Sarge47 ? Fishing

[Smok]

Where and what do you fish for , is it lakes, revers .. Bass ,Pan fish ,Trout ,Salmon

[Sarge47]

Where and what do you fish for , is it lakes, revers .. Bass ,Pan fish ,Trout ,Salmon

I've been tying off & on for some years now. Just love the "art of imitation" so to speak. I've been hitting some local lakes & reservoirs and have caught a few Blue Gill. One lake here they stock with Trout, but I haven't caught any yet. I used to attend meetings from a local club but we tragically lost our main guy a couple of years ago. he was being treated for Cancer, went out into his backyard to an old wood pile to get rid of it and when he pulled off a piece of wood a bunch of Bumble Bees came out and a few of them stung him. He was dead within an hour. A sad loss to the community all the way around as he'd been the music director at the University here prior to his retirement.

Here's an interesting thought, Smok. Every good survival kit has some fish hooks in it. I carry some flys as I figure I can fashion a "home-made" fly-rod from a flexible branch and my mono-filiment line I keep with the hooks. I also read where a guy made flys in a survival situation from the threads of his shirt. Using a multi-tool pliers as a portable vise and the small scissors from my Victorinox Swiss Army Knife and the thread from my sewing kit, a tiny piece of foil from my sheet of aluminum foil, maybe a lock of my hair...Do you see what I'm getting at? "Survival Flys" of course. What do you think?

[Beo]

I don't know squat about fly fishing, used to watch my gramps and he had ball, got his old rod out in the garage. Anyway give some tips on making flys to use in survival fishing as I think that would be great and knowledge I need.

[Smok]

I never thought of that ,I asked you Sarge47 becouseI would like to send you and Beowulf65 some flies and I did not know that you fished for . But the survival flies is a great idea PM me your address . now how do I send photo here

[Sarge47]

I never thought of that ,I asked you Sarge47 becouseI would like to send you and Beowulf65 some flies and I did not know that you fished for . But the survival flies is a great idea PM me your address . now how do I send photo here

Not sure on the photo thing, maybe someone else can help on that.

[marberry]

i always carry a reel of high quality fishing line and some hooks , the rod is just a matter of finding a good sapling. iv found the best way to fish without a gear box is to put some colorful leaves on the hook so it looks like a bug . iv never caught anything big fishing like that but always enough to eat (if im at the right lake/river)

[Smok]

Some of the best flies are also some of the easies . Just off the top of my head I would think flies that last a long time and that can take abuse and still catch fish is what is needed . So are some patterns that way do the job Copper Johns ,copper bead head woolly buggers ,glow bugs fish will eat eggs year round PT flash backs I have to add to this list but for fish catching this are good and if you have some trot hooks you can easily say a bank line with the small fish cut up as bait

[explodingearth]

i began crafting a wood hook the other day in the woods ill post a pic when i go retrive it. its not done yet but looking pretty good so far

[explodingearth]

can anyone tell us what kind of weaving we need to use on our natural fibers to craft a fishing line?

[marberry]

wow thats a tough one .... id say its way to hard just bring a roll of firewire, that stuff lasts forever

[Smok]

Use a two ply cordage twisting clockwise and then put them together by twisting counter clockwise to water prof use pine pitch.. The inner bark if a hard wood makes a good cordage . If Seine is there it needs to be water profit too.But by far the best is to keep some 550 or some other cordage in your pocket its not that big , I am not as familiar with this site as I would like tobe but I hope that you can find some where on here that you can find something about cordage making if not, PM me and I'll see what I can do to help

[Smok]

Don't forget alder is a hard wood lives right on the water

[dilligaf2u2]

I fly fish. I tie flies too.

I have # 18's and # 16 hooks in my survival kit. I also have a few flies tied in the kits too. San Juan Worms in size 14 and 16 works well. 20 foot of Spider wire is a must have in the kit as is 20 foot of clear mono. I can take thread from the 550 cord and 3 foot of spider wire or mono and I get river trout and lake pan fish.

Hint: Big hooks get cleaned off by little fish. Little hooks can catch big fish. Empty the 550 cord and pack it with very small rocks or sand. Melt the ends and you have a snag resistant sinker. 6 inches is usually enough. I also pack the 550 cord with BB’s and melt a swivel on the ends and use these in the rivers. Makes a great snag resistant sinker for drift fishing

[dilligaf2u2]

Hint #2
A small hook and some super glue can help. Get a hopper, cricket or beetle and glue it live to the hook. The movement of the bug attracts fish.

I have set trout lines a few times. Tie the end of the line to a nice branch at riverside. If it moves, don’t go get it right away. Let the first fish pull it around for a bit. Moving bait gets more attention. I usually set only 4 hooks to a trout line and waiting for 5 or 10 minuets after the first fish hits. I usually pull up 2 or even 3 fish for dinner.

Dilli

[Smok]

dilligaf2u2 Thanks have you tried fluorocarbon instead of mono fluorocarbon last longer then mono sometimes 2 or 3 years longer

[dilligaf2u2]

I have not tried it. I will look into it and let you know what I find. I usually just snag what is in my fishing gear. I replace what is needed every fall.

Boom Bait. I have never failed with Boom Bait. If there is a fish within 50 yards he is mine. Take 1 part Dynamite and 2 parts rock. Light and throw. Works every time.

Watch out for the flying fish and the game warden.

Dilli

[flandersander]

HAHA boom bait thats classic. That superglu the bug to the hook thing sounds cool. I have a cabin at a place called little bear lake saskatchewan canada. I tie 10 feet of braided "super line", as it is called, and i tie on 3 hooks. i use worm or night crawler for bait. i tie a piece of wood about an inch long to the line as a trigger. the piece of wood goes on a small flat rock. i stand it up so the sharp end is on the flat rock. the wood on the line is sharpened on both ends to make a touchy trigger. the wood on the line is sandwhiched between the small flat rock on the bottom and a large flat rock on top. when a fish pulls the wood, tied to the line, free the rock slips off and the pre bent sapling is free to snap straight up again. this flings the fish out of the water. all i do is check the shore for fish every half hour.

[Smok]

I first heard of boom bait I was about 9 or 10 I looked every where for it was years before I found out what it was...lol

[flandersander]

Smok. You should try my way of fishing. u have to look out though for when you go to check the line. I have been hit in the face several times when checking lines.

[flandersander]

you too dilligaf2u2.