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#1 Thangza

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 01:56 PM

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caught this bad boy this week on the fly. yeh buddy

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#2 Garfield the Cat

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 07:44 PM

Nice fishhhhhhh. Hope there all that size this year. Lol
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#3 ret0dd

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 08:20 PM

Sigh this photo was taken at the west end
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Posted 23 August 2011 - 09:25 PM

how do you fly fish at night?
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#5 Thangza

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 01:34 AM

how do you fly fish at night?


Its the middle of the evening my friend take a closer look@the picture you can see daylight and my shadow and :o greenery
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#6 ret0dd

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 06:43 AM

Isn't that the flash of the camera? :P
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#7 FrankTheRabbit

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 08:28 AM

What's the rating of your fly rod? I've got a 7wt, but I'm afraid it will break. Lol.
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 11:11 AM

What's the rating of your fly rod? I've got a 7wt, but I'm afraid it will break. Lol.


7wt will do just fine =]
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 11:12 AM

Isn't that the flash of the camera? :P


LoL flash from a blackberry aren't that bright.
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 03:45 PM

I thought it was the flash of the camera too or a big light in the backround. Evening does make more sense.

Mind sharing what fly you used and what your leader setup was for a hog like that?
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 08:39 PM

nice pig, cant wait to get into some action. Still after my first pier salmon not leaving piers till i get one.
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 09:43 PM

nice pig, cant wait to get into some action. Still after my first pier salmon not leaving piers till i get one.


Keep at it G. It is only a matter of putting in your time. Everyone throwing the same thing try changing to a Rapala J13. If I am down there I have a few to spare.
J13 usually gets a larger fish.

Last year all my fish at the pier were caught on crank baits and none on spoons go figure. One day I lost 5 to 6, J13 and x-raps that is all they wanted that one day.

Keep and close grip on your rod once they hit, its like a mac truck cannot do anything just hang on for the first couple of minutes.
Whatever you do not no touch your drag make sure you have it properly set.
BTW enjoy the fight nothing like a fresh chinny off the pier.

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Posted 26 August 2011 - 01:17 AM

What's the rating of your fly rod? I've got a 7wt, but I'm afraid it will break. Lol.


When fighting a big fish be more conscious that it is a 7 wt, if you know how to fight salmon correctly, you should have no problem landing 20+ pound salmon.
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Posted 26 August 2011 - 01:18 AM

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caught this bad boy this week on the fly. yeh buddy

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What setup do you run?
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Posted 26 August 2011 - 09:33 AM

I shall giver a whirl with the 7 wt. :) I've heard I should probably use a 9 wt for the big fish, but I will try. I'm thinking itnmight be comparable to fishing an ultra lite setup.

Freezer->I believe he mentioned using a fly setup to land this pig, but dunno what wt.
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Posted 26 August 2011 - 08:46 PM

I shall giver a whirl with the 7 wt. :) I've heard I should probably use a 9 wt for the big fish, but I will try. I'm thinking itnmight be comparable to fishing an ultra lite setup.

Freezer->I believe he mentioned using a fly setup to land this pig, but dunno what wt.


I know that, I was just wondering what type of rod, reel, and line he was using. I was going to order an 8 weight fly rod but there currently out of stock on the website. So, I have to wait til october 28th, I might just go with the 7 weight because it would be better fishing for salmon now, then waiting a whole year.
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Posted 01 September 2011 - 06:31 PM

Well I have been out a few times an had no luck. I've been up at meaford, thornbury, wasaga The run has not started yet. Maybe I have to go to the Credit with all the insanity there lol.
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Posted 01 September 2011 - 06:42 PM

Well I have been out a few times an had no luck. I've been up at meaford, thornbury, wasaga The run has not started yet. Maybe I have to go to the Credit with all the insanity there lol.



nothin at credit bud don't waste your gas, some action at piers that's about it
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Posted 02 September 2011 - 12:50 PM

you guys just looking in the wrong places ;)

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#20 FrankTheRabbit

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 01:41 PM

c'mon, those were from LAST year. ha Still dreaming about fly rods and chinnies man.
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