New Social Group- Kilted FlyFishers (KFF)

[ForresterModern]

Hmmm...

What if you have a rod, reel, line, creel, waders, the river boots, flies, fly box, collapsible staff, vest, fly tying kit, net, and the "Fly Fishing for Dummies" book but have only gone so far as to try practice casting once?

Cheers

Jamie

We might laugh for a while. And suggest a couple other books to read instead. Then laugh some more. And that is before we even see you cast.


Sure you are welcome.

Newbies are welcome, as are the aspiring or even seriously curious, just like here at xmarks. Dip your toe into the water only or dive right in fully clothed, flyfishing is fun and something you never get good enough at to please yourself. And like kilts, there are a lot of different fly rods, and reels, and lines, and leaders, and tippet, and flies, and fly boxes, and fishing vests, and waders, and wading belts, and wading staffs, and hats (flat caps allowed---just don't talk about them around Jock, okay?), and sunglasses, and fly tying vises, etc.......let alone talking about the rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, oceans and sand flats we all might be fishing, or the types of flyfishing---nymphing, streaming, wet fly, dry fly, or the various fish we might like to go after or have already caught, or show pictures of trips and prize trophy fish that one person cannot hold by themselves. It is a whole wide open world out there to talk about. Hmmmmm. Maybe I should have started a new FORUM instead of just a social group. Good enough for now.

[DWFII]

I used to teach fly casting and flytying. I have fished for trout, bass, and mostly steelhead with the fly. I have tied my own flyrods...everything from a beautiful little five weight on a Fenwick graphite blank to several 10 footers on Sage graphite in both 7 and 9 weight.

I used to fish the N. Umpqua (Zane Grey had a cabin there near what is now known as the "Camp Water"), the Rogue, the McKenzie, both the Santiams, and the Deschutes.

Unfortunately, some years ago I developed serious shoulder pain after several hours of fishing. And worse, on one particularly desperate occasion I got caught a mile or so downstream in about thigh high water with a virtual ice pick in my knee--all residuals from a lifetime of rough and tumble.

As a consequence I sold all my big rods (four in all) and one of my small rods, and all my beloved Hardy Perfects (five of them...all with agate line guards). I still have my beautiful little hand tied five weight and a SA system five, as well as all my flies and a sweet little hand made net.

I know I will never wade the deep water again in my lifetime, but I regret selling it all. I think it was just more painful looking at it and not being able to use it.

I have my memories, though and some of my favourite waters still haunt my dreams.

I will say one thing though...I never did any of it kilted.

[JSFMACLJR]

Count me in! Been fly-fishing for almost 50 years now.

[pdcorlis]

Yup - twas me that makes FlyPins, in fact our Wizard has a slew of them in his shop in Vancouver. I've refinished an assortment of bamboo rods into delightfully fishable shape, tie all my own flies (duh) and mostly fish for native cutthroat here in Idaho and Montana.

My spey cast sucks thanks to some nerve damage but I can still manage to chuck enough line to be a terror on a trout stream. I love casting carbon, fiberglass, and bamboo rods, each to its own beat.

When I die I want my wife to scatter some of my ashes on my favorite stream, some in the highlands, and some in a few nooks and crannies in Westminster Abbey. The rest of me should probably go in the kitty litter box.

[KiltedSurveyor]

Hmmm...

What if you have a rod, reel, line, creel, waders, the river boots, flies, fly box, collapsible staff, vest, fly tying kit, net, and the "Fly Fishing for Dummies" book but have only gone so far as to try practice casting once?

Cheers

Jamie

You gotta dive right in; everyone has to start somewhere. Beware, just like in kilts, you have the whole gamut of types: died in the wool traditionalists, ultra-modern got-to-have the latest gear fishers, collectors, folksy-casual (the fish don't care what I look like!), and all permutations in between. I started out somewhere between the tradionalists & ultra moderns, now I'm traditional folksy-casual. As a song I know goes: "The important part of fishing's not the fish, but the fishing...................if the fish aren't biting, you get some time for thinking, and your lover's what you're thinkin' about. And if your lover's not with you, you get some time for fishing, it's amazing how it all works out."

[Earl D]

Hmmm...

What if you have a rod, reel, line, creel, waders, the river boots, flies, fly box, collapsible staff, vest, fly tying kit, net, and the "Fly Fishing for Dummies" book but have only gone so far as to try practice casting once?

Cheers

Jamie

Thanks for the chuckle Jamie.

15 years ago, I was teaching my oldest daughter how to handle a fly rod and to master the 10 and 2 casting rhythm and the rolling cast; I had tied a piece of bright pink yarn to the end of the leader so she could watch where the line was going. One of my neighbors came over to watch and after five or twm minutes asked, "So, she caught anything yet?" "Naw", I replied. "The lawn trout are a little slow on the rise today and I‘m thinking that the pink yarn might be spooking 'em". With that, he got up muttering “Man, you fly folks sure are a strange lot” and went home. To this day my daughter and I tease each other about “catching lawn trout”. She’ll be 30 after the first of the year. Looks like it time to work with the oldest grandson he just turned 13. The creeks and riffles are still running high right now but I'm thnking that the lawn trout might rise once or twa. . .

Might I fit in with you all?

[Spartan]

Count me in! I'm a learner -- having fun learning. Thunderbolt is a long time fly fisherman. See Kilts Invade Arizona Flycasters. I'll let him know when he gets back from his weekend camping trip.

Do a search on "flypin" for fly kilt pins. Here's an example >> Flypin

[RB51]

Just new on the forum here but I'm definately in. My attire has been occaisionally described as early Sally Ann, some of my gear is older than me, and fish generally ignore me...hasn't yet spoiled a day of fishing for me. My kids gave me a birthday card years ago that had fish swimming past my boat, mockingly tugging on their lips - I subsequently had to get new kids. I am a blessed man in being able to be on a prime rainbow trout lake 20 minutes after leaving my house...life is indeed good!

Laurie

[tyger]

Hmmm...

What if you have .......only gone so far as to try practice casting once?

Cheers

Jamie

Try practicing more often? Get on the water with another more experienced than you ,and your casting will improve.

[Jock Scot]

We might laugh for a while. And suggest a couple other books to read instead. Then laugh some more. And that is before we even see you cast.


Sure you are welcome.

Newbies are welcome, as are the aspiring or even seriously curious, just like here at xmarks. Dip your toe into the water only or dive right in fully clothed, flyfishing is fun and something you never get good enough at to please yourself. And like kilts, there are a lot of different fly rods, and reels, and lines, and leaders, and tippet, and flies, and fly boxes, and fishing vests, and waders, and wading belts, and wading staffs, and hats (flat caps allowed---just don't talk about them around Jock, okay?), and sunglasses, and fly tying vises, etc.......let alone talking about the rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, oceans and sand flats we all might be fishing, or the types of flyfishing---nymphing, streaming, wet fly, dry fly, or the various fish we might like to go after or have already caught, or show pictures of trips and prize trophy fish that one person cannot hold by themselves. It is a whole wide open world out there to talk about. Hmmmmm. Maybe I should have started a new FORUM instead of just a social group. Good enough for now.

It is ok, it really is, to talk about flat caps you know, I have a few myself. Somehow though, it is the mention of the kilt and wearing those flat things in the same context that can cause my blood pressure to rise dangerously!