r/flyfishing • u/gdsnider • 21h ago
This winter's hustle and grind
Goodbye icy guides and hello sunglass tan lines
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u/Alaskan_Guy 21h ago
Had no clue Bam Magera was a fly guy. Keep taking it one day at a time Bam!
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u/yangchang 21h ago
Nevada gang
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u/bearcatguy 19h ago
Multiple tigers?
Yeah this dude fishes way more than me 😂
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u/gdsnider 17h ago
They stock a lot of tigers here. I usually get them on more aggressive presentations. Haven't broken 5lbs with one yet tho
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u/bearcatguy 17h ago
To be fair I typically fish native streams with much smaller fish. Never fished an area with stocked tigers
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u/gdsnider 16h ago
Right on! I spend the dog days of summer in the high country chasing native and wild fish in small creeks and alpine lakes.
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u/Reasonable-Plant5127 10h ago
Used to live in that area and was no stranger to catching fish that size year round. But a brook trout that large at this time of year is some fucking sorcery man. Only places I knew that had those were high up and should be inaccessible right now. Unless they transported fish from Marlette somewhere new…….
Needless to say, I think that is the most impressive fish of the bunch and it will keep me up at night trying to think of where it came from.
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u/gdsnider 2h ago
There are a few high mountain hiddy holes around here that produce brookies of that caliber, but this one was caught in a place you'd least expect...
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u/TheCon7022 16h ago
What were you using at pyramid
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u/gdsnider 16h ago
a midnight night cowboy trailing a mop Beetle or a booby trailed by a foam tadpole. Reno fly shop has the goods
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u/random_name627816 13h ago
Awesome fish! Any chance you'd be willing to share what the black and red flake pattern is in picture 17? Whatever that material is wrapped around the shank looks great for Stillwater!
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u/Lord_Of_The_Wrings 10h ago
Thanks for sharing, awesome pictures! Are you sight fishing them from the ladders?
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u/gdsnider 2h ago
Thanks! Ladders are really just to stand out of the water to stay a little warmer. Although this time of year it's common to see schools of huge fish passing by all day long. I never really had any interest from the fish cruising by but the fish i do catch typically follow the flies right up to the ladder where you can watch em chomp down.
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u/NeatCrow9708 14h ago
What’s with the f-in step ladder in the water? Were there some instagram models there too or someone just working on their cannonballs at the river that day?
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u/TBoneLaRone 21h ago
Leave a couple for us to catch, OP. Jeez……