Fly fishing at a local lake

Troutman

With things a bit quiet on the farm at the moment and with all this sunny spring like weather happening it was time to take 1/2 a day off work. So, what does a fish farmer do for recreation? Go fishing of course!

faye

Nice way to spend a $unday, Im on my way in to work, apparently they need me cause it's busy.
Wish all the slow cars would get out of the fast lane.
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Simo

Sorry troutman, your post neglects to mention the location of the lake and detailed directions on how to get there :think:

you must have forgot!

Charlie

Sweet catch Gav!

Faye, I hope your not driving and posting

chillidude

Nice fish Gav - How'd they taste ?

earthbound

Nice to see trout that aren't obese for a change.... :lol:

chillidude

earthbound wrote:

Nice to see trout that aren't obese for a change.... :lol:

Yeah, that top brown looks kinda skinny

IceManDude

lovely!! nothing better!!

BullwinkleII

I'm planning on buying a fly rig.

I've had a bit of a go on borrowed gear to the point where I can cast the to point where the fly generally ends up further away from than it started, but given the way people seem to use a fly reel (sometimes it seems fly reels are just for line storage when I watch people fly fishing on youtube), is there any reason I need to spend money on a decent one?

Can you recommend a low cost rig to get me started?

Brian Fanner

For small streams...2/3wt outfits and small fish the reel is just a convenient place to keep the line and you can use a cheap one but for bigger rigs like 5/6wt or 9wt you need good drag for fighting the fish on the reel.

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