Tuesday before the water blew out on the Bogy I landed my 1st winter run on the the swung fly. I am new to this this! What a rush I never expected! Big swirl and the fight was on. 10 min. in I was beginning to wonder if it was gear problem as to why i could not turn his head to shore or my inexperience fighting with a fly rod. Granted I have landed 100's on the spinning/casting setup but this was different. Working the 13 foot rod was different. As it turns out the fish was 15#+ and that was why I had a bitch of a time. It was a major tug of war, and in the end, all by myself, I could not get a pic during the release...damn. That's ok because I am hooked to do more before it closes, and have the confidence in my presentation and fly patterns that I never had before. Thanks OP.

Good going on your first one!

yup..its warming up. the water that is.fish are going to be more active until the season ends resulting in better fishing with a swung fly.i prefer to indicator fish though... excellent job!!! not just a first one a bigger fish!

Congrats and nice starter fish
Seriously, what a great fish for your first steelie on a bug rod.
Having a picture would've been nice but the memories are even better.

Uh-oh, looks like another drug addict joins the crowd. Congratulations! and may you be a recovering fly fisherman for the rest of your life.

Sg

Congrats and I know exactly how and what you were probably feeling.

"Why is this fish kicking my butt? This spey thing is stupid.............is it always this difficult to bring in a fish on a spey rod........what the hell am I doing?....................... WHOLLY CRAP!!!!!!!"

With a guy catching a steelhead on the swing, another saying he prefers to "flyfish" with an indicator, and Parker chiming in about flyfishing (though, surprisingly, he has yet to re-post a pic yet )...there's no reason this thread can't make it to seven pages, too

Fish on...

Todd

Still funny.

Parker do you happen to have a picture of a spey caught fish?

No. Do you?

Alright, no fighting.

OK, funny this time. Context matters.

Does Paker have a picture of any fish?

(just trying to help bump the page count)

You guys are really letting me down.

Do I have to post a pic of a fish I caught on a bead, with a centerpin of all things, to get this started?



Fish on...

Todd

No Todd, this is a fly fishing thread. Why don't you post a photo of your fly caught steelhead?

How about I post a pic of one caught with a float and jig...err, I mean "indicator and weighted nymph"...?



Fish on...

Todd

Hey Todd, yer the one posting in the fly forum, so how's about a fly caught fish?

Sg

That's what he just said.

Well . . ., who can argue with the Sultan of Zinnnnggggg?

"The Wash"....I've heard of that.
Congrats !

Summer's coming....should get way mo' betta.

"indicator" = "bobber"

somebody somewhere has a picture of a steelhead caught on a worm jig under an indicator on a fly rod... i know cause i watched it happen on the river this year and saw them take the pics...


that's true fly fishing right there


but to those of you who swing - i applaud you for staying true to the technique...
none of this float fishing or bobber dogging stuff i see being done.

Or do..

i bobber dog with a gear rod... not a fly rod with an indicator with a slinky and yarnie below it

I go fishing, with a rod, reel, line, and lure...sometimes bait+hook.



It gets too complicated for me much beyond that.

Bobber dogging is for pussies, no matter what kind of rod/reel they use!



Fish on...

Todd

They already are...but if they bobber dog, then they'd be double.

Fish on...

Todd

You already flyfish, and you're a Red Sox fan...really, what have you got to lose?

Fish on...

Todd

Sorry...that wasn't very nice.

Accurate, but not nice

Fish on...

Todd

the realist truest most elite new way of flyfishing!
I'm gonna put this together for an ascot northwest mag here soon
Swinging plugs on the spey for steelhead... K-9s kill!
while yes a boot, it was still one of the funniest things I have done

a heavy skagit, 650grain or more is a MUST! you can't turn the plug over without it and just won't get that sparkle on your wobble throughout the run.
On bright days I recommend blu and chrome, on darker days I fish blue and chrome, and on days ending with Y blue with just a touch of chrome seems to churn up the bite!
its a little tricky to double spey these things so I would stay with something simple like a snap T.
the rvr stickler seemed to do the trick but the key was to really let him take it and allow the long rod to load up. Low rod tip, feel the grab and lift!
as for rod I like the $800 winston B2mxs, they have the back bone to launch a plug in any run, but are sensitive enough to feel the bite and load the rod as the fish turns down river with your plug.

lots of fish in the Jags!
but this one bite on the dangle of a nice slushy run

and most important thing I forgot was you gotta have a nice loose fitting ascot while swinging plugs

Jeebuz...that thing looks like a boot coho dragged off a redd in the Carbon River by BootFeeeever...Guh-Narly!

Fish on...

Todd

Holy Shizzle! Is that an electric blue ascot you're wearing?

Somebody had to do it.

You went and done it. I'm not sure what this means. It could be good. It could be bad. It couldn't be worse. Looks like you got slimed. Did you get jizzled too?

nope, nice try
steve can testify that while a boot, no jizz, hell it actually fought harder then most of our fish the hole trip
and if by blue ascot you must mean the heavy [Bleeeeep!] down jacket since it was cold. I traded my ascot in for it when that plug was tied on