How many species?

"Wolfgang" wrote ...


Also, many thousands of smelt with nets.

Doesn't matter. In the years when I pursued them.....mostly the early 60s
through mid 70s.....the stench of millions of tons of rotting alewives
pretty much drowned out everything else.

Wolfgang

Many a fine memory of same. Sitting on the 'horseshoe' at Montrose harbor
with Dad at 3 AM. The horrible stench of the alewives was easily drowned out
by the stories Dad told about smelting in his youth.

Thanks for the flashback...

Dan

Close to home , I have caught (on the fly)

Rainbow trout
Cutthroat trout
Bull Trout
Brown Trout
Brook trout
Golden trout (the real kind, not some albino rainbow)
Lake Trout

Rocky Mountain Whitefish

Northern Pike

A squawfish or two, but these were accidental

red-finned suckers (happens every year during runoff as I dredge the
bottom with big nymphs)

I have also caught, but not on the fly, and not necessarily close to home:

Walleye
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Sculpins
Perch

I can't think of any others.


Tim Lysyk

Peter Charles wrote in
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chub

There have been two or three outings where I entertained myself catching
chub on dries when little else was going down.

I took a chub on a size 4 salmon hook once at Sandy Creek. That was
something to see. If I remember, it was on my own concoction that I call a
"freddie mercury"

Hook: Salmon fly, size 4-6
tail: purple schlappen
tag: medium oval tinsel
body: Purple ultra chenille
rib: fine oval tinsel
thorax: Purple lite brite
wing: flourescent pink calf tail (reverse tied)
Hackle: Purple chickabou

I don't remember why I called it a "freddie Mercury", but it seems to fish
well in everything from clear to deeply stained water.

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Scott
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Forgot chub and vendace, doubtless a few others as well.

TL
MC

Mike Connor wrote:
Hmmm.... Difficult.

Dab


Is that short for something?

Pouting
Weaver
Gurnard ( Grey and red)


Never heard of them..... Do you catch weaver on woven body nymphs?

On the fly:
rainbow trout
large mouthbass
white bass

Other Artificials:
striped bass
smalled mouth bass
channel catfish (flipping plastics)
flathead catfish (inline spinners and jigging spoons)
warmouth
green sunfish
shellcracker
bluegill
walleye
black crappie
white crappie
threadfin shad
white perch
tilapia

Bait or Bait tipped Artificial:
most of the above plus
gobie
yellow perch
carp
sheephead
bulhead catfish
callico bass
barracuda
sculpin
mackeral
eel (species unknown)


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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

Jonathan Cook wrote:

Shad (L,B)

How could I have forgotten shad?

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"Daniel-San" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote ...


Also, many thousands of smelt with nets.

Doesn't matter. In the years when I pursued them.....mostly the early
60s through mid 70s.....the stench of millions of tons of rotting
alewives pretty much drowned out everything else.

Wolfgang

Many a fine memory of same. Sitting on the 'horseshoe' at Montrose harbor
with Dad at 3 AM. The horrible stench of the alewives was easily drowned
out by the stories Dad told about smelting in his youth.

Must be a hell of a story that would drown out alewives. A Dad worth
keeping, I'd say.

Thanks for the flashback...

De nada.......flashbacks are free.

Wolfgang

Caught most all of the fresh water fish mentioned so far.
I've caught Carp on the fly. Dogged fighters.
Noticed that few if any have mentioned Sockeye and
Pink Salmon on the fly. Very exciting.
A few years back I reported in ROFF catching a
Cut/Brown Hybred. Anybody ever get one of those?
Also Boanfish on the fly. Great fun!
Joel

_fly-caught_

Rainbow trout (resident and steelhead)
Brown trout
Brook trout
Cutthroat trout (Yellowstone, Lahontan, Westslope, Coastal)
Bull trout
Lake trout
whitefish
Atlantic salmon (landlocked)
bluegill
pumpkinseed
redear sunfish
redbreast sunfish
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
white crappie
black crappie
yellow perch
tilapia
carp
bonefish
redfish

_Other means_

channel catfish
bullhead
flathead catfish
northern pike
pickerel
walleye
muskie
rock bass
spotted bass
gar
nile perch
white sucker
chub
kingfish
ladyfish
bluefish
sheepshead
white grunt
mermaid
pompano
shad
weakfish
Gulf flounder
mutton snapper
white bass
striped bass
spotted seatrout
yellowtail
stingray
some sort of sal****er catfish, species unknown