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I once caught my trouser trout in my fly, and it was WAY smaller than your catch!
Does that count?
I don't have my first ever, I don't think, but I do have the first of the season!
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Fly fishing is an art, and it's addictive. Welcome to the club.I've been meaning to get more into fly fishing for almost 20 years. Finally decided that this is the year! Here is my first trout, about a 15 inch rainbow. Who else has pics of their first fly rod catch (doesn't have to be trout)?
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Fly fishing is an art, and it's addictive. Welcome to the club.
the Deschutes from above Maupin to the Columbia is a decent trout stream too.I'm hooked. I think about it all day. I try to get out a couple times a week, even if it's just to a little local lake to practice casting. I already have two pilgrimages in the back of my mind, for once I'm better. One back east to a hike in only stream, and one to the New Zealand backcountry. Then the wife wants to go to Patagonia. I guess I'll try to find time. She's my best catch!
More than decent, folks come from all over the world to fish it.the Deschutes from above Maupin to the Columbia is a decent trout stream too.
Back when I guided for largemouth bass in the midwest 40 years ago I built my own bass casting rods. That gets additive too.No idea where the pictures are, but i know there is my first fish on the fly at the age of 9!
I find it relaxing to flyfish, even "Serious" like Steelhead fishing! Wait till you discover the joys amd addiction of casting Spey rods!
Adds another layer of cool factor to the mix, AND it opens up waters you couldnt fish any other way! Then there is tying your own flies and catching your first fish on ypur own patterns, and building your own rods too!
Its a sickness!
I grew up fishing the Carson River between CA and NV. Much the same terrain and conditions. I think the Carson was better, but that's just my childhood memories. The Deschutes may be better.More than decent, folks come from all over the world to fish it.
The Umpqua and Metolius are great places to go as well. Congratulations on your first fish.