07-14-2013, 04:19 AM
They were being really hard to get figured out on Kolob. I guess too many people feeding them crack (power bait) this time of the year. Been up there 4 times now and this trip was by far the least productive. Haven't been there in nearly two years so dunno if it is the lake or timing.
Anyways didn't do squat on bugger. The best/most productive was the Royal Wulff. (Glad I learned how to tie that one before this trip.) Also caught some on a Pince Nymph, red Zebra Midge and a red yard leach. By the second day I had it down to running a Prince Nymph with a Royal Wulff for the dropper on my rod and my daughter ran a red yarn leach with a Royal Wulff for the dropper. She had more catches on her dropper and I had more on my main fly.
Here is a video of her catching the only Rainbow of the trip and her second fish ever on her new Clearwater rod.
[url "http://youtu.be/cnuH5kfe8qo"]http://youtu.be/cnuH5kfe8qo[/url]
I made a detailed post about the trip in my home forum (Nevada). Long read... I am long breathed [
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[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Nevada_Fishing_Forum_C39/Nevada_Fishing_General_F42/gforum.cgi?post=832320#832320"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...i?post=832320#832320[/url]
Anyways... I need some rod/line help from a expert.
I am having issue with my daughters new rod. I don't know if it is the rod (I am not use to it/never used anything lighter than a 5wt) or the line, which I am suspecting.
I/we don't go fly fishing a ton so nothing too high end in our arsenal and when we do it is lake fishing several times a year. She is too light for waders and dealing with rivers/current/rocks under water... Learned that in Montana a few years ago.
My set-up is a 9' 5wt TFO Pro series (a couple years old). I have AS GPX floating line on one spool and AS class 4 line for my sinking. I love both lines. I can cast as far as I would expect and have zero issues.
Her new rod is a 9' 4wt Orvis Clearwater. I have RIO Gold for floating and their class 3 for sinking. I can cast the sinking as far as I would expect but the floating kicked my tail. I just couldn't get distance out of it. Nothing nearly as remote as far as I could with my TFO rod/AS line.
Is it the floating line selection? Is this "normal" for a 4wt rod and looking for reasonable distance on a lake? I am by far not a expert. I dibble and have fun. The line feels too heavy for the rod. At least that is what I think I am feeling when I cast it or the rod is just too soft to hand the line.
Any inputs?
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Anyways didn't do squat on bugger. The best/most productive was the Royal Wulff. (Glad I learned how to tie that one before this trip.) Also caught some on a Pince Nymph, red Zebra Midge and a red yard leach. By the second day I had it down to running a Prince Nymph with a Royal Wulff for the dropper on my rod and my daughter ran a red yarn leach with a Royal Wulff for the dropper. She had more catches on her dropper and I had more on my main fly.
Here is a video of her catching the only Rainbow of the trip and her second fish ever on her new Clearwater rod.
[url "http://youtu.be/cnuH5kfe8qo"]http://youtu.be/cnuH5kfe8qo[/url]
I made a detailed post about the trip in my home forum (Nevada). Long read... I am long breathed [
] [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Nevada_Fishing_Forum_C39/Nevada_Fishing_General_F42/gforum.cgi?post=832320#832320"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...i?post=832320#832320[/url]
Anyways... I need some rod/line help from a expert.
I am having issue with my daughters new rod. I don't know if it is the rod (I am not use to it/never used anything lighter than a 5wt) or the line, which I am suspecting.
I/we don't go fly fishing a ton so nothing too high end in our arsenal and when we do it is lake fishing several times a year. She is too light for waders and dealing with rivers/current/rocks under water... Learned that in Montana a few years ago.
My set-up is a 9' 5wt TFO Pro series (a couple years old). I have AS GPX floating line on one spool and AS class 4 line for my sinking. I love both lines. I can cast as far as I would expect and have zero issues.
Her new rod is a 9' 4wt Orvis Clearwater. I have RIO Gold for floating and their class 3 for sinking. I can cast the sinking as far as I would expect but the floating kicked my tail. I just couldn't get distance out of it. Nothing nearly as remote as far as I could with my TFO rod/AS line.
Is it the floating line selection? Is this "normal" for a 4wt rod and looking for reasonable distance on a lake? I am by far not a expert. I dibble and have fun. The line feels too heavy for the rod. At least that is what I think I am feeling when I cast it or the rod is just too soft to hand the line.
Any inputs?
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