As part of our Little Red Book of Fly Fishing series on our iFishNews Fishing Podcast, here is a video to expand on Tips 3 – Point Your Cast and Tip 10 – Watch Your Thumb.
Point your cast suggests where you point your rod tip is also where your cast will go.
Watch your thumb is a good rule of thumb… LOL, to keep you from bringing your rod to far back on the backcast.
Both tips are solid… so since we are at a pond “practicing” decided to go ahead and go fishing, too!
Here is a simple but effective variant of the Mickey Finn fishing fly. It makes for fast fly tying, made with minimal material, and can be upsized to target larger fish. In our case, we opted to tie it small to pair it with the Cabelas CGR 2wt Fiberglass Fly Rod when fishing for little fingerling Bass at our local pond!
Recipe is as follows:
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Number 4 in our “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” series podcast where I review fly fishing tips in preparation for the upcoming Trout Stocking Season. This week it’s fly fishing tips 13 through 16!
Tip 13: Tighten the Loop
Tip 14: Anticipation… It’s Crazy
Tip 15: Groove Your Swing
Tip 16: See the “U”
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Saturday, made the run to the Lower Mountain Fork for some fishing at Beavers Bend State Park near Broken Bow, OK. Been awhile since we went fishing on the Lower Mountain Fork, so did learn a few things… new fishing regulations and park fees – specifically, parking.
Was a hot day with lots of people out and about. Water was murky, too. So, struck out on trout but at least caught a couple of Bluegill to avoid a strikeout!
Do check out the video… lessons learned fishing the Lower Mountain Fork at Beavers Bend State Park – stay up to date on fishing regulations and park rules; fish for trout in cooler weather, and try scheduling a trip during the weekday to avoid the crowds.
All for now and Good Luck and Good Fishing!
Back to Lake Lavon for more fishing. This round went kayak fishing with the jug lines, putting in at Highland Park. Was a calm morning on the lake when we started fishing, but later the wind kicked in.
Caught several Blue Catfish and Channel Catfish. Ended up keeping three Blue Catfish. Jug lines worked well as well as the Safety Pins for the Tennis Ball Stringer… worked much better putting fish on the stringer compared to the shower clips we used before.
Bite was steady with Gar taking more like stealing our shad. But, once we adjusted the jug line sets to fish the area near the trees, the bite picked up on Catfish!
Liking the jug lines when kayak fishing; mix of diy jug lines styles posted by @LakeForkGuy and @Soat Mon
Fun trip… do check it out!
Another round of fishing with the Cabelas CGR Fiberglass Fly Rod – 2wt fly rod with an Echo Ion 2/3wt Fly Reel. Fun time catching fingerling bass using a Mickey Finn variant.
Tied the pattern on a size 10 streamer hook that cast easily with the Cabelas CGR Fiberglass Rod. Still liking the flex of the fiberglass rod! Will plan to get a video on how we tied the Mickey Finn variant.
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DIY Jug Lines worked…! Will get a video posted of the trip. Here is a Livestream update for now:
DIY video to answer the mail… how to make jug lines for kayak fishing. In this case, the jug lines we used to catch a nice Catfish the other day… https://youtu.be/xEr5F5tYT3g
Have tried various jug lines including commercial and homemade diy jug lines. So far, liking this one. It does not flag but works well in windy conditions and is sensitive enough to see the strike.
Do give these a try! Easy to make jug lines, and you don’t have to use the same material as listed below. Can substitute material as needed!
Here is the material list…
Third in our “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” series podcast where I review fly fishing tips in preparation for the upcoming Trout Stocking Season. This week it’s fly fishing tips 9 through 12!
Tip 9: Take a Bow
Tip 10: Watch That Thumb
Tip 11: Say Hello to Good Casting
Tip 12: William Tell Overture
Do check it out!
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Another fun trip to beat the heat; this one is a TBT to Turner Falls Park in Davis, OK. The OPST Commando Head made for ease of casting by the Waterfall using an “air anchor” to avoid the metal railing along the walkway. See full video at: https://youtu.be/n-vkX-REKkc
Decided to fish a little feeder creek with the Cabelas CGR Fiberglass Fly Rod. It’s a 2wt with an Echo Ion 2/3wt Fly Reel. Handy fly rod that makes for fun fishing for little bluegill, sunfish, and fingerling bass!
Been using the Cabelas CGR off and on over the years, and have not had any issues… do need to make a slight adjustment in timing the cast as the fiberglass rod has a slow action.
Liking the rod and the ability to take advantage of rod’s slow action to get a fishing fly to where the fish are lurking… of course in this case, a little feeder creek required minimal casting distance.
PS: Lots of rain that morning caused another pond upstream from where we fished to overflow. Able to catch a Bass being washed down the feeder creek. See it at…
Cabelas CGR Fiberglass Rod 2wt
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Another fun trip and a good one to remind us cool weather is coming soon and so is trout stocking season! See video at https://youtu.be/rO1GSkrhwPo
More beat the heat with TBT to Denison. See full video at Denison Dam Fly Fishing on YouTube!
Got lucky… plan was to fish the Blue River but recent rain diverted us to the Red River – specifically, the tailrace to Lake Texoma at Denison Dam!
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Beat the heat with a Throw Back Time to the Blue River last year. See video at: “How We Fished the Blue River, Oklahoma Saturday… Limited Out!”
Second in our “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” series where I review fly fishing tips in preparation for the upcoming Trout Stocking Season. This week I touch on tips 5 through 8!
Tip 5: Don’t Get Cocky
Tip 6: Stop! In the name of love (and a good cast)
Tip 7: Hitting the Wall
Tip 8: Throw a drink in my face
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Another pond fishing round with Spincasting gear… Zebco Authentic 11 and Roostertails keep working. This time at the pond behind In-N-Out Burger. Bass were bigger than the fingerling Bass caugth the day prior at a different pond. No Bruisers but still lots of fun catching them on ultralight gear.
Fish preferred the Firetail Roostertail in 1/16oz. Did try a White Roostertail but only a few short strikes. Did see a number of fish trail the inline spinners… at times, had to use the stop and go retrieve to get them to take!
Gear Used:
Saturday morning pond fishing with the Zebco spincasting micro reel again. Roostertails were working on the little bass but missed hooksets left only two Bass caught and one Sunfish.
Lost the 1/16oz Firetail Roostertail. Only had a 1/8oz White Roostertail. Could feel them nipping at the lure.
Overall having lots of fun reliving the past with the spincasting combo. Did have to respool the reel… there was not much on the reel. Good thing no Bruisers, else could have spooled me.
PS: Reel was re-spooled and made it out Sunday morning… more Bass and Bluegill but from a different pond.
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Made adjustments with the GoFish Cam and rigging it for underwater video action shots when scouting local ponds for fish.
Liking it but do need to make more adjustments to keep it level and floating upright.
With a little more tweaking, should be able to get it where we like it.
Do check out the video – left the underwater footage as is other than clipping out the reeling in and out of the camera.
Fun stuff!
In preparation for the upcoming trout stocking season, decided to dust-off the “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” and review the tips. This week I touch on tips 1 through 4!
Tip 1: Dare to be different
Tip 2: The Grip
Tip 3: Point your cast
Tip 4: 10 and 2, too little
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Last Saturday headed up the road for some Denison Dam Fishing. Got there at first light. Learned they have bright LED street lights that make the area bright along the Texas side of the river!
They were not generating; water level was low, and the bite was slow. Did deploy the GoFish Cam and almost lost it to a snag. Lots of braided line. Dove in the river and retrieved it after cutting away the snag… lots of braided line in the water!
Around 10:30AM, they started generating power. Stuck around to fish the river in hopes the current would bring more fish to feed. Luckily, did not strike out… caught a gar that went for shad!
Later, had a few more good strikes but missed the hook set. Did get one to stay on but lost it after nearing the bank… it was a big one!
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