Recent content by freeflyin

Switch Set Up Switch Set Up If I were you I would definitely look on craig's list or something. $275 is not going to get you what you want retail. I personally have a Redington CPX 11'3 7wt. and that thing is an absolute beast. I love it and have had the priviledge of landing many...

Fly shops Fly shops Hey man, If you go to the right fly shop and explain your situation you can get into something that fits your price range and skill level. I got a basic TFO set-up from Sportsman and spent about $170 or so. It treated me right for awhile, but I really took to fly...

wow wow Not gonna lie, that's a beaut. Holler at me A, it's Troy. Caught a couple of hens this last weekend on the Wallowa. Definitely not 17lbs, though. PM some time, we gotta get out. troy

Crooked River fishing report When I went at the end of November I used flashback pheasant tail and yellow or brown scud combo with and indicator that was set at 1.5 times the water depth. If you're aren't hitting the bottom every few casts you aren't getting the flies down far enough. I...

Pontoon Pontoon Rainbow, If you are still looking for a boat I have one that I have never used for sale right now for $175. I took it out of the box and put it together and never used it, it's sitting in the carport right now if you're interested. It is the Creek Company 8ft. pontoon and...

Thanks fellas.....I appreciate all of the info. I just got back from the river and it was awesome. I caught about 80 fish in the 2.5 days I fished. I caught a white fish that I could have sworn was a log until it started moving. I really thought I was going to have to break it off of my 4...

Crooked River camping Hey Irish, I was wondering if you know of any campsites near mile markers 15-17, I've heard a lot of good things about the fishing by those mile markers? And, this may be a stupid question but what end of 27 do they start the mile markers? Thought I would ask. Thanks...

My buddies and I are going to fish the Crooked River and I'm wondering if anyone has any info on it? I've been asking around quite a bit and have gathered quite a bit of info but this forum usually does pretty well generating good info so I thought I would ask. Let me know. Thanks, Troy

Parts of the South Parts of the South JD, It's actually Two Rivers Fly Shop, my bad. And I usually fish right there at Gills landing. Go upstream a couple hundred yards of the boat ramp and you will find a couple really nice spots. Mitch will tell you to go to McDowell Creek Park. You...

South Santiam success South Santiam success Hey JD, Glad to hear you've joined the bug freaks of flyfishermen/women. I love the South Santiam and fish it weekly. It is slowing down but if you want to still catch fish on the surface in morning or evening there is still one pretty nice bug...

Baaaaaaassssssssssss Baaaaaaassssssssssss Thanks for the advice fellas. I will try switching up my patterns some more and varying my strip. I have also watched some fly fishing for bass shows but most of the time they are on a lake which is just different than fishing on the willie as you...

I noticed there were a couple of hatches out there at the time. There were bugs everywhere; caddis, mayflys, etc. It was a pretty typical evening hatch but everything I know about bass is that they like big and disruptive patterns. I tried a popper and a leech pattern and the cheating rubber...

Alright all, I am sick of not being able to catch bass when I see them in the water and see them rising. I went down to the park right outside of Albany on Hwy. 20 and fished tonight for about an hour using a white and black popper, a large October Caddis, and (this may land me in hell) a...

Thanks Combat!! What's the biggest you've caught out of there? Free

Thanks fellas, I appreciate it. Free