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Not the people, the water itself. After reading some of the comments, I am going to skip some of the rivers because of the people
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Not the people, the water itself. After reading some of the comments, I am going to skip some of the rivers because of the people
For me, it's the Letort; for whatever reason (maybe because I'm not that hot of a fisherman) I've never had any luck there; never. Tried everything, stuff that worked well on Falling Springs, Mossy Creek; nothing. Only fish I've ever connected with grabbed a blob of chartreuse Biostrike foam indicator.
Regards,
Scott
Scott, It was frustration from from that kind of thing that led me to tie a bunch of flies that were no more than strike indicator yarn on a hook. Of course the trout would have nothing to do with them.
These kinds of lists are usually laughable, and this one is no exception. It is particularly laughable that Henry's Fork is considered by the writer as the "rudest" river in America. I caught my first fish on a fly there. I fished there as a novice and did quite well, generally. Had to move on to more difficult water and tougher fish to learn much about fly angling.
John
I've fished about half of the rivers on that list and for my money, based on the winter scenario the author sets forth. I'd put the North Umpqua Steelhead at the #1 spot on his list. Fish that don't always show up just because you planned to be there. Cold water and fish that just don't want to move to the fly. Big water, deep glides and some of the slickest ledge rock and river bed that I've ever waded, all add up to a tough go of it some days, weeks, months.....years. But the reward - it's one of the those things you've just got to experience.
Dave
Glenn -
It would be possible to fish a lot of Henry's Fork with a Tenkara rod, but it's not something that I would do.
A lot of, if not most of the hatches, could be fished with tenkara size flies, but it is fairly big water ( very wadable in a lot of places ), it can have fairly big wind, and there is always the chance of hooking up with a pretty hot upper teens to lower twenties" fishy - bows on the lower end of the spectrum, cuttbows in the middle, and browns on the upper end, generally.
With conventional fly angling gear, you can do the big nymphs, tandem nymph rigs, and fish the stonefly hatches more effectively, and reach out to some of those fishies which would be out of tenkara range or in water you couldn't or wouldn't want to wade.
John
Dang, when I first read the thread title I thought it said Top ten nudest rivers. You can imagine my disapointment.
I haven't fished all of these rivers, but the rudest river I have ever been on was the Truckee River in California. Every time I've been there someone tells me I should have been here yesterday. The fish actually come up, look at your fly and start laughing.