
Larry
How to set up a fly rod————–
Can you go to a person who knows what they are doing to get help? If so, I would strongly recommend it. Otherwise, give this a try. You need to learn it anyway.
Did you buy a package deal, that gave you a rod, reel, backing, line, leader and flies?
Or, did you buy separate pieces.
If you bought the package deal, then everything should match up, however I have seen some all-in-one outfits that were not fit to be called fly rods.
If you bought separate pieces, then I hope someone guided you through the purchases. Like is the fly rod the size (as in the weight of the rod, not the actual weight (yes, here is where you start scratching your head trying to figure out what I am saying) but the indicated weight of the rod. Like is it a 5 weight or a 6 weight, or did you buy a specialty rod, like a 2 or 3 weight or a 8 or 9 weight?
What kind of fish you are going for, is the determining factor in what size rod to buy.
Then your reel has to match up fairly close to the rod. Reels are sold with designators indicating that they are for a 5 or 6 weight or a 7 to 8 weight or a 2 to 3 weight rod. This is important. You can not use a 2/3 weight reel on a 6 weight rod. The line will totally fill the reel and there will be no room for backing or anything else. Also, the reel helps balance the rod while you are casting. So, if you have an ultra light reel on a heavy rod, the balance of the reel is going to be way up the rod somewhere, not down at the cork handle you are holding on to. That means you will have a hard time casting and wear yourself out faster than you should.
So, let’s hope the reel matches the rod.
Eric is right, use the Arbor knot to tie on the backing to the center spool of your reel. But first, do you want to reel this in with your right hand, thus holding the rod with your left hand, or do you want to reel it in with your left hand holding the rod with your right hand? I am going to assume you are right handed, if not the question simply needs to be reversed.
With small fish you can get away with casting with your strong hand and then switching the rod over to your other hand to reel in the line when you have a fish on. However, if you are going after big fish, then it is best to hold the rod with your strong hand and reel with your other hand, since it is your strong hand that has to hold the rod during the fight. Your muscles and mind-hand coordination are better with your strong hand.
Stop right here: You want to have at least one guide to put your backing through before you tie you it to the reel, so make sure you thread the backing and later the line through a guide. Some rods require you to put two pieces together to get a guide to use.
The line has to come off the bottom of the reel. Let’s say you are right handed and decided to reel in with your left hand (best choice). Tie the backing on so the line comes onto the reel from the bottom front and wraps up behind the reel then back out the top front, tie your arbor knot.
Reel in all of your backing if it is a complete outfit, otherwise you will have to play around with finding the right amount of backing. The papers that came with your reel should tell you how much backing in 20 pound Dacron or 30 pound Dacron your reel will take, but how are you to know how much you have reeled on? (I usually take my reel to my local fly shop and have them load it for me).
The backing serves two purposes. First, it helps fill the reel with line so your fly line does not have to be wound up in such small circles (that really causes a problem with the line). Also, if you hook into a big one or hook a tree or rock then you have some extra line to play with to get to shore or back up to where you snagged up the line. Fly lines are expensive and you do not want to be loosing those.
Eric is right, the nail knot is an excellent knot to use to tie the backing onto the fly line. In fact, once you learn to tie the knots, then you can tie two nail knots in a row onto your fly line. If the first nail knot should fail, the second one should hold.
Below are some websites you can go to in order to learn to tie the knots you need to learn. Practice with some string, two different colored ones if you can, and learn how to tie the knots we mention.
You now have the backing tied onto your line. Usually there is a little tag that mentions which end should be tied to the backing. If not, then if you are using a weight forward line, the backing gets tied to the end that has the really long and slender line. The other end has a very short slender line then very quickly thickens up, then slowly thins back down. That is the end you tie your leader onto.
So, tie your backing onto your fly line and now you need to reel it in. I prefer to take a small long box and punch a pencil or small 1/4 inch dowel through one side, push on your lines plastic holder then push the pencil out the other side. Now your line will come off the spool nice and straight and not twist on you.
Once you have reeled in all the line, now you will find out if you used too much backing because your line will not fit smoothly onto the reel. Best bet, strip your line out, and then take off some backing, cut it and tie the line back onto the backing and reel it in again.
Now you come to your leader. It has a loop on it you said. That makes it handy, but then you have to have a loop on the line or you can not use it. Some lines being made now have loops built into them. If you do not have one of those, then the best thing you can do is tie a short piece of mono onto your fly line then tie in a loop at the other end.
For now, use the nail knot to tie the mono to your line. The thicker the leader, the fewer the wraps you need to form a nail knot, but the rule of thumb is 4 or 5 turns. You can buy a nail knot tool, I would strongly recommend it, and it makes tying nail knots super easy with just a little practice. The key to any nail knot is to pull the tag end of the leader quickly and smoothly. If you go slow you end up with a horrible looking knot. If you practice ahead of time, you will tie a good looking nail knot.
For a short piece of mono I have often just cut off a foot of my leader, the thick end, and tied it to my line, then tied in a small loop using a Perfection Loop knot. If the leader came with a loop, then you have a built in loop, but you will then have to tie a Perfection Knot loop back into your leader.
It is important that this short, 4 to 5 inch piece of leader be just about as thick as the line, you can not use a real limp and small size piece of mono. If you do you will not be able to transfer the power of the cast into your leader.
If you are going to tie on a tippet to the other end of the leader I suggest learning the Blood Knot or the Improved Surgeon’s Knot. The blood knot may be the best one to use.
When putting the rod together, line up the guides and push the pieces together with an equal amount of pressure from both hands. The guides have to line up for proper casting. After an hour or so of casting, make sure you test the sections to keep them from slowly coming apart.
Now tie on a small piece of yarn and learn how to cast.
Here are three sites you can go to and learn about knot tying for fly fishing. I really love the Animated Knots by Grog site, the first one listed.
Good luck.
Larry
http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/knots/table.php
http://www.flyfisherman.com/skills/lkknots/index.html
Thank you, Larry.
I edited my original response and posted some links for knots and a loop to loop connection.
From his first question about what type of rod to buy
for bass fishing (bluegill also), he is going with a Redington RS3 9′6wt and a Pfluger Trion reel.
Again, thank you for taking the time to respond and I hope you had a great trip.
one day two people for a good price fresh water or saltwater and also looking for good fishing
any help would be helpful please
or any states that border oklahoma
also is fly fishing good inthe summer , and what abouts beavers bend in oklahoma is the fishing good there
Lake Texoma would be a good choice for you. It borders Texas and Oklahoma. But most of the lake is in Oklahoma.
A special license that covers both states on Texoma. Good striper fishing. Lots of charter boats and guides on Texoma, but be careful because some guides will call it a day when you get your limit and your day can be over pretty fast if they put you on a school of stripers right away. If you want a day of catch and release fishing you need to work that out with the guide. There are lots of guides on Texoma. Here are a few of them:
Marc Thompson – 903-868-2761 or 903-786-4311
Dale Church – 903-523-4369
Capt. Cal’s – 1-888-8-TEXOMA Lakeside Lodge
Chuck Pilant – 903-892-6875
Mike Anderson of FishHawk Guide Service – 972-680-FISH
Mike Beeson of Silver Dollar Guide Service: 903-465-5262
Bob Sharp of Sparky’s Guide Service 940-665-8661
Morgan’s Guide Service – 972-709-4716
Gary Stewart – 903-786-9114
Charlie Freeman – 903-786-2311
Bennie Randles – 903-786-2237
Bill Cashin – 903-786-8316 or cashin@wans.net or www.teamgrady.com
I also have a list of guides for Lake Fork if you are interested.
For Broken Bow, OK try Three Rivers Fly Shop 580-494-6115 or www.threeriversflyshop.com
The trout fishing on the Mountain Fork River that flows from Broken Bow Reservoir in Eastern Oklahoma is quite good. You will enjoy a fishing trip there.
Good luck and good fishing – 73 from the Fisherman
Where can I get the graphic version of the fishing guide instead of the regular text version?
Kurt Boyer’s fishing guide is graphically rich and has an insect guide too. The calendar he has created works amazingly for the Wii game.
I’m looking for wadable flats or backwater that I could fish without a guide. I will probably hire a guide for a day or two but would like to fish solo as well.
Try up along Hecksher Drive. Cross Dames Pt. bridge,1st exit right. Lots of pull offs you can walk into. But keep in mind the majority of this area is marsh, so tread carefully.
http://www.imaginationbassin.com/
Best Guide for a good price, located about 1.5 to 2 hours from Orlando.
What was it like and can you recommend a lodge or a guide? Also, would you recomend it over New Zealand or should I try New Zealand first?
I fished there 4 years ago. It was Decent. there are a lot of big fish. I was on the Futalafu, In the middle. I went with a white water company that boasted about their fishing. I was not impressed. The fishing was good but they sucked. I am sure that you can find a real fishing lodge down there. I would think about going to Tierra del Fuego. Huge browns but windy as hell.
I recently bought a fishing boat and am going to get my guide license. I have a 16 foot aluminum boat with a 28 HP outboard. It’s nothing fancy but it’s comfortable for me and three sports and well equipped with downriggers and a fish finder. Mostly I will be trolling for landlocked salmon and trout on freshwater lakes. What’s a fair rate for a guide to charge for 4 hours of trolling?
I would say $50 is the minimum to charge but you should "back into" the number. How much will you spend on bait, gas, depreciation of gear, storage of the boat, etc. per trip? How much do you need to pay your self? Figure out EVERY little thing that goes into a trip including expenses you may incur on a yearly basis divided by the number of trips you plan to run.
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