A New Hobby

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01-18-2023, 01:03 PM
Kevin22

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A New Hobby

If you have noticed, I have been selling off a lot of my extra crappie fishing equipment lately. That is to fund something I am learning and enjoying, fly fishing. I used to do it 10+ years ago after college, but it has been a long time. I managed to get out on Sunday and catch some fish on a northern Iowa stream on flies I tied myself. I cannot wait to start tossing streamers for crappie in the spring!
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01-18-2023, 01:07 PM
BuckeyeCrappie

Beautiful trout! Thanks for sharing your new passion
01-18-2023, 02:28 PM
DockShootinJack

Congrats on catching them on your own ties.
01-18-2023, 02:49 PM
fredo

Love it! My favorite way to fish! (Very pretty brown, BTW.)

Don’t be afraid to venture out into saltwater fly fishing, too. It’s great fun, and all you need are some streamers — no dries or nymphs. LOL
01-18-2023, 03:14 PM
Kevin22

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Originally Posted by fredo

Love it! My favorite way to fish! (Very pretty brown, BTW.)

Don’t be afraid to venture out into saltwater fly fishing, too. It’s great fun, and all you need are some streamers — no dries or nymphs. LOL

That might be a little difficult in Iowa! Maybe a dream trip in the future.

Being able to just tie streamers would be amazing, i tried to tie some #20 midges yesterday and i still have a headache

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01-18-2023, 03:21 PM
SuperDave336

Very cool. Thanks for sharing
01-18-2023, 04:26 PM
fredo

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Originally Posted by Kevin22

That might be a little difficult in Iowa! Maybe a dream trip in the future.

Being able to just tie streamers would be amazing, i tried to tie some #20 midges yesterday and i still have a headache

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Hey, I live in Kentucky and fish the salt as much as possible. LOL

Yeah, streamers are much simpler to tie. Fish will just about jerk the rod out of your hand on a streamer bite.
01-18-2023, 04:37 PM
fredo

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Originally Posted by Kevin22

That might be a little difficult in Iowa! Maybe a dream trip in the future.

Being able to just tie streamers would be amazing, i tried to tie some #20 midges yesterday and i still have a headache

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… but trout are fun, too!

Also, I’ve heard Iowa has some good smallmouth streams. They will nail a streamer!