hey y'all. Ive been wading around the sky swinging for these damn steelhead. I would love to float my pontoon, but I've only used it in lakes and I don't have anyone to go with. is there any other pontooners out there that would be willing to float with me? I would feel alot better going with someone that has done it before. I've never caught a steelie on a fly rod, and Ive been trying for 3 damn years now. My fishing buddy has yet to embrace fly fishing as I have, I'm sure he is up at reiter throwing bait as we speak...The guys at pacific fly in mill creek said I should try and find like-minded fishermen on here, so here I am. I'm an avid fisherman and outdoorsman, a pretty easygoing fella, herb friendly and environmentally conscious. I'm pushin 40 now and am well on my way to becoming a grumpy old fart that talks to my fly box....
thank you for the advice panhandle. I have considered hiring a guide, I just don't really wanna jam up and down the river in a jet boat. I'm there for the serenity. I'm not against hiring a guide, but it is a bit like paying for sex, methinks. I'm not against paying for sex either, but honestly I would rather do things the old fashioned way. You would think with all the time I spend "courting" these steelhead I would get lucky at some point!
I certainly don't wish to "trip anyone out", but if an aging hippie floating the river trips you out I would say you are too uptight. here's what trips me out.
people that leave their trash on the river for me to clean up and pack out.
people that do not think the regulations apply to them.
thieves and liars, including politicians.
people that cut in downstream from me limiting my swing
guys in skinny jeans.
people that think power bait is the best thing ever invented
thank you troutpounder! unfortunately my day today is booked. I really apreciate the offer, I hope I can take a rain check. I am free all week long, so if you are going sometime this week i would love to go.
If you've been trying to catch one for three years you are doing something really wrong. i'd get with a guide even if it meant being ran around in a sled wearing skinny jeans.
This turned into a weird thread. Steelhead are easy to catch, as Evan has noted in another thread, but you must find them first. Finding them demands some work, if it was easy most of us would be fishing for something else like bluegills or smalmouth...or herbs?
Steelhead are easy to catch if you know where they are, know what you're doing, and they're playing. Elliminate any of these factors and you chances of catching one are reduced to luck and even impossibility when all three of these factors are absent.
bhudda- I have a jeep, with a little tenacity two pontoons can be strapped to the top. I wouldnt take the freeway like that, but it would work for our purposes. That's my other conundrum about floating....ya need two vehicles.
I just want to fish. I want to meet up with other people that enjoy fly fishing as much as I do. I floated the sky tonight with a really cool guy and had a blast, and I'm floating the stilly monday with another cat that seems like a good fella. So if some self appointed fishing goddess gets his thrills by razzin someone that admittedly still has a lot to learn, he is on a different path than me and I'm not really interested. I'm certainly not gonna let some troll take the jam outta my doughnut. I would love to fish with ya, bhudda, you seem like a straight shooter. After getting my first float in tonight I'm all jazzed up! Didn't hook into anything but it sure felt good to be out there swinging!
Francis, consider joining a local fly fishing club. I'm not local, but I'm sure there's several around that have members who will help you. I've never been a "club" type of guy, but since joining mine, I've met some really interesting folk with common interests; one is 92 years old, ties beautifully, casts like a machine and is still sharp as a razor. Others fish as much as 300 days/year and are willing to go anywhere, anytime. A lot of knowledge there, and some really great folk. You can get involved as much or as little as you wish.
Oh...........your a Guido!! Or I mean guide now............really sucks your attitude is attached to any business
Syndicate my ass you need some gangster out there or wait I forgot,you are a gangster,of the badge carrying type!!!!! Oink oink
Is your brain cloudy?? Cuz I dont recall meeting you just dishing you up some good steamy internet poo on a plate!! Maybe you wont be so quick next time to come off as a douche' like meya I said it,I'm a douche ) now what?
Holy hannah! this is outta control! Are you in law enforcement, panhandle? If you were a gang star I would go by P-handle, you know, like P.diddy?! HA! I got no beef with cops, some of them are good people. You sure seem to like to razz hippies, though. no big whoop. My daddy was a *******, mamma was a hippie, so I'm like some crazy hybrid...best of both worlds, baby.
Thats what happens when you let a Dane handle the english language. Francis I was Dead tour for five years.....im just razzing, trying to have fun. Obviously not coming across.
It's all good p.handle! I'm a big boy, I can take a little razzin
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