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Wild Brookie Hunting

vixenvixen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:12:18 +0000

Finally I think it is nearing the end of the dregs of summer. It has been hot, humid, and rainless here in the valley, and I’m ready for it to be over. All this hot weather has made the local rivers very warm, shallow, and bad for fishing. But, there is still good fishing to [...]

My first steelhead

vixenvixen — Sat, 15 May 2010 12:33:58 +0000

When I was first told about the Salmon River trip, sometime in late October, I didn’t think much of it. I said I’d consider going and see how I felt when the time got closer. I was also told that it would be an epic experience, well worth the long cold days in the water. [...]

Love From Hate

vixenvixen — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:44:17 +0000

Spring has come early this year, and so has the urge to get my line back in the water. I’ve been an avid fisherwoman since about age 4, but only started learning to fly fish in September 2009. My line got tight less than a handful of times before the season was over. I couldn’t [...]

Fly Fishing Moody Pond

Toby — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:23:06 +0000

12yrs old A rod, an extension of your arm it’s early in the morning and the fog is still gently rolling off the pond SNAP bad day for a certain lunar moth or other aquatic life I feel the energy being cast on my back from the fiery sun rising over the precipitous mountain to my left, the fall foliage becomes [...]

Steelhead on the Fly on the Salmon River, NY

Nome - Flygal — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:16:09 +0000

After hearing so much about this river and the rather large steelhead that winter in it I have to admit my interest was piqued. What fly junkie wouldn’t be? Most discussions did bring up a number of issues that would leave a solitary female flyfisher cold: the stench of rotting post-spawn fish; elbow-to-elbow combat fishing; [...]

Spawning Brookies

Nome - Flygal — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:59:54 +0000

Moody’s spawning is in full swing for all of this year stockies (brook, bow and browns) and I’ve been doing more observing and underwater filming than fishing as of recent. The past couple of days the pond has been covered in milt and large spawning beds have been cleared. I caught a rainbow a week ago [...]

Young Blood…

Nome - Flygal — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:23:52 +0000

I was scheduled to take care of some car stuff up by north this Friday and I got a call from a pal who frequents Moody Pond. His name is Toby and he’s hooked on fly fishing. A little background, Toby is new to fly fishing and has fished the pond with me and on his [...]

Slumpbuster How-To Video

Nome - Flygal — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:02:07 +0000

My first how-to fly tying video. With the fall season quickly approaching, here in the North East it’s time to gear up and make sure you have a healthy supply of bait fish imitations for the fall fattening season and slumpbusters are a great pattern for hungry fish like this rainbow. Another great bunny bait fish [...]

Tally-hog

Nome - Flygal — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:22:28 +0000

Well, my neighbor’s grandson (who is an avid fly fisher) is over from across the big pond and this morning we got a chance to fish Moody. It was an active morning with all the thunder rolling around us and casting in between the burst of storms during the torrential rains we really don’t need (hint [...]

Wild Tributaries

Nome - Flygal — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:20:32 +0000

As the mercury creeps up, I, along with the trout, seek colder waters and shade. Most of my fishing as of late has been just that, small streams where the 7ft 3wt is king. The following report is a combination of two days during last week. Small stream fishing brings the kid out in me and [...]