The Marching Bear

Posted: March 12, 2010 by Hellcat in Fish Reports


Boy oh boy. How many times this year has Bear saved the day with some great content to contribute. Here he is again. This time….on a fly rod. I may have never met someone who excelled so quickly at river angling and doing so among many methods. Great dedication Bear.

Words and picture from the angler….

“Well it was a good day, went out twice, did a ton of walking and
standing. I had one up to the point the net was deployed and popped
the leader, not nearly as many fish in the morning as the afternoon
(saw at least 6 landed). Its been a great year so far for me and I
really want the challenge of the fly, especially after attending the
Drift and Rise Fly Festival last night. I still suck at casting, but
the one good cast I made was all it took to hook into a pissed off
chrome hen. What fun it is to hook into a fish, let alone a steelhead
on the fly. She hit the clown egg below a big wooly bugger and it was
a blast. Cant wait to do that again. Now I need some casting lessons
to make me a better fly guy, not that I am going to give up on the
drift and float gear anytime soon.
Bear”


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Comments
  1. daheller says:


    Nice job Bear! You are a steelhead machine and to tag one on a fly is a special treat. That is one bright fish.

    Sal

  2. brennan says:


    hell yeah! nice work

    Brennan

  3. Ed Cowden says:


    You are a freak of nature.

    I can’t catch crap and you pick anything up and throw it out in the water with success.

    You’re amazing!
    .

  4. Meskel says:


    Nice going Bear. Want to take me out on the river sometime and show me how its done?

    Meskel

  5. Nookslayer says:


    Ah Bear… you’ve now been ruined. Nice work my friend. We’ll work out a time to give you some casting lessons as the rig you’re running take a bit of finesse. Learn how to flip a nymph rig and you’re set.

    Nice Echo btw. What kind of rell you running?

  6. Bear says:


    Right now an okuma, but I want an upgrade if I am going to hook anymore.
    .
    I did get a good take a little while ago, just was not expecting it to hit where it did.
    .
    You will have to explain the nymphing thing along with the casting lesson. I worked on trying to cast from 10 and 2 but I was very inconsistant toady. I am sure you and boys can get me straightened out.
    .
    Lets see if we can hook up early next month for a day of fly time. The season looks like its getting ready to kick off by the numbers at the dam.
    .

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