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Boldfin
11-25-2012, 07:58 PM
Decided to head back to Pyramid today to see if I could get into the smallies again. Bluebird skies and no wind for the morning made it a little tough to get them to go, but eventually they did.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s163/Boldfin/Pyramid/PB251662.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s163/Boldfin/Pyramid/PB251663.jpg
By afternoon, I had my fill of the little bronze ones. Went on the hunt for the striped ones. Found them in a very windy spot, which made fly casting an adventure. But I managed to pick up a few nice 3lb models, two of which came home for dinner tonight.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s163/Boldfin/Pyramid/PB251664.jpg
Fun day, topped off with fresh striper tacos and home-made guacamole.
trail blazer
11-26-2012, 03:12 PM
Wtg boldfin,,,,
fishinone
11-26-2012, 04:31 PM
Nice catch!
It's nice of you to invite those striper to dinner.
gletemfeelsteelgary
11-26-2012, 05:00 PM
getting that action on the flyrod? sweet..
it's been years for me but I'd bet my rollcast is still in order : )
congrats,
Gary
Boldfin
11-27-2012, 07:00 PM
getting that action on the flyrod? sweet..
it's been years for me but I'd bet my rollcast is still in order : )
congrats,
Gary
Yessir. A roll cast is really all that is needed. With a shooting head line like I use, you don't do a lot of false casting. Especially when it's windy. It's basically a "chuck and duck" routine to get the fly out there. Stripers and smallies are a blast on a 6 wt.
DEVOREFLYER
11-27-2012, 07:14 PM
Boldfin are ya tugging streamers any for those Stripers?
Boldfin
11-29-2012, 07:04 PM
Boldfin are ya tugging streamers any for those Stripers?
Yes, I have not had the good fortune of coming across any boils this year at Pyramid, so everything I've been getting is on sub-surface/streamer-type flies. I fish sinking lines pretty much exclusively, even when there is topwater action.
Here's some samples of the flies I use that have been effective:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s163/Boldfin/Fly%20Tying/P3290490-1.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s163/Boldfin/Fly%20Tying/P5241410-640.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s163/Boldfin/Fly%20Tying/P5021269c.jpg
DEVOREFLYER
11-29-2012, 08:16 PM
Thanks for the pics they are very very close to what I have tied and not used yet. I'm gonna have to get um wet, I have a new 7wt rod that I haven't used yet and should be just the ticket for Striper huntin'..
Here is a little history on using the white fly on Stripers from Bob Slamal. Bob is a high school classmate of my wife and he and his late father were customers of mine when I owned a sporting goods manufacturing business in the late 1960's.
http://www.outdoornewsservice.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=351:will-diamond-valley-lake%E2%80%99s-striper-record-fall-soon?&Itemid=18
flybynight
11-30-2012, 08:29 AM
Hey,
I Lived in Devore back in the late 70's. MOM'S Store still there ?
DEVOREFLYER
11-30-2012, 08:47 AM
Mom's store is still in business but has gone through a number of owners the last 10+ years.